From RPF: Who is your favorite Senator (not running for President)?

[spooky3]

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Dick Durbin of IL

He is correct on all issues, IMO.

[LSdemocrat]

19. Another Durbin fan

He's essentially my senator since Missouri does not have a Democratic senator

[AntiCoup2K4]

22. Nevermind

nevermind

[lovedems]

2. Senator Dick Durbin!

[Beaker]

49. Dur-bin, Dur-bin, Dur-bin...

one of illinois' finest.

[JohnKleeb]

3. Kennedy who backs that scumbag John Kerry

;) heh

[Loren645]

4. Byrd and Wellstone

...

[Blitz]

20. Robert C. Byrd

is a bigot.

[bicentennial_baby]

21. True dat!

The man may speak well on some issues, but the simple fact is, he hates gay people, and that ain't right with me!

[Blitz]

Also bigoted against atheists

He generally gets a free pass here, though. He's the bigot we love (well, not me).

[overground1]

33. gays aren't the only ones he hates

he also was a member of the KKK and he said that atheists aren't welcome in America. He said this in response the the 9th circuit court's ruling on the Pledge.

Robert Byrd is a serious black mark on our party. It is disgusting that anyone here would support this man.

[jmaier]

5. tally another vote for Durbin of IL

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

6. Add another vote for

Dick Durbin of Illinois.

[religiousleft]

7. Durbin indeed

a friend to labor and working people, and Hillary because it so angers those who smeared her husband to see her there in the very chamber, and being smarter than them too.

[KittyWampus]

8. Dick Durbin. He's Got That "Favorite Neighbor" Charisma

but when he's on Crossfire or whatever he NEVER backs down.

[JohnLocke]

9. "Other": Graham

[kixot]

11. I second the Graham nomination.

That man would have made a great president.

[Rowdyboy]

29. Graham

We will not see his equal for some time.

[Josh]

45. Graham got my vote, too

eom

[NNN0LHI]

10. Another vote for my Senator, Dick Durbin of Illinois n/t

[Edwards4President]

12. Tie between Durbin and Kennedy

[JohnKleeb]

14. Do you think that Edwards or any of the noms

would consider Durbin for VP. I am a Virginian, know very little about him but I hear hes great.

[spooky3]

17. Welcome to DU, Edwards4President!

[Edwards4President]

31. Thank you!

[WI_DEM]

13. My own Senator--Russ Feingold

the most principled person in the US Senate (along with Robert Byrd).

[Zynx]

15. I love Russel.

[poskonig]

16. Senator Durbin rules.

Jon Corzine is a close second, with Feingold right behind him.

[elsiesummers]

18. Levin and Biden

I love the way Levin grills the Bush cabinet when they testify before congress - he always looks over his glasses and intimidates the XXXX out of them.

Biden - articulate and forceful and a fantastic dresser - especially the collar pins - (threads do count!) I wish he had run for prez - could have talked circles around Bush - totally covers the problem with the lack of Bush policy on N. Korea - and just like Bush has pushed the ugly electric blue ties on us - Biden could set a real style standard for the nation!

[Terwilliger]

23. Russ Feingold!

He's the man.

[Cheswick2.0]

24. Senator Robert Byrd

I'll never forget him standing up in front of the Senate and trying to stop the IWR.

[Blitz]

26. HOw about him standing in front of the Capitol

and telling atheists that they should get out of the country?

Or him standing on the Senate floor and blaming gays for the collapse of great civilizations?

Byrd. The bigot we love.

[Cheswick2.0]

43. Unfortunately, lately, some of the most intollerant people I know

are atheists. So that argument doesn't move me much. When you fix that problem and all atheists are perfect people (since you expect perfection from the rest of us) get back to me. In the meantime I will continue to support PFAW and PRAY we can all learn to accept each other.
Byrd may not be perfect, who is? He is still my favorite senator

[ACPS65]

25. Daschle

He's always stood up to Bush.

[saltpoint]

27. Barbara Boxer

Senator Boxer has some mighty good magic. The Right is afraid of her at every level. She'll be under attack this year, and I hope California Democrats send her back to the U.S. Senate by a large margin.

She is also the sponsor of a bill that would require printed receits for electronic voting machines. Write to your Senators and ask them to co-sponsor this legislation.

[arcos]

28. Byrd the homophobe leading again...

:eyes:

[overground1]

34. don't forget racist and Bible thumping religious bigot

[Leilani]

30. Russ Feingold & John McCain

The 2 most honest, most principled people in the Senate.

I disagree with both of them on some things, but if everyone in politics was like these 2 guys, we'd have a government of the people, by the people & for the people.

Also, neither one steals our money with pork barrel spending.

[overground1]

40. McCain was just in New Hampshire today, campaigning for Bush

[Dob Bole]

32. Hollings

I his 'good-ole-boy' ness. I hate that he's retiring, but hey- it's been 42 years. In fact, now that I think about it, he's VP material...

[silverlib]

35. Llyod Doggett - Texas

[oasis]

36. Hillary Rodham Clinton

[philosophie_en_rose]

37. Patty Murray

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

48. I'm with you. A great senator.

As one of her constituents who writes her frequently urging to vote one way or another, I'm seldom disappointed. And, she always replies (or at least her staff does). Her courageous anti-IWR vote impressed me tremendously because she's facing election this year. Unlike a couple of presidential contenders I could mention and certainly won't vote for.

[fujiyama]

38. Fiengold...

The only one out of a body of a hundred that voted against the piece of crap known as the PATRIOT Act...

[Piperay]

39. My own Senator Barbara Boxer

I love her, a very close second is Ted Kennedy. :loveya: :thumbsup:

[jsw_81]

41. Ted Kennedy is awesome

I also like Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Tom Harkin.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

42. EMK Of Course....

NT

[DaisyUCSB]

44. My grandpa is friends with Inouye and my dad knows Harry Reid

I've met them both on several ocasions, so I'd say them

[HILLARY SUPPORTER]

46. Hillary Rodham Clinton

GO HILLARY!!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

47. Where's Hillary?

She'd have my vote

[eissa]

50. Kennedy

The shaking of the head and eye rolling at the SOTU -- loved it!

[Robbien]

51. edit nevermind

[bobthedrummer]

52. Russ Feingold

is one of my Senators, he'll be re-elected too.