130 "present" votes??? WTF?? Obama has been in office for 18 months, the rest of the time he's been absent for campaigning. In those 18 months he voted "present" 130 times.
You need to research what present means in the Illinois legislature.... it is very common, but seems most just like to interpret it how they want.. Yes it is retarded, but that is the Illinois way sometimes...
Our defict is down, to 2.5% of our GDP. It was over 6% when Bush took over.
You have to love percentages... you say it is down... but yet give no facts. Yah, the percentage is down comparatively, but that doesn't say anything about if its size is larger or smaller...
Oh, on another note, I like Palin... I wonder what the country would be like if she was VP to Obama..... hmmmm