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Obama has not really spent 3 years in the Senate: he spent 143 days actually “working” in the Senate, but occupied the rest of his time with campaigning and fund-raising. Inexperience and naked ambition is never a good combination.

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he spent 143 days actually “working” in the Senate

I doubt he even worked those 143 days as a senator.

As soon as he gave that speech in the democrat party convention in 2004, he started scheming for a way to run for president and the senate was seen as a stepping stone for his goal.

I'm pretty sure that in those 143 days, he started his plans for running for president and the senate duties were secondary. He might have been present for those 143 days, but his mind and efforts were elsewhere. I have no doubts that his senate staffers did all of his senatorial work while he was prepping for the primaries and the presidency; those staffers have been doing his work for all the time he has been senator.