Favorite/Least Favorite Prominent Members of your Party

[PolitiJunkie]

I'm defining prominent as any current or recently former Senator, Governor, or Representative, any high-profile Mayor or statewide official, a high-profile candidate for an upcoming race, or anyone else that most people know of. That's up for your interpretation though. Anyway, who are your favorite and least favorites from your party?

Favorites
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Senator Sherrod Brown (OH)
Mayor Julian Castro (TX)
Vice President Joe Biden (DE)
Congressman Mike Capuano (MA)
Congressman Jim Himes (CT)
Former President Bill Clinton (AR)
Former Vice President Al Gore (TN)
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY)
Former Senator Russ Feingold (WI)
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (NY)
Congressman Rush Holt (NJ)
Senator Martin Heinrich (NM)
State Auditor Adam Edelen (KY)
Attorney General Kamala Harris (CA)

Least Favorites
Governor Martin O'Malley (MD)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (NY)
Governor Andrew Cuomo (NY)
Mayor Cory Booker (NJ)
Governor Neil Abercrombie (HI)
Governor Pat Quinn (IL)
Governor Lincoln Chaffee (RI)

Try to keep your lists to about 10-15; I could list tons of other Dems I'm enthusiastic about (the Udalls, Shaheen & Sheheen, Hassan, Hickenlooper, Schweitzer, Carney, Franken Bennet, Wyden, Merkley, Hagan, Landrieu, Warner), and tons of others I think are plenty of other dunderheads in my party (Reid, Malloy, Carper/Coons, Menendez, Holder), but less is more so if we are gonna make big statements the lists should be concise.

[H. Ross Peron]

Favourite:
President Barack Obama (D-IL)
Fmr. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Secretary of State John Kerry (D-MA)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)
Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA)
Former Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA)

Least Favourite:
Attorney General Eric Holder
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Congressman John Conyers (D-MI)
Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
Congressman Harry Waxman (D-CA)
Fmr. Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)
Fmr. Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-IL)

[Miles]

Top 5 for each

Favorite
- Sen. Mary Landrieu
- Sen. Joe Manchin
- Rep. Gene Taylor
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- Gov. Ted Strickland

Least

- Sen. Joe Lieberman
- Gov. Jon Corzine
- Rep. Matt Cartwright
- Rep. Lacy Clay
- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

[ElectionsGuy]

Favorite
Ron Paul
Rand Paul
Justin Amash
Thomas Massie - Not very high profile, but he is a current rep.

Least
John McCain
Peter King
Lindsey Graham
Chris Christie

^^^^

add John Barraso, Mike Lee, and yes Ted Cruz to the list of favorites and add John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to the list of least favorites and that's a pretty decent list.

If I care about republicans at all, I care about ones who care about tyranny and will speak out.

[Miles]

Favorite
Ron Paul
Rand Paul
Justin Amash
Thomas Massie - Not very high profile, but he is a current rep.

Least
John McCain
Peter King
Lindsey Graham
Chris Christie

^^^^

add John Barraso, Mike Lee, and yes Ted Cruz to the list of favorites and add John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to the list of least favorites and that's a pretty decent list.

If I care about republicans at all, I care about ones who care about tyranny and will speak out.

tyranny? Do you listen to Mark Levin often?

[ElectionsGuy]

Favorite
Ron Paul
Rand Paul
Justin Amash
Thomas Massie - Not very high profile, but he is a current rep.

Least
John McCain
Peter King
Lindsey Graham
Chris Christie

^^^^

add John Barraso, Mike Lee, and yes Ted Cruz to the list of favorites and add John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to the list of least favorites and that's a pretty decent list.

If I care about republicans at all, I care about ones who care about tyranny and will speak out.

tyranny? Do you listen to Mark Levin often?

Not really, I've heard him, but I don't listen to radio too often. I'm just talking generally about the government getting to big, you know, typical conservative stuff that the liberals would deem ridiculous. Although I do want to read his new book "The Liberty Amendments".

[publicunofficial]

Favorite:
Alan Grayson
Jeff Merkley
Ron Wyden
Earl Blumenauer
Jim McDermott
Russ Feingold
Elizabeth Warren
Sherrod Brown
Keith Ellison

Least:
Sheila Jackson Lee
Dianne Feinstein
Jon Corzine
Colleen Hanabusa
Mark Pryor
Max Baucus
Andrew Cuomo

[TNF]

Favorite
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
- Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

Least Favorite
- Attorney General Eric Holder (D-DC)
- Pres. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
- Bill Clinton (D-Ark.)
- Mayor Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
- Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

[Kung Fu Kenny]

Favourite

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Cory Booker (D-NJ) (fight me)

Least Favourite

Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Note to the Libertarians posting in this thread: 1. Republicans do not care about tyranny. 2. Tyranny does not currently exist in America outside of privacy issues (which isn't even tyranny so much as disagreeable policy.)

