Who are the best national politicians......

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

since Torie would rather discuss this than who is the worst.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
Sherrod Brown
Alan Grayson

[Blue3]

Trying to be nonpartisan again:


Senators
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Mark Begich (D-Alaska)
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
Mark Kirk (R-Illinois)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Al Franken (D-Minnesota)
Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri)
Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York)
Kay Hagan (D-North Carolina)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)
Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania)
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)

Governors
Lincoln Chafee (D-Rhode Island)
Jerry Brown (D-California)
John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado)
Martin O'Malley (D-Maryland)
Chris Christie (R-New Jersey)
Susana Martinez (R-New Mexico)
Andrew Cuomo (D-New York)
John Kasich (R-Ohio)
John Kitzhaber (D-Oregon)
Brian Sandoval (R-Nevada)
Peter Shumlin (D-Vermont)

Representatives
Nancy Pelosi (D) (you have to admit she was effective as speaker)
Marsha Blackburn (R)
Peter King (R)
In earlier years, before he showed his true colors, Paul Ryan would be here...
And that's honestly all I can think of in the House right now, though I don't know many that well

[Orser67]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/23/ron-wyden-is-wonkish-optimistic-idiosyncratic-and-about-to-be-very-powerful/

I'm a fan of Wyden.

I also tend to like the GOP Senators who seem to be open to bipartisan compromise, like Lamar Alexander or Lisa Murkowski.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Senate: Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, Tammy Baldwin, Susan Collins, Tom Udall, Michael Bennet, Elizabeth Warren, Lamar Alexander, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich

Governors: Jerry Brown, John Hickenlooper, Andrew Cuomo, Mike Beebe, Peter Shumlin

[Antonio the Sixth]

From those I know, I'd say Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Jerry Brown.

[PJ]

Democratic/Independent Senators:
Patty Murray
Maria Cantwell
Ron Wyden
Barbara Boxer
Both Udalls
Martin Heinreich
Al Franken
Richard Durbin
Sherrod Brown
Chuck Schumer
Elizabeth Warren
Patrick Leahy
Bernie Sanders

Republican Senators:
Mark Kirk
Susan Collins
Rob Portman (SSM)

Democrat Governors:
John Hickenlooper
John Kitzhaber
Lincoln Chafee (mainly like him now just because he switched parties)

Republican Governors:
Chris Christie, but that's wearing off.

[CatoMinor]

Senators: Sanders, Paul, Wyden, Cruz, & Lee.

Reps: Amash and Massie.

Governors: Brown, Christie, Cuomo.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

Republicans that do not make me viscerally ill: Chris Christie, Jon Huntsman, Mark Kirk, Susan Collins, Pat Toomey, Susana Martinez

Democrats: Ron Wyden, Jerry Brown, Bernie Sanders (let me slide on calling him a D...), Tammy Baldwin, Chris Coons, Jack Markell, etc.

[publicunofficial]

Democratic/Independent Senators:
Patty Murray
Maria Cantwell
Bernie Sanders
Sherrod Brown
Elizabeth Warren
Tom Udall
Mark Udall
Al Franken
Ron Wyden
Sheldon Whitehouse
Chris Murphy

Republican Senators:
Lisa Murkowski
Susan Collins
Mark Kirk
Pat Toomey
Richard Burr
Lamar Alexander

Democrat Governors:
John Hickenlooper
Jerry Brown
Pete Shumlin


Republican Governors:
Chris Christie
Brian Sandoval

[traininthedistance]

Earl Blumenauer
Rush Holt
Jerry Brown
John Hickenlooper
Joe Biden
Mark Dayton
Al Franken
Tammy Baldwin
Antonio Villariagosa
Frank Lautenberg
Nancy Pelosi

Among Republicans... eh, I kinda like Lisa Murkowski.

And I know this is a very unpopular opinion 'round these parts... but I also think that Mike Bloomberg has done some incredibly good things here, and his negative aspects are both minor and horribly overblown. 

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Executive Level
Joe Biden (D-DE)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Sally Jewell (D-CO)

Senate
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Tim Scott (R-SC)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Al Franken (D-MN)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Angus King (I-ME)

Governors
Rick Scott (R-FL)
Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
Jan Brewer (R-AZ)
Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Pat McCrory (R-NC)
Bill Haslam (R-TE)
Susana Martinez (R-NM)
Jerry Brown (D-CA)
John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Steve Bullock (D-MT)

House of Representatives
Justin Amash (R-MI)
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI)
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
John Mica (R-FL)

[bballrox4717]

Non-partisan list as well. I'm sure there are a bunch of House goldmines I'm missing, but I'll have to admit my knowledge is a bit shaky when it comes to individual representatives. I also kept it to politicians currently in office, which is why Hillary, Huntsman and Schweitzer aren't on here.

Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)
John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Jerry Brown (D-CA)

Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Susana Martinez (R-NM)
Brian Sandoval (R-NV)

Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Pat Toomey (R-PA)
John Thune (R-SD)
John McCain (R-AZ)

Susana Collins (R-ME)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Peter King (R-NY)

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Senate:

Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Tammy Baldwin
Ron Wyden
Jeff Merkeley
Kirsten Gillibrand
Sherrod Brown
Jay Rockefeller
Michael Bennett
Mazie Hirono

Governors:

Peter Shumlin
Steve Bullock
Jerry Brown
Mike Beebe
John Kitzhaber

[PJ]

I agree with you somewhat, but he doesn't make my favorite list.

Earl Blumenauer
Rush Holt
Jerry Brown
John Hickenlooper
Joe Biden
Mark Dayton
Al Franken
Tammy Baldwin
Antonio Villariagosa
Frank Lautenberg
Nancy Pelosi

Among Republicans... eh, I kinda like Lisa Murkowski.

And I know this is a very unpopular opinion 'round these parts... but I also think that Mike Bloomberg has done some incredibly good things here, and his negative aspects are both minor and horribly overblown. 

[Peter the Lefty]

Senators:
Sanders
Warren
Baldwin
Merkely
Hirono
Whitehouse
Jack Reed
Patty Murray (honorable mention)

Representatives:
Pelosi...meh
John Lewis
Xavier Becerra
Luis Guitirrez
Keith Ellison
Mike Capuano
Ed Markey (hopefully he'll be switching to the top category soon)

Governors:
O' Malley.  Meh.
Shumlin is an honorable mention.

[traininthedistance]

I agree with you somewhat, but he doesn't make my favorite list.

Earl Blumenauer
Rush Holt
Jerry Brown
John Hickenlooper
Joe Biden
Mark Dayton
Al Franken
Tammy Baldwin
Antonio Villariagosa
Frank Lautenberg
Nancy Pelosi

Among Republicans... eh, I kinda like Lisa Murkowski.

And I know this is a very unpopular opinion 'round these parts... but I also think that Mike Bloomberg has done some incredibly good things here, and his negative aspects are both minor and horribly overblown. 

Yeah, Bloomy doesn't quite make my top list, but really only because of stop and frisk.  That's the one policy of his that I do agree is a serious problem.