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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:00 AM

National Journal's ideological ranking of Obama rears its ugly head

As predicted, a dubious ranking of Barack Obama as the Senate's most liberal member is already being used for conservative attacks.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008 03:42 PM

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    Anyone else think that the National Journal may jigger its methology on these studies just to increase its own profile? It seems somewhat odd that the presumptive nominee seems to alway be "OMG THE MOST LIBERAL" when anyone paying attention to these people's positions know that they fall to the conservative side of several other Senators. I know the "fourth most liberal Senator" (which in the grand scheme of things isn't particularly liberal) doesn't have the same punch so it makes me wonder.

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