Meet Barack Obama - Part 1 The Man

• Born Aug. 4, 1961, raised by a working mother and his grandparents.

• Community organizer in chicago area hurt by closing of steel mills.

• First African American president of Harvard Law Review.

• As Illinois state senator, championed access to health care, early childhood education.

• Elected to U.S. Senate by an overwhelming margin in 2004.
  

• Earned a 98 percent lifetime rating as U.S. senator from the AFL-CIO.

Source: AFL-CIO

For president-who should I vote?

Gosh, for me, that’s really a tough question. The conservative nuts have the country in such a mess and a vote for McCain would result in more of the same-so he’s out of the question, so

the decision has to be between Clinton and Obama.

I’ve been watching and listening and reading about these two candidates just like you have and I think it’s a toss up.

Both have 100% voting records with the AFL-CIO and both have 100% voting records with the Alliance for Retired Americans.

I have seen and heard them both speak, and briefly met Hillary back in October 2001. They’re both good for working families and retirees and both have the family values necessary to really lift America out the fix that we’re in.

Please be sure to vote tomorrow in Indiana and which ever one of these super candidates you vote for will be fine with me.

AFL-CIO Congressional Voting Record for 2007

AFL-CIO Voting Record for 2007 -Percent of votes in favor of Working Families

The AFL-CIO Voting Record lets you know where your lawmakers stand on working family issues such as strengthening Social Security and Medicare, freedom to join a union, workplace safety and more.
All votes were selected for inclusion because of their importance to working families. The graph below show the percentage of the time that each of these Representatives and Senators voted correctly ie; a pro-working families, vote. The Voting Record also shows each member's lifetime record of support for working families.

Here's how they have voted

You can find this information, not only for the above but for all the members of congress by going to the AFL-CIO website.