"Gee, Senator . . . thanks for listening."
Crain's Business discusses Barack Obama's dismal U.S. Senaate voting record on crucial business issues, but gives him fond kudos for being a great listener.
Link: Obama's star rating.
But the group says Sen. Obama voted with business only four times in 30 key votes over the last two years, and two of those were votes for widely supported energy and highway legislation. While he voted for a trade deal with Oman, he voted against a much larger one with Central America, as well as against bankruptcy and asbestos liability reforms, to name a few of the most important business issues he opposed.