Jun 29
southpol : Obama is going to be issuing signing statements. Probably hundreds of them. That’s to be expected. James Monroe was the first president to issue signing statements. Clinton issued 381 of them. A lot of people feel misled by Obama on this, but in fairness to Obama, he always indicated that he would continue to use signing statements, unlike McCain, who pledged to never use them : Republican presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.) made an arresting claim on the camp
