Kerry Ranked Most Liberal in Senate - Over Hillary & Ted

[southerngale]

NUMBER ONE: KERRY RANKED 'MOST LIBERAL' IN SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES, TOPS KENNEDY, CLINTON

NATIONAL JOURNAL on Friday claimed Democrat frontrunner John Kerry has the "most liberal" voting record in the Senate.

The results of Senate vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5 -- far ahead of such Democrat stalwarts as Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton.

NATIONAL JOURNAL's scores, which have been compiled each year since 1981, are based on lawmakers' votes in three areas: economic policy, social policy, and foreign policy.

"To be sure, Kerry's ranking as the No. 1 Senate liberal in 2003 -- and his earning of similar honors three times during his first term, from 1985 to 1990 -- will probably have opposition researchers licking their chops," NATIONAL JOURNAL reports.

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[The ratings system was first devised in 1981 under the direction of William Schneider, a political analyst and commentator at CNN, and a contributing editor to National Journal, who continues to guide the calculation process. Data processing and statistical analysis were performed by Information Technology Services of the Brookings Institution. A panel of National Journal editors and reporters initially compiled a list of 140 key congressional roll-call votes for 2003 -- 63 votes for the Senate and 77 for the House -- and classified them as relating to economic, social, or foreign policy. Roll-call data was drawn from the Congressional Record.]

[Lindaloo]

Great post SG!! All the swing voters out there need to take a look at his voting record. I did.

[j]

You're a swing voter Linda?

[Lindaloo]

Nope! lol. Just making a point is all. And as usual it came out wrong. hehe.

[wx247]

Linda is not a swing voter -- just a swing dancer.

[southerngale]

LOL Garrett!

[streetsoldier]

All I have to do is look at the Americans for Democratic Action "approved" list to see who's worth voting against.

Kerry comes in at a shocking 100% in ADA issues approvals.

[Lindaloo]

Linda is not a swing voter -- just a swing dancer.

**falls down laughing"" Are you sure you do not have me mistaken for southerngale?

[southerngale]

Linda is not a swing voter -- just a swing dancer.

**falls down laughing"" Are you sure you do not have me mistaken for southerngale?

Hey now!! I resemble that remark!

[GalvestonDuck]

Hey, now -- don't laugh! Swing dancing is fun! The guy gets to do all the work and the girl just strolls back and forth in a straight line, occasionally turning and/or spinning as the guy leads (that is, if he knows what he's doing and does it right). I took lessons last summer. (And yes, I danced with the guys.)

[blizzard]

Linda is not a swing voter -- just a swing dancer.

And here I thought you were gonna call her a swinger.... lol