Who are the ten best Senators in America?

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

To counteract the worst Senators thread.

In no particular order:
Warren
Franken
Baldwin
Brown (OH)
Levin
Markey
Sanders
Gillibrand
(Yes, I know that's not ten )

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Moran - Called it
Burr - Yes, I am entitled to be biased
Toomey - Same but it can be justified more here.
Paul - He has impressed me in a lot of ways
Barasso - Generic Conservative who doesn't cause problems and votes the right way on what I care about
Risch - same
Roberts - same
Crapo - same
Sessions - I don't agree with him 100%, but he is the only one occupying the message space that some Democrats did in 2007 and it needs to be present in the conversation.
Portman I guess

Sullivan, Ernst, Cotton, Gardner and Capito have a good chance of making it on here next year.

[Mr. Smith]

Mark Warner
Barbara Boxer
Elizabeth Warren
Jeff Merkley
Mark Udall
Al Franken
Sherrod Brown
Tom Harkin
Bernie Sanders
Harry Reid (oh yes, I went there)

[The_Doctor]

Regardless of party. though partisan biases are in there:

1.   Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). Despite his environmental issues, the man is a workhorse. He's (to me) the the most disciplined leader of a Senate caucus we've seen in quite a while, and one of the best at understanding Senate rules. Just look at his record as Minority Leader - even facing 60 Democratic Senators, he managed to shape the political debate to the Republicans' liking. McConnell was ranked a workhorse by the Washington Post or some other publication in October. He's well qualified to become Senate Majority Leader.

2.   Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). I like Paul because of his 2013 filibuster on Brennan's nomination over the refusal to clarify whether drone strikes could be used within the United States. He's also marked himself as a civil libertarian (despite his disappointing NSA vote this week). I like Paul and so far, he's my candidate for the Presidency.

3.   Rob Portman (R-Ohio). I find Portman a genial Senator who has conservative bonafides but is intelligent enough to reach across the aisle and appear centrist-like. Actually, I can't name any major Senatorial achievements he's had but he's got a long distinguished record in public service.

4.   Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts). I want to be clear, I loathe her politics, and I look forward to voting against her if she ever gets on a national ballot. But as a Senator, she's probably there for more than just a paycheck and genuinely believes in her Main Street agenda. Nothing in Warren's history or career suggests that she's anything less than a committed ideological figure who is interested in economic populism because she actually believes it works. (Scary to me).

5 & 6.   Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee). I think this guy has been underutilized by the Obama Administration. He's in line to become Senate Foreign Relations Chairman and has demonstrated that he's serious about making a mark as Chair in Foreign Relations. I've also seen him along with Lamar Alexander as serious deal makers. I appreciate that quality in both Tennessee's Senators.

7.   Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma). I realize Coburn is an outgoing Senator, but I've long admired Coburn for his crusade against government inefficiency, pork barrel spending, and his concerns about our deficits. Coburn is a true ideological guy, but isn't averse to forging friendships across the aisle (as he did with then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama). I wish he was continuing in the U.S. Senate, because he's done good work.

Not sure on 8, and 9 or the rest. No other senators stand out.

[Lief 🗽]

Al Franken
Jeff Merkley
Sherrod Brown
Kirsten Gillibrand
Tammy Baldwin
Harry Reid
Tom Harkin
Mark Udall
Mark Begich
Amy Klobuchar

Honorable mentions: Dean Heller, Rand Paul

And I'm aware that three of them will only be in the senate for another month or so.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Sherrod Brown
Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
Patrick Leahy
Jeff Merkley
Tom Harkin
Mark Udall
Ron Wyden
Al Franken
Tammy Baldwin

[Phony Moderate]

Brown
Sanders
Boxer
Warren
Merkley
Wyden
Baldwin
Franken
Udall
Durbin

[Grumpier Than Thou]

No order:

Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
Kirsten Gillibrand
Sherrod Brown
Patrick Leahy
Ron Wyden
Jeff Merkley
Tammy Baldwin
Mark Udall
Chris Coons

[Free Bird]

No Order

Paul
Wyden
Manchin
Moran
Leahy
Collins (NSA withstanding)
Murkowski
Franken (Net Neutrality boss)
Scott
Portman

