where has he referred to himself as a neocon where is the citation you can say it all day long where is the citation here is one for you national journal rates obama the single most liberal member of the senate last year spotlighting some policy differences as well as writing a gop attack ad if he's the nominee but perhaps also a helpful note in consolidating support on the left now the rating is a detailed rigorous look across candidates' senate records and while obama and clinton are perceived as having similar senate records this suggests that obama's record on the smaller little noticed votes has put him firmly to clinton's left