Well, first of all, a senator HAD to win this election because it was one of the first times we've had Senator vs. Senator. We could have put this to rest as soon as McCain won the primaries and it was clear Hillary or Obama would win the Democratic Primary.
Secondly, senators tend to get bogged down in their records -- it's why they lose. Every bill contains so many earmarks and this or that, every spending bill you vote down is going to contain money for sexually abused children or something and every one you vote up will raise raise the tariff on Canadian mackerel 2 cents (and thus "raising taxes on the middle class"). Senators have a hard time winning becuase their records are long and easy to tear apart.
Obama was not a long-serving senator and when he was a senator, he was pretty self-conscious about his presidential ambitions and thus intentionally went through the right hoops: bipartisan legislation, nothing scary, etc.
Nothing scary?
Like teaching kids ( kindergarden age) sexual education?
Education work with Bill Ayres the marxist (IL senate).
All the far left Bills on abortion.
You are right he didn't spend alot of time as US senator. He has no record and if the MSm had did a better of pointing that out, maybe the outcome would have been different.
Obama Does not have half the record of bipartisanship McCain has.
