The Associated Press Obama acknowledges that over nearly eight years in the Illinois Senate, he voted "present" 129 times. That was out of roughly 4,000 votes he cast, so those "presents" amounted to about one of every 31 votes in his legislative career. 2008-01-24T12:25:02Z http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gG60xsyt9Bdrdl6YUwhu0CYeBqTwD8UC4MA00 jakesutton jakesutton