[VitacoreVision]

My opinion: Potential Presidential candidates should be selected from the people who score 90% and above.

[Democrat_media]

how many of those are Democrats? I bet zero.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

My opinion: Potential Presidential candidates should be selected from the people who have governed large and prosperous institutions such as states, large cities, or large corporations.

No more empty-suited orators please.

[Nextrush]

Perhaps, but I wonder who is behind this scorecard. Do they front for the GOP like CPAC or National Right To Life etc. etc. etc.?????

[1010RD]

Can you do the state governors?

[Purrcival]

Michele Bachmann at 80%? Where is Phil Gingrey (my Congressman)? He should be up near 100%, in my estimation.

[Purrcival]

OK, the scores, for Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson (my Senators), I can understand. But no way is Phil Gingrey down near 65%. I’d like to know what criteria they used.

[MrEdd]

Congress is a poor place to look for a candidate with executive skills.

[Kip Russell]

My opinion: Potential Presidential candidates should be selected from the people who score 90% and above.

Given that Obama's rating was 17%, I'd be comparatively happy (if not ecstatic) with anyone who could crack 70% right now.

[upchuck]

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We can feel good in South Carolina:

Sen. Tim Scott - 80%
Dist.2: Joe Wilson - 60%
Dist.3: Jeff Duncan - 86%
Dist.4: Trey Gowdy - 80%
Dist.5: Mick Mulvaney - 78%
Dist.6: James Clyburn - 20%
Dist.7: Tom Rice - 70%

We'll have to excuse Rep. Clyburn. He's the only one not a Republican.

Oh, you may be thinking, where's precious Linda? She scored 63%, lowest of everybody except Wilson. I'm sure she's thrilled.

[TomGuy]

Arkansas

Sen. John Boozman - 54% [Sort of R, apparently]
Sen. Mark Pryor - 21% [Dem]
Dist.1: Eric Crawford - 64% [Sort of R, apparently]
Dist.2: Tim Griffin - 66% [Sort of R, apparently]
Dist.3: Steve Womack - 64% [Sort of R, apparently]
Dist.4: Tom Cotton - 70% [Sort of R]

If those were letter grades, none of them would have much to shout about.

Boozman - F
Pryor - F
Crawford - D
Griffin - D
Womack - D
Cotton - D+/C-

[Bluestocking]

Since every Congressman and Senator must take an oath of office pledging to uphold the Constitution, shouldn’t every Congressman and Senator who scores lower than 80% on upholding Constitutional principles be considered to have lied under oath?

[M. Thatcher]

Flake and Rubio shouldn’t be anywhere near the “top ten” in the Senate - they’re both Gang of 8 and need to be defeated.

[xzins]

This means nothing. The only thing that counts is knowing the person and how he thinks. Votes are so controlled that they rarely demonstrate what the candidate believes. Normally they can. Vote the leanings of their district because the vote is a sure loser or winner and the leaders let them know that.

[Bon of Babble]

Glad to see Tom McClintock on the list. If the California were sane, such as before the 1986 immigration amnesty that changed politics in California forever, Tom would be governor instead of the lefties we’ve had in the statehouse — and that includes Gov. Arnold.

Gas tax just went up three cents July 1st due to a long ago policy passed by Gov. Arnold — with two more increases in the future due to this same policy.

Idiots.

[Usagi_yo]

My opinion .... Jettison the GOP and go Tea Party. The Tea PArty really has the Dems scared. It’s populist and it cuts out their Republican cronies.

Federalization could not continue if we made Congress de-facto coalition type house. With as little as 10% house members and 5 tea party Senators the Tea Party would become a major player and deal maker on legislation.

They would have to forego any committee assignment promises and refuse to caucus with either the DEM or GOP. As they grow and as their influence becomes apparent, then they can do their horse trading for committee assignments.

[District13]

I don’t care what you say, I love my Congressman, Chris Stewart, District 2-Utah. He’s a Veteran, a great author, and a stellar conservative.

But I appreciate your work here! Thank you.

[Drawn7979]

seems about right.

[grania]

Jeff Flake and Marc Rubio.....shame on them. They have no constituency left because they abet the invasion of the US. That's the NUMBER ONE ISSUE. No other conservative issues survive without that.

Is it "conservative" to bare-a** lie to voters?

[cardinal4]

They remove Rubio..

[uncommonsense]

Cruz is at 90% because he voted nay on:

"On the Amendment S.Amdt. 965 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013): To permit States to require that any food, beverage, or other edible product offered for sale have a label on indicating that the food, beverage, or other edible product contains a genetically engineered ingredient."

Cruz voted against state gov forcing all companies to label ingredients as GMO when they may not have total control of their commodity supply chain. Companies can always label their products as "free of GMO" ingredients, but it's a lot harder to know and certify every genetic source of a blended commodity.

Cruz was right in voting against Bernie (the commie) Sanders' amendment. I call bull on this score.