see an 88% for 2006, quite good.
Hastert has a lifetime ACU rating of 92.9 over a 20 year period. In 2005, it was 100.
I still don't care for him. As I recall, he was with Bush on nearly all of the major blunders. He was always an advocate for "compromise" by word and by deed. On issues where the GOP should have held firm, Denny was the one the Rats always approached for a compromise, and there were too many. What really did it for me, though, was the appointment of that Red China lobbyist for a senior staff position with sensitive security clearance requirements. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now.
It is difficult for the Speaker of the House to go against the President who is in the same party. I don't know what you are referring to specifically about compromises with the Democrats. Hastert had a tough job just managing the small Rep majority in the House, especially keeping the Northeast RINOs onboard for key legislation.
Hastert has bucked the WH. He voted for the 2005 Border Security bill. He voted against McCain-Feingold. What other blunders are you referring to? He did vote for prescription drugs.
I haven't run it down yet, but I seem to recall that he also voted for some of the earlier amnesty/immigration bills.
I understand that you support him, and agree that his lifetime ACU rating is quite good. I simply have the feeling, accumulated over a number of years, that he either caved or was on the wrong (Bush) side of several important issues. Conservatives just couldn't count on him.
Neither of us is right or wrong, and neither of us will persuade the other. Perhaps we should leave it at that.