Obama and Biden, #1 and #3 most liberal senators

National Journal ^

[Delacon]

Isn't the VP pick supposed to balance out the ticket? Biden just loses out to Sheldon Whitehouse by one tenth of a point for the #2 spot to Obama. And Biden is supposed to bring foreign policy experience to the ticket when he is actually more liberal than obama. Way to win the middle Dems.

Senator...	...is more liberal than __% of the Senate on these issues:			Composite Score
Name Sort (alpha by surname)	Economic Sort	Social Sort	Foreign Sort	Liberal Sort
Obama, Barack, D-Ill.	94	94	92	95.5
Whitehouse, Sheldon, D-R.I.	94	88	94	94.3
Biden, Joseph, D-Del.	94	86	98	94.2
Sanders, Bernie, I-Vt.	90	88	98	93.7
Menendez, Robert, D-N.J.	94	92	85	92.8
Lautenberg, Frank, D-N.J.	94	94	79	91.7
Leahy, Patrick, D-Vt.	90	88	85	90.2
Boxer, Barbara, D-Calif.	88	87	93	89.8
Reid, Harry, D-Nev.	72	94	94	89.2
Feingold, Russell, D-Wis.	79	94	76	85.5
Harkin, Tom, D-Iowa	79	76	94	85.2
Murray, Patty, D-Wash.	66	94	85	84.5
Durbin, Richard, D-Ill.	79	88	78	83.8
Reed, Jack, D-R.I.	94	84	68	83.5
Schumer, Charles, D-N.Y.	89	78	79	83
Stabenow, Debbie, D-Mich.	72	85	85	82.8
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, D-N.Y.	87	77	83	82.8
Cantwell, Maria, D-Wash.	63	92	84	80.5
Cardin, Ben, D-Md.	79	81	74	80.2
Kerry, John, D-Mass.	72	75	85	79.5
Klobuchar, Amy, D-Minn.	79	66	79	77.3
Kohl, Herb, D-Wis.	72	81	74	77.3
Dodd, Christopher, D-Conn.	62	94	71	77
Mikulski, Barbara, D-Md.	90	72	65	77
Wyden, Ron, D-Ore.	59	81	85	76.8
Levin, Carl, D-Mich.	79	79	65	76.5
Brown, Sherrod, D-Ohio	71	79	77	76.3
Kennedy, Edward, D-Mass.	66	64	94	76.2
Akaka, Daniel, D-Hawaii	66	70	79	73.3
Bingaman, Jeff, D-N.M.	77	70	68	72.7
Inouye, Daniel, D-Hawaii	70	73	70	71.7
Casey, Bob, D-Pa.	90	63	57	71.2
Feinstein, Dianne, D-Calif.	77	61	73	71
Nelson, Bill, D-Fla.	79	73	52	69.8
Rockefeller, Jay, D-W.Va.	65	66	72	68.7
Byrd, Robert, D-W.Va.	51	52	85	64.3
Lincoln, Blanche, D-Ark.	66	62	56	62.3
Bayh, Evan, D-Ind.	56	66	59	62.2
Tester, Jon, D-Mont.	60	57	65	61.7
Carper, Thomas, D-Del.	58	60	59	60.2
Webb, Jim, D-Va.	53	66	57	60.2
Salazar, Ken, D-Colo.	56	65	54	59.2
Dorgan, Byron, D-N.D.	60	51	64	59
Lieberman, Joe, ID-Conn.	72	59	38	57.5
McCaskill, Claire, D-Mo.	51	58	59	57.3
Baucus, Max, D-Mont.	53	55	59	57.3
Conrad, Kent, D-N.D.	53	55	59	57.3
Pryor, Mark, D-Ark.	63	53	47	55
Landrieu, Mary, D-La.	49	54	54	53.2
Snowe, Olympia, R-Maine	46	49	46	47.8
Collins, Susan, R-Maine	48	47	45	47.2
Smith, Gordon, R-Ore.	44	43	53	47.2
Nelson, Ben, D-Neb.	46	44	48	46.7
Specter, Arlen, R-Pa.	45	48	42	45.5
Coleman, Norm, R-Minn.	43	39	44	42.5
Lugar, Richard, R-Ind.	39	46	39	41.8
Voinovich, George, R-Ohio	41	42	41	41.8
Warner, John, R-Va.	37	38	40	38.8
Hagel, Chuck, R-Neb.	18	45	51	38.7
Stevens, Ted, R-Alaska	38	37	30	36
Murkowski, Lisa, R-Alaska	40	41	21	35.3
Sununu, John, R-N.H.	32	25	43	34
Hatch, Orrin, R-Utah	34	30	34	33.5
Martinez, Mel, R-Fla.	28	34	30	31.8
Gregg, Judd, R-N.H.	26	31	30	30.2
Domenici, Pete, R-N.M.	34	29	21	29.5
Bennett, Robert, R-Utah	16	33	27	26
Alexander, Lamar, R-Tenn.	30	16	28	25.5
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, R-Texas	28	26	16	24.8
Corker, Bob, R-Tenn.	32	0	34	24.2
Brownback, Sam, R-Kan.	0	32	36	23.5
Cochran, Thad, R-Miss.	21	24	21	23.3
Grassley, Charles, R-Iowa	42	17	7	22.8
Graham, Lindsey, R-S.C.	18	35	13	22.7
Shelby, Richard, R-Ala.	24	22	16	22
Dole, Elizabeth, R-N.C.	22	0	37	21.5
Craig, Larry, R-Idaho	23	36	0	21.2
Roberts, Pat, R-Kan.	25	14	16	19.7
Bond, Christopher (Kit), R-Mo.	30	17	0	17.7
Kyl, Jon, R-Ariz.	0	26	21	17.5
Lott, Trent, R-Miss. †	15	28	8	17.5
Thune, John, R-S.D.	36	0	9	17.3
Chambliss, Saxby, R-Ga.	14	9	21	16.5
Crapo, Mike, R-Idaho	12	22	9	15.5
Vitter, David, R-La.	20	9	14	15.5
Ensign, John, R-Nev.	11	9	21	15.5
Coburn, Tom, R-Okla.	13	20	9	15
Sessions, Jeff, R-Ala.	26	0	9	14.2
McConnell, Mitch, R-Ky.	3	0	30	13.5
Inhofe, James, R-Okla.	6	0	28	13.3
Isakson, Johnny, R-Ga.	7	9	16	12.5
Bunning, Jim, R-Ky.	5	21	0	10.2
Enzi, Michael, R-Wyo.	7	0	14	9.2
Cornyn, John, R-Texas	9	13	0	8.8
Burr, Richard, R-N.C.	0	17	0	7.8
Allard, Wayne, R-Colo.	3	14	0	7.5
DeMint, Jim, R-S.C.	10	0	0	6.2
McCain, John, R-Ariz.	*	40	*	*
Johnson, Tim, D-S.D.	*	*	49	*
Barrasso, John, R-Wyo.	*	0	16	*
Thomas, Craig, R-Wyo. †	*	*	*	*

