Blumenthal, Udall - Most liberal according to National Journal

[Hawaii Hiker]

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-voting-ratings/the-two-most-liberal-members-of-the-senate-20130220

Interesting, wouldn't have thought those 2 were most liberal....

[TwilightGardener]

1. There are two Udalls in the Senate--one in CO, one in NM.

[Hawaii Hiker]

2. It's Udall from New Mexico

[NutmegYankee]

3. Blumenthal was an awesome attorney general!

That man did more for consumer protections than Congress has in the last 50 years! He's relatively unknown, especially compared to Warren, but he has a long history of bringing terror to those businesses that screw over people.

[CTyankee]

4. spot on, nutmet! He is also hugely pro-choice.

Anti-choicers would never even THINK about pulling a fast one while he was A.G.

Did you know that his father in law owns, or at least once owned, the Empire State Building?

[NewJeffCT]

5. I never thought of him as all that liberal, though

and I'm a CT native. Good for him! Let's hope he keeps it up.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. More liberal than Bernie? Whitehouse? Warren? even my senator Ben Cardin?

That's interesting...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Warren hadn't voted yet when they did the rankings

Probably hadn't even been sworn in.

But Bernie not making the Top 15? That's a head-scratcher for sure.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. Thanks. It is an odd list for sure.

ETA: I see Cardin made the Top 10 and he's tied with Harry Reid at #7? WOW!

[geek tragedy]

9. This is really a measure of partisanship. Protest votes from the left count as conservative.`

And vice versa.

Keep in mind that no single measure of voting behavior is likely to be perfect. For instance, some House Republicans occasionally voted against budget-cutting measures last year because they didn’t think the bills reduced spending enough. In so doing, they voted against the overwhelming majority of House conservatives and with the overwhelming majority of House liberals (who opposed the measures because they thought the bills cut spending too much). In such cases, their votes were counted as liberal because they voted with liberals.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-the-vote-ratings-are-calculated-20130219