RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 100% by Planned Parenthood, indicating an anti-life voting record
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 100% by Planned Parenthood, indicating an anti-life voting record
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance.
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance.
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record.
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated F by the NRA, indicating an anti-2nd Amendment Rights voting record.
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated F- by the NRA, indicating an anti-2nd Amendment Rights voting record.
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 100% by Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 100% by Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 60% by the ACLU
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 50% by the ACLU
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 89% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance.
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 75% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance.
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Votes with the Sierra Club 92% of the time, indicating a pro-enviromental record
MARK KIRK (R)
Votes with the Sierra Club 96% of the time, indicating a pro-enviromental record
MARK KIRK (R)
Rated 80% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.
RICHARD J. DURBIN (D)
Rated 85% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.
I’m not attempting to imply that Kirk is a conservative by any means. And I wouldn’t want to recommend him as a prom date.
However there are some votes (such as when picking the Senate Majority Leader or protecting US sovereignty - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007232/posts ) where I’d much rather have him as a Senator from Illinois than have another Democrat replacing him and voting like Dick Durbin. In the very strong Republican year of 2010, Kirk won his Senate seat with less than a majority of the vote (thanks partially to a Green Party candidate).
So, on the RINO removal front, I’m saving my ammunition, time and very limited funds to devote to efforts to get rid of Senators such as Lindsey Graham where we could almost certainly replace the RINO with a true conservative after that conservative defeated the RINO in the primary.
What I’m looking forward to in 2014 is for conservatives to be able to say “mission accomplished” upon the removal of Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader. I just don’t like to see things that are counterproductive to those efforts advanced—particularly things that cause us to take our eyes off of the prize.