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cestpaspossible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 03:12 PM
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Poll question: Best, most effective Senate majority leader?
of the last 10, who stands out as the best?
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 03:13 PM
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1. I always liked Howard Baker
he was pretty good for a Repuke

but the most effective is LBJ

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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 03:19 PM
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2. Did You Forget Tip O'Neill????
He was pretty good!
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 03:20 PM
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3. He was Speaker of the House...not Senate Majority Leader. n/t
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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 03:22 PM
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4. Right-OOOOOOO
My Bad! He just seems so BIG, guess I tripped a little.

Geeeez, I feel stupid! That's not an easy mistake to make!
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kitkat65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 03:29 PM
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5. Yes, I was looking for Tip too. I think he had a lot of respect from
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both parties.

Um, Speaker of the House, okay. Doh!
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formernaderite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 04:28 PM
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6. Johnson by a landslide....
he was the consumate wheeler dealer...
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 04:46 PM
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7. Johnson ... Delay without the venom and forked tongue
Lyndon was **very** capable of 'getting it done'. But he did it in a way that didn't piss off even his own party like bugman.
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