During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion — positions that appear at odds with the more moderate image he has projected during his presidential campaign.
Of course, having a "moderate image" is not necessarily incongruent with having more partisan stances on specific issues. Nonetheless, several conservative bloggers see the story as evidence Obama has "lied" about his past record. Commentary's Jennifer Rubin speculates on Obama's honesty:
It may be that he is not any more honest than she–just less experienced. Whether lying becomes one of his defining traits will depend on how frequently he gets caught and what penalty he pays.
Hot Air's Ed Morrissey calls it "another misstatement about his past."
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