Reply #12: You really don't understand this, do you? [View All]

[Barack_America]

"The Present strategy was devised to give political cover to legislators in conservative districts."

Right. To protect DEMOCRATIC legislators in conservative districts. The Republicans were giving names like "Protection of Born Alive Infants" to pro-life, anti-choice legislation. The Republican strategy was to get the Democrats to vote NO on those bills and then use the name of those votes against them in upcoming elections. The strategy was that "Present" votes could not be used against Democrats in this way. That's why Planned Parenthood asked Obama to encourage the legislators to vote present, even though he himself was set to vote NO.