Wow, the Barack Obama backlash really is in full trucker effect.

NATHAN GONZALES writes in the Wall Street Journal that ‘Barack has a long track record of not taking a stand’.

While some conservatives and Republicans surely will harp on what they call his “liberal record,” highlighting applicable votes to support their case, it’s Obama’s history of voting “present” in Springfield–even on some of the most controversial and politically explosive issues of the day–that raises questions that he will need to answer. Voting “present” is one of three options in the Illinois Legislature (along with “yes” and “no”), but it’s almost never an option for the occupant of the Oval Office.