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1. Rand Paul
2. Rob Portman
3. Ron Wyden
4. Joe Manchin
5. Tom Coburn
6. Bob Corker
7. Mitch McConnell (horrible Minority Leader, awesome Majority Leader)
8. Tim Scott
9. Bernie Sanders
10. Angus King

[Oakvale]

Ron Wyden
Michael Bennet
Mark Udall (RIP, FF)
Harry Reid
Jeff Merkley
Patrick Leahy
Al Franken
Cory Booker
Tom Coburn (RIP, HP)
Claire McCaskill (heroic Clinton foe)

[MurrayBannerman]

Rand Paul
Ron Portman
Marco Rubio
Tim Scott
Kelly Ayotte
Lisa Murkowski
Tom Coburn
Thad Cochran
Susan Collins
Bob Corker

[Maxwell]

Tom Coburn
Rand Paul
Rob Portman
Dean Heller
Ron Wyden
Cory Booker
Mark Begich
Pat Toomey
Mike Lee
Angus King

[ElectionsGuy]

Tom Coburn
Rand Paul
Rob Portman
Dean Heller
Ron Wyden
Cory Booker
Mark Begich
Pat Toomey
Mike Lee
Angus King

This, but take out Booker, King and put in Tim Scott, Jeff Flake

[Maxwell]

Tom Coburn
Rand Paul
Rob Portman
Dean Heller
Ron Wyden
Cory Booker
Mark Begich
Pat Toomey
Mike Lee
Angus King

This, but take out Booker, King and put in Tim Scott, Jeff Flake

I'll compromise and remove Booker with Flake, but have Booker and Scott as honorable mentions.

[ElectionsGuy]

Tom Coburn
Rand Paul
Rob Portman
Dean Heller
Ron Wyden
Cory Booker
Mark Begich
Pat Toomey
Mike Lee
Angus King

This, but take out Booker, King and put in Tim Scott, Jeff Flake

I'll compromise and remove Booker with Flake, but have Booker and Scott as honorable mentions.

Oh, I didn't mean what I said literally, I was just saying my opinions with your list as a guiding point.

[Maxwell]

Tom Coburn
Rand Paul
Rob Portman
Dean Heller
Ron Wyden
Cory Booker
Mark Begich
Pat Toomey
Mike Lee
Angus King

This, but take out Booker, King and put in Tim Scott, Jeff Flake

I'll compromise and remove Booker with Flake, but have Booker and Scott as honorable mentions.

Oh, I didn't mean what I said literally, I was just saying my opinions with your list as a guiding point.

Well to be honest, Flake is one of my favorite senators, but I completely forgot he existed

[IceSpear]

Claire McCaskill (heroic Clinton foe)

[Lief 🗽]

Tom Coburn (RIP, HP)

oakvale pls

[SPC]

Rand Paul
Mike Lee
Ted Cruz
Jim Risch
Tim Scott
Dean Heller
Ron Wyden
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Sessions
Ron Johnson

Tom Coburn would be #3 were he not leaving, and Marco Rubio would also make the list if his domestic policy could be divorced from his foreign policy.

[Brewer]

Al Franken
Jeff Merkley
Sherrod Brown
Kirsten Gillibrand
Tammy Baldwin
Harry Reid
Tom Harkin
Mark Udall
Mark Begich
Amy Klobuchar

Honorable mentions: Dean Heller, Rand Paul

[Miles]

Landrieu
Hagan
Franken
Collins
Warren
Hoeven
Manchin
Brown
Rockefeller
Murray

[Sopranos Republican]

Bernie Sanders
Pat Leahy
Elizabeth Warren
Jeff Merkley
Mark Udall
Al Franken
Ron Wyden
Harry Reid
Mark Begich
Sherrod Brown

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Warren
Brown
Franken
McCaskill
Casey
Warner
Kaine
Udall of NM
Merkley
Sanders

[politicallefty]

Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Sherrod Brown
Jeff Merkley
Barbara Boxer
Al Franken
Tom Udall
Tom Harkin
Ron Wyden
Tammy Baldwin