I don’t understand. Do you think Shannon is not sufficiently conservative and will be a bad senator or do you just not like him because he’s skipped votes.
Personally, I couldn’t vote somebody with such a low conservative rating as Lankford, but then I live in MA, and no congressman here would reach even his level.
I’d like to see as a conservative a senate as possible. Coburn’s rating is much higher than that. I’d hate to see a state like Oklahoma elect a candidate that’s less conservative than Coburn.
I'm not putting a lot of stock in ratings - at least not at this point. Here's another thing that bothers me: I got a phone call from a push poll back in May or April - I forget which. The lady wouldn't tell me who she was working for, and she never called it a push poll, but it was plain and clear based on the questions she was asking. All of them started with this set up: “Would you be more or less likely to vote for James Lankford if...” Now at the beginning of the poll most of the questions were innocuous and benign, but by the end of the poll they were asking questions about things that Lankford never did. In addition to disapproving Shannon's dedication to his voters, I also have to question the integrity of his campaign.
The funny thing here is, I wouldn't be all that concerned about Shannon if he hadn't decided to smear James Lankford. James Lankford is a good man - I actually just got back from the first week of Falls Creek this week, and while James doesn't work there any more, I've seen the product of what he does. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.