The past haunts Obama?

[Tellurian]

"The Obama campaign Tuesday disavowed a questionnaire he submitted to the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization in 1996 to support his state Senate candidacy.

"Obama never saw the '96 IVI-IPO state Senate questionnaire -- it was filled out by a staffer who unintentionally mischaracterized his views on a number of issues," said Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt. LaBolt said the staffer was then-Obama state Senate campaign manager Carol Harwell, who could not be reached Tuesday for comment.

Liberals running in Illinois in the 1990s, especially people like Obama, from the progressive enclave of Hyde Park and independent of Mayor Daley's machine or state Democratic boss Mike Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House, welcomed the endorsement of the IVI-IPO.

On Tuesday, an article by Mike Allen and Ben Smith on Politico.com, based on the 1996 IVI-IPO questionnaire that they obtained, they said, "from political sources opposed" to Obama's White House bid, "raises questions of whether Obama can be painted as too liberal and whether he is insufficiently consistent."

A poll of Democrats by the New York Times and CBS News published Tuesday concluded Clinton "is viewed by Democrats as a far more electable nominee" than Obama or Edwards.

During a conference call with reporters, Obama said polls asking about electability that include Republicans and independents were more important.

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Following on the Politico article, the Clinton campaign offered backers who raised questions about Obama's liberal roots during a press call. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), referring to Obama's strong anti-gun positions reflected in the 1996 IVI-IPO questionnaire, said she was baffled over how Obama could be "talking about banning all guns" and then "all of a sudden" alter that position."

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/692594,CST-NWS-sweet12.article

This article was already on the front page of Google...before the "drug story"..