Reply #25: Miller (GA), Nelson (NE) and Baucus (MT) are worse Dems than Joe [View All]

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Respectively (according to the DMI study of 7 important 2004 votes) they voted to protect the middle class 17%, 71% and and 67% of the time.

Byrd Reid and Lieberman are the same (83%), which means they missed one vote, and voted for the middle class ever y time except once.

Every other Dem was either INC (because they missed 3 or more votes) or scored 86% (eg, Daschle and both LA senators) or 100% (which is what CT's other Senator, Chris Dodd scored).

Johnson of SD was INC because he only voted three ti mes on the important issues (and one was against the middle class) and he didn't have the excuse that he was running for President. That's not very impressive.

Chaffee is at 57%, a number he shares with both ME Senators as the highest for a Republican. S pecter is the only other Republican who scored 50% or better.

So, it seems like the Democrats to dump are Miller, Nelson (NE) and Baucus. Tim Johnson doesn't impress either. And an argument could be made that if CT can elect a 100%'er like Dodd, then why can't they find someone better than Lieberman who is in the bottom 10% of Democrats who care about the middle class. However, it's important to realize that 83% is still a pretty good number and if you gambled and lost and a Republican won that seat, you'd probably slip down to a 50% or lower Republican.

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