^Three senators do not have scores for 2007 because they missed more than half of the rated votes in an issue area: John McCain, R-Ariz., who was running for president; Tim Johnson, D-S.D., who was recuperating from a brain hemorrhage and returned to work on September 5, 2007; Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., who died on June 4, 2007; and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who was appointed to succeed Thomas on June 22, 2007.

[hsalaw]

Sheldon Whitehouse was too busy to take Obambi’s call.

[stormer]

Wow. Larry Craig is more conservative than Sam Brownback.

[stormer]

Wow. Larry Craig is more conservative than Sam Brownback.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, Obama sure wanted to shore up his liberal base didn’t he? He wants a strong liberal ticket.

In 2004, both Kerry and Edwards were very liberal as well in these ratings.

So which groups of voters will Biden pick up for the ticket? Which states can he help with?

This does nothing to help Obama with “middle America”. This ticket will do very well in the northeastern states, the upper midwest, and the Pacific coast states. Mc Cain may carry every state from Virginia/West Virginia all the way down to Florida, and across to Texas, and up the great plains and Rocky Mountains up to Idaho.

Biden sure doesn’t seem like a “game changer” veep candidate.

[BenLurkin]

Yep.

Two pompous lefty blowhards — a bad combination for America that makes a RINO like McCain look like Captain America.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I am surprised that Norm Coleman wasn’t #2.........

[ari-freedom]

he will really turn off the gun voters. Even obama didn’t want to rock this issue too much knowing that dems were clobbered in 94 over this issue.

[pepperhead]

OMG!! He is even more liberal than Bernie Sanders.

[Burma Jones]

Obama-Biden ‘08 . . . because Bernie Sanders (or Barbara Boxer or Tom Harkin or whoever) was just too far to the right!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This ticket is going to take off like a lead ballon in the south.
Obama a corrupt Chicago racemonger and Biden a north-east limousine lib.
Whoo-hoo!!!!

[Pistolshot]

[Proud_USA_Republican]

balloon*

[Reagan Man]

Fat Ted at 76.2.

Biden at 94.2 -— Say it ain’t so Joe!

LOL

[Tempest]

Wow. according to this report John McCain is one of the LEAST libieral out of in the entire senate. What are all the whack jobs around here going to say now?

[Tempest]

The “RINO” is amongst the most conservative members of the senate according to that least you're citing...

[roses of sharon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1j0FS0Z6ho

Biden lies, then has to admit it, lol!

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D91F3CF931A1575AC0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

[Delacon]

If you don't believe the National Journal try the Americans for Democratic Action which is the oldest liberal lobby pac in DC. Obama and Biden are both ranked favorably at 75% and are beatin out in their liberalness by 10 other senators out of ya know a hundred.

PDF Alert

http://www.adaction.org/media/votingrecords/2007.pdf

[eyedigress]

Damn Skull and Bones up to their usual dirty work. Obama being from Harvard and all didn’t have a chance. Oh Well

[Delacon]

ping