[TomGuy]

Coburn is a Doctor (medical) from Oklahoma.

He is in his first Senate term. And he is making waves.

He critized both Dems and Pubbies about all the pork in recent bills. The Alaska Senator went to the floor and threatened to resign his seat if they removed his pork project (known as 'the bridge to nowhere').

Coburn went to Washington (as the movie Mr. Smith did) wanting to make a difference. It will be interesting to see whether he makes much progress or ends up being corrupted, as so many others have, by the Washington culture.

[eeevil conservative]

Thank you!

That helps alot. I heard Herman Cain say yesterday that he thinks if he had been elected (Herman lost to Isakson int Repub primaries here in GA) that he and Coburn would be great friends and work well together... I love Herman so I knew I had to find out more about Coburn...

[Morgan in Denver]

Is my memory right in thinking Coburn won in OK 'without' Bush and the White House helping them?

[RasterMaster]

Coburn is on a self-imposed term limitation. Not likely that D.C. can pollute the man. If his opponents (Bob Anthony & Kirk Humphries and DUmocrat Brad Carson) had won, they'd be corrupted on the first day!