The Washington Times is out with an extensive report on Barack Obama's voting record while in the Illinois State Senate. They found,among other things, that Obama was the only Illinois State Senator to vote against a bill that put an end to the early release of convicted criminal sex offenders. The report reveals just how far-left Barack Obama really is, unlike the the way he is trying to portray himself to the American people:

Sen. Barack Obama will portray himself Thursday night as an agent of change for mainstream America, but his eight-year voting record in the Illinois Senate shows the Democrat was on occasion an agent of isolation who took stands - particularly on anti-crime legislation - that put him to the left of his own party.

Mr. Obama was the only member of the state Senate to vote against a bill to prohibit the early release of convicted criminal sexual abusers; was among only four who voted against bills to toughen criminal sentences and to increase penalties for "gangbangers" and dealers of Ecstasy; and voted "present" on a bill making it harder for abusive parents to regain custody of their children, a Washington Times review of Illinois legislative records shows.

"On the one hand, I give him credit for being true to his beliefs. But certainly with concerns that there were, even for his own party in Illinois, he would be to the left on some of those key votes," said Illinois state Sen. Dave Syverson, a conservative Republican.

The pattern has continued since Mr. Obama joined the U.S. Senate, according to National Journal magazine. . . .Read the entire report