The Leadership award for the most effective politician : the winner is

[TruthIsAll]

[saltpoint]

1. Love most of these folks generally and Kucinich --

-- particularly, but went with Senator Byrd for his address on the Senate floor against the Bush administration's ill-advised assault on Iraq.

One for the history books.

[lcordero]

2. It was a hard choice for me

I picked Kucinich because I think that he is leading the way for Progressives to be reaccepted at the national level.

[JasonDeter]

3. No one pisses off the republicans like Senator Kennedy.

I love the guy and have high respect for him. His state of the union performance was priceless! Senator Kennedy reached out to the idiot bush* and bush* screwed him. Kennedy is getting even supporting Kerry and I'm loving every minute of it!

[punpirate]

4. I really hate to say it...

... but you forgot DeLay. He's an asshole, but he's more effective than any you mention. He's halted more legislation than any of the suggested politicians have introduced, and has gotten more of what he's wanted than any of the above.

The Democratic Party could solve 90% of their problems by having him voted out, but they haven't supported any candidate against him for years.

[TruthIsAll]

5. Sunday is voting day at DU

...

[lumpy]

6. Waxman is tops also.

Kennedy is the best.