[RogueBeaver]

Favourite

House

Paul Ryan
Tom Cotton
Marsha Blackburn
Tom Price
Adam Kinzinger


Senate

Tom Coburn
Pat Toomey
Ron Johnson
Marco Rubio
Jeff Sessions


Governors

Bobby Jindal
Scott Walker
Susana Martinez
Nikki Haley
Chris Christie


Least Favourite

House

Walter Jones
Louie Gohmert
Paul Broun
Michele Bachmann
Steve Stockman


Senate

David Vitter
Lindsey Graham
John McCain
Rand Paul
Saxby Chambliss


Governors

Jan Brewer
Nathan Deal

[DC Al Fine]

Favourite:
Mike Huckabee
Ron Paul (For very different reasons)

Least Favourite:
Newt Gingrich

[Maxwell]

Favorite:
Justin Amash
Rand Paul
Brian Sandoval
Scott Walker
Tom Coburn

Least Favorite:
Rick Santorum
Mike Rogers
Jim Inhofe

[NewYorkExpress]

Favorite (as of right this moment)
Pat Leahy
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Kirsten Gillibrand

Least Favorite
Charlie Rangel
Joe Lieberman
Eliot Spitzer
Ben Nelson

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Sheila Jackson Lee
Maxine Waters
Cory Booker
Obama
Landrieu
McCaskill
Sherrod Brown

Least favorite
Jackson Jr
Sandy Jackson
Lieberman
Manchin
Pryor

[Zioneer]

Favorite:
Bernie Sanders
Martin Heinrich
Elizabeth Warren
Jared Polis
Mark Pocan
Steve Bullock (Montana Gov)
Mark Udall
Russ Feingold
Keith Ellison
State Senator Luz Robles (running for UT-02)

Least Favorite
Jim Matheson
Charlie Rangel
Jesse Jackson Jr
Jon Corzine
Bob Filner
Andrew Cuomo
Alan Grayson
Chuck Schumer

At least that's all I can think of right now.

[barfbag]

favorite- Tom Ridge
least- Lincoln Chaffe

[PJ]

favorite- Tom Ridge
least- Lincoln Chaffe

Chafee is a Democrat.

[DC Al Fine]

For Canadian Conservatives

Favourite: Jason Kenny
Least favourite: Peter MacKay

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Favorites
Retired/Out of Office
Ron Paul
Zach Wamp
Dave Weldon
Roscoe Bartlett
Barry Goldwater Jr.
Patrick Buchanan
Allen West
Jon Huntsman

House
Justin Amash
Paul Ryan
Thomas Massie
Adam Kinzinger
Walter Jones

Senate
Rand Paul
Ted Cruz
Mike Lee
Tom Coburn
Pat Toomey

Governor
Susana Martinez
Rick Scott
Rick Perry
Scott Walker
Jan Brewer
Pat McCrory

Least Favorite
Retired/Out of Office
Rick Santorum
Mike Huckabee
Dick Cheney
George Bush Sr.
George Bush Jr.
John Bolton
Newt Gingrich
Michelle Bachmann

House
Tom Cotton
Aaron Schock
Peter King
Louis Gohmert

Senate
John McCain
Lindsey Graham
Marco Rubio
David Vitter
Kelly Ayotte
Mitch McConnell

Governor
Nikki Haley
Bobby Jindal
Chris Christie

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I guess I'll take the Democrats as the lesser of two evils:

Favorites:

José Serrano
Raúl Grijalva
Alan Grayson
Sherrod Brown
Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
John Kitzhaber
Steve Bullock
Rush Holt
Jeff Merkley

Least Favorites:

Andrew Cuomo
Rahm Emanuel
Bill Clinton
Max Baucus
Janet Napolitano
Diane Feinstein
Harry Reid
Cory Booker
Jim Matheson
Eric Holder

[barfbag]

favorite- Tom Ridge
least- Lincoln Chaffe

Chafee is a Democrat.

I wasn't aware that he switched, but it doesn't surprise me. In this case my least favorite Republican is Jon Huntsman.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Senate

David Vitter
Lindsey Graham
John McCain
Rand Paul
Saxby Chambliss

What's your beef with Graham?

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Favorite

House
Rick Nolan (D-MN)
Alan Grayson (D-FL)
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Nick Rahall (D-WV)
John Lewis (D-GA)

Senate
Jon Tester (D-MT)
Tom Udall (D-NM)
Mark Udall (D-CO)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Joe Manchin (D-WV)
Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Governors
Jerry Brown (D-CA)
Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)
Peter Shumlin (D-VT)
Mike Beebe (D-AR)
John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
John Kitzhaber (D-OR)

Least Favorite

House
Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Collin Peterson (D-MN)

Senate
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)

Governors
None

[barfbag]

Other Favorites:

John McCain
Rick Santorum
Pat Toomey
John Kasich
Rob Portman
Rudi Giuliani
Mitt Romney
Colin Powell
Darrell Issa
Chris Christie

Other Least Favorites:

George Voinovich
Olympia Snowe


Favorite Democrats:

Jim Trafficant
Ed Rendell
Joe Manchin
Joe Lieberman

Least Favorite Lefties:

Nanci Pelosi
Barack Obama
Harry Reid
Sherrod Brown
Evan Bayh
Barbara Boxer
John Kerry
John Edwards
Howard Dean
Jesse Jackson
Terry McAuliffe
Jerry Brown
Joe Biden
Tim Geitner
Rham Emanuel
Eric Holder
Anthony Weiner
Maria Cantwell
Patty Murray
pretty much the rest of them

[barfbag]

Other Favorites:

John McCain
Rick Santorum
Pat Toomey
John Kasich
Rob Portman
Rudi Giuliani
Mitt Romney
Colin Powell
Darrell Issa
Chris Christie

Other Least Favorites:

George Voinovich
Olympia Snowe


Favorite Democrats:

Jim Trafficant
Ed Rendell
Joe Manchin
Joe Lieberman

Least Favorite Lefties:

Nanci Pelosi
Barack Obama
Harry Reid
Sherrod Brown
Evan Bayh
Barbara Boxer
John Kerry
John Edwards
Howard Dean
Jesse Jackson
Terry McAuliffe
Jerry Brown
Joe Biden
Tim Geitner
Rham Emanuel
Eric Holder
Anthony Weiner
Maria Cantwell
Patty Murray
pretty much the rest of them