here's the link
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/judicial-watch-obama-intended-to-leave-no-paper-trail-2008-03-26.html

Well, that's a little inflammatory by the always non-partisan Judicial Watch, isn't it? (sarcasm intended).

This is the first time there's ever been an issue about Obama's records as State Senator, even in Illinois races.

Hillary's schedules as First Lady shed a different light, however. She's claiming vast experience based on her actions as First Lady. And since there is no legislative record to hold her accountable, her day to day schedule is more pertinent to her claims. Obama has a legislative record in the Illinois State legislature and by all accounts correspondence and other state business have been documented.

I live in Chicago. Believe me, if the Chicago Tribune had been dissatisfied with any disclosure on Obama's part, we would have heard about it.

1. The State of Illinois has specific record-keeping requirements for their State Senators and, naturally, business occurring in the legislature. It has been confirmed that Obama abided by these requirements flawlessly.

2. All of said records, i.e. anything to do with the IL state government, i.e. everything is available through the State of Illinois. Some documents require a FoIA request but there is no OK that Obama needs to or can give. The public record is, well, public record.

3. Cases, legislation etc. that were ongoing at the time of Obama's election to U.S. Senate were transitioned to his successor Kwame Raoul.

4. Obama does not have any remaining personal records. Anything that is not part of the official record (see #1) would have been discarded because it is by definition inconsequential. There was no staff that could handle these as mere keepsakes.

That is all the information you need. Please contact the State of Illinois if you want access to the extensive public record.

Period, done, the end.

We will not be distracted. Not this time.

P.S. Jot yourself a little text file somewhere to just paste in when the next troll comes by. Their intention is to waste our time.

period, done, the end.

does that work well for you at home?

Talk about a tsunami.... amber, where are you when we need you??

It'll be interesting to see if anything comes out of this -- but the Hill article is pretty pitiful; it doesn't tell us anything at all, except that a right-wing hit group claims Obama's records aren't availble, and Obama says they are. Wouldn't a quick call to the Illinois secretary of state, or whoever is in charge of such things there, have shed some light on this?

roo_P...It has been confirmed that Obama abided by these requirements flawlessly.

You've made a lot of claims in your post above. Can you link us to something confirming what you've posted? Thanks in advance.

Anyone in the mood for a giggle, read up on Judicial Watch. Do these people think they live in a vacuum? I guess they do, since they get taken seriously by blogs like The Hill.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton is currently in a hilarious legal battle with Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman over control of the organization. Klayman left to run in the FL senatorial republican primary against Mel Martinez, crapped out, and tried to reclaim control of Judicial Watch in 2004. He then sued Fitton for misrepresentation when Fitton was hired as staff at Judicial Watch, claiming Fitton later admitted he had no BA in English as claimed on his resume. Fitton evidently refuses to release his birth date to allow independent confirmation of his claim to a BA degree from George Washington University.

By the way, Klayman is also famous for suing his own mother for expenses related to care of his grandmother - as he claims "doing the right thing, no matter the consequences".

I mean really...