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In reply to the discussion: According to voting record, the top 10 most progressive members of the Senate. [View all]HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)95. What helps is that the person running against him is disliked even by Ohio's Repubs.
This article on Josh Mandel is by Plain Dealer columnist Brent Larkin, himself not exactly left of center.
Brown has always been a strong voice for union and public workers and an opponent of offshore outsourcing, or Thomas Friedman-promoted "Free Trade".
Brown has always been a strong voice for union and public workers and an opponent of offshore outsourcing, or Thomas Friedman-promoted "Free Trade".
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According to voting record, the top 10 most progressive members of the Senate. [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 2017
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That is certainly interesting. I wonder how the fringe left will explain away this ranking.
LonePirate
Aug 2017
#5
Whatever they do, they won't blame it on Russian bots & planted social media. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2017
#59
The fringe left (those who voted Stein and the JPR types) are not friends of the Democratic Party.
LonePirate
Aug 2017
#77
Harris has a 98% and Sanders has a 95%. The differences among the top 20 in that list are trivial.
phleshdef
Aug 2017
#29
the claim is deceptive. This is only determining how often you voted party line when most
JCanete
Aug 2017
#91
Right. And look at the difference between the lowest scoring Dems and the highest scoring R.
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#9
Giving proof to the statement that any Democrat is better than any republican.
Salviati
Aug 2017
#21
Kind of. It's really a measure of cohort voting where the cohort is defined by a webapage
aikoaiko
Aug 2017
#13
You can look at the votes that they used in the ranking. They're being transparent. nt
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#18
I'm reminded of another list that had Schumer listed as the most progressive. LOL
Garrett78
Aug 2017
#17
Apples and oranges. There is no way to compare a record as state prosecutor and US Senator. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#23
Gillibrand was one of 5 senators, along with Markey and Warren of Massachusetts and
StevieM
Aug 2017
#84
Interesting to note the imperfect record on abortion for a number of A-, and B-rated progressives,
Ms. Toad
Aug 2017
#25
Durbin's, Feinstein's long term rating is 96.88 yet someone like Warren, OR Ted Cruz is N/A.
lunasun
Aug 2017
#55
I didn't check those two - but if they are N/A, they didn't vote on the bills being tracked.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2017
#57
So... tell me again... why do the haters hate her so much? (What's to hate?)
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#37
What helps is that the person running against him is disliked even by Ohio's Repubs.
HughBeaumont
Aug 2017
#95
True but someone posted from that site last year and it had Booker near the top
Quixote1818
Aug 2017
#88
Progressive Punch lists all the votes that they used to come up with their numbers,
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#90
I have difficulty believing the divisivness regarding so-called liberal fringe, etc. is...
TryLogic
Aug 2017
#69
I knew My Sen, -Tammy Baldwing would be on that list. My other one is a vile Tea bagger-Ron Johnson
riversedge
Aug 2017
#73
Take note all the people here who hate on Corey Booker as being too much of a sellout
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#82
it's a bullshit claim based on metrics that don't prove this at all. They show how often somebody
JCanete
Aug 2017
#93
Of the major parties, Democratic party IS the progressive party. I hesitate to even use the word
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#103
Not again. The problem with this, as I mentioned before when this was posted, is the way
JCanete
Aug 2017
#87
The problem with your point of view is that terms like "progressive" are always relative.
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#102
none of what you said justifies the methodology for determining a "progressive" record. I have
JCanete
Aug 2017
#106