February 27, 2006

National Journal Vote Ratings: The '08 Hopefuls

http://nationaljournal.com/voteratings/

For the Republicans, the top-line is that, despite rumors to the contrary, Sen. George Allen isn't a recent convert to conservatism. For Democrats, Evan Bayh is the least liberal of the bunch, according to the criteria.

Ranked in order of highest to lowest lifetime conservative compositive score

• Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS): '05: 79.8 Lifetime: 82.2


• Sen. George Allen: (R-VA) '05: 85.8 Lifetime: 79.7


• Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN): '05: 81.5 Lifetime: 77.6


• Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): '05: 59.2 Lifetime: 72.5


• Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE): '05: 69.3 Lifetime: 71.5

• Sen. John Kerry (D-MA): '05: 86.7 Lifetime: 85.7


• Sen. Russ Feingold: (D-WI): '05: 85.2 Lifetime: 80.6


• Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY): '05: 79.8 Lifetime: 80.5


• Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE): '05: 80.2 Lifetime: 76.8


• Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN): '05: 70.7 Lifetime: 62.3

Posted at 11:24 AM