National Journal releases Vote Rankings Liberal vs. Conservative

• Apple

  

  Sherrod Brown, D-OH is tied for 1th Liberal senator. Imagine THAT!!! Ha! I guess we get what we deserve.
  
  Article
  

  The 10 Most Liberal Senate Dems
  1. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
  1. Roland Burris (D-IL)
  1. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
  1. Jack Reed (D-RI)
  1. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
  6. John Kerry (D-MA)
  6. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
  8. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
  9. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
  9. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
  
  Most Conservative Senate GOPers
  1. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
  2. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
  3. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
  4. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
  5. Jim Risch (R-ID)
  6. John Thune (R-SD)
  7. John Ensign (R-NV)
  8. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
  9. Richard Burr (R-NC)
  10. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
  
  The 10 Most Liberal House Dems
  1. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
  1. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
  1. John Olver (D-MA)
  1. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
  1. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
  1. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
  1. Mel Watt (D-NC)
  1. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
  9. Kathy Castor (D-FL)
  10. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
  
  Most Conservative House GOPers
  1. Trent Franks (R-AZ)
  1. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
  1. Randy Neugebaurer (R-TX)
  1. Pete Olson (R-TX)
  1. John Shadegg (R-AZ)
  1. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
  7. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
  8. Mike Pence (R-IN)
  9. Steve King (R-IA)
  9. Tom McClintock (R-CA)

• gibby08

  

  How did he become the 1th liberal senator?? 1st maybe...but not 1th
• derek bomar

  

  at least ohio's 1th in something
• jmog

  gibby08 wrote: How did he become the 1th liberal senator?? 1st maybe...but not 1th

  Someone who obviously was never on the old huddle...
• gibby08

  

  Yea...I was
  
  It's a stupid thing to use and makes you look unintelligent
• Apple

  

  teh internets = serious business
• BoatShoes

  These rankings with one broad brush of "most conservative" are so strange to me. I still can't get somebody to tell me what it really means to be "conservative". You've got all different kinds of factions and beliefs. For instance, I bet Ron Paul isn't the most conservative because of his foreign policy stances but you'll hear a lot of folks say that what Ron Paul advocates is "real conservativism".
  
  These kinds of things are absolutely worthless and just fodder for worthless political campaign ads and contrary to real policy knowledge.
• LJ

  

  back on topic
• gibby08

  

  My bad LJ....
  
  And any of you are suprised by this ranking??
• jmog

  I said back on topic- LJ
• Apple

  

  gibby08 wrote: ...And any of you are suprised by this ranking??

  I was actually surprised that Pelosi and Reid weren't in their respective top 10 given the agenda they are leading. Interesting that Ron Paul isn't there either, but as the article says, his foreign affairs voting record knocked him down.
• gibby08

  

  Apple...
  
  This is only a guess...but maybe they don't put majority leaders in?? I really don't know...but it's a thought
• Apple

  

  gibby...
  
  They're all in the rankings, just click on the article link in the op. There are also other links from there that break it down.
• gibby08

  

  Got ya...my bad
• bigmanbt

  Yeah I agree with the poster above, what is the "standard" for how conservative one is? Is it the neocon way that has become the norm in the pub party or true conservatives that follow the older way?
• JoeA1010

  I don't know what votes were considered conservative vs. liberal, but I'd rather see a ranking measuring More Government vs. Less Government.
• Apple

  

  ^^^ I like the way JoeA thinks!
  
• ts1227

  

  Tim Ryan more liberal than Dennis Kucinich? That's debatable.
  
  They don't have LaTourette far enough to the right either.