During this presidential election the Clinton campaign has managed to convince the American people that Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have identical voting records.
Keep that in mind as in other news, some were puzzled by today's announcement from the Obama campaign that he will reveal his earmarks of 2008 in an attempt at government transparency and challenge to his campaign rivals in the Senate.
As a matter of transparency and good government, Obama thinks it’s important that voters know who their candidates are, what their sources of income are and whether they have any potential conflicts. We would hope that other candidates follow suit in disclosing their earmarks as well.
Link at Talking Points Memo
Pretty smart but it gets really good after the fold
Lets get back to the identical votes of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama...
Politico has just found that they there is one vote between the two that is not identical. It happens to be an ammendment by Sen. Jim Demint on EARMARKS.
Clinton and Obama on Earmarks
Back in January, the Democratic leadership unexpectedly lost a procedural fight over Republican Jim DeMint's bill to disclose the details of lawmakers' earmarks.
Clinton voted with the leadership to kill the bill. Obama split with most of his fellow Democrats to support the legislation.
Check.