THE BEST SENATOR (Results)

[Joe Republic]

Just for fun, and because I'm incredibly bored, we should have a play-off of all 100 senators to find the best one.  I've arranged them all randomly into brackets of 10 senators each.  The winners of each bracket will face the corresponding winners of another bracket, and so on until we have a final.

I'll do one bracket at a time, to prolong the "fun".  Anyone can vote, and I think I'll keep the voting open until 24 hours after the last vote, for reasons best left unknown.

Please vote wisely.  Try and weigh up all the pros and cons of each senator in each match-up.  If you don't know that much about them, please try and read up on them before you vote.

OK, I'll start with...

ROUND 1: Bracket 1

1. Kit Bond (R-MO) vs. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA) vs. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) vs. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA) vs. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
5. Tom Coburn (R-OK) vs. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

(Note: the random allocation can lead to same-party match-ups, as in No. 3 here)

[Joe Republic]

1. Kit Bond
2. Patty Murray (tough call)
3. Max Baucus
4. Elizabeth Dole
5. Barbara Mikulski

[Cashcow]

This is just going to involve a lot of straight-ticket voting, and ultimately, whichever party votes more will determine the winners.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[Joe Republic]

This is just going to involve a lot of straight-ticket voting, and ultimately, whichever party votes more will determine the winners.

I realized that, but I'm counting on at least a few people to see beyond party allegiances and vote for the senator who not only has what they consider to be the best politics, but is also an all-round 'good guy/gal'.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

1. Sarbanes
2. Murray
3. Baucus
4. Harkin
5. Mikulski

[Jake]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
3. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
5. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

[Alcon]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[nclib]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[Gabu]

Anybody who knows all 100 senators well enough to be able to vote knowledgeably in this needs to get a life.

[Joe Republic]

Anybody who knows all 100 senators well enough to be able to vote knowledgeably in this needs to get a life.

Please vote wisely. Try and weigh up all the pros and cons of each senator in each match-up. If you don't know that much about them, please try and read up on them before you vote.

[Gabu]

Anybody who knows all 100 senators well enough to be able to vote knowledgeably in this needs to get a life.

Please vote wisely. Try and weigh up all the pros and cons of each senator in each match-up. If you don't know that much about them, please try and read up on them before you vote.

Oh yeah.

Quiet, you.

[Hatman 🍁]

 1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[Joe Republic]

I wouldn't mind seeing a few more Republican voters here you know....

[Moooooo]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[ATFFL]

Sarbanes
Sessions
Baucus
Dole
Coburn  (Don't like either, but I got caught in a traffic jam Mikulski caused.)

[kgt107]

1. Kit Bond
2. Jeff Sessions
3. Diane Feinstein
4. Elizabeth Dole
5. Tom Coburn

[M]

Just for fun, and because I'm incredibly bored, we should have a play-off of all 100 senators to find the best one.  I've arranged them all randomly into brackets of 10 senators each.  The winners of each bracket will face the corresponding winners of another bracket, and so on until we have a final.

I'll do one bracket at a time, to prolong the "fun".  Anyone can vote, and I think I'll keep the voting open until 24 hours after the last vote, for reasons best left unknown.

Please vote wisely.  Try and weigh up all the pros and cons of each senator in each match-up.  If you don't know that much about them, please try and read up on them before you vote.

OK, I'll start with...

ROUND 1: Bracket 1

1. Kit Bond (R-MO) vs. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA) vs. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) vs. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA) vs. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
5. Tom Coburn (R-OK) vs. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

(Note: the random allocation can lead to same-party match-ups, as in No. 3 here)

1. Bond
2. Sessions
3. Baucus
4. Dole
5. Coburn

[Sam Spade]

Looks like I'm going to be the only Democrat to show some bipartisanship:

ROUND 1: Bracket 1

1.  Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2.  Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
3.  Max Baucus (D-MT)
4.  Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
5.  Tom Coburn (R-OK)

[Joe Biden 2020]

Looks like I'm going to be the only Democrat to show some bipartisanship:

ROUND 1: Bracket 1

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
3. Max Baucus (D-MT)
4. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
5. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Think again, Senator,

Thats my lineup exactly

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Looks like I'm going to be the only Democrat to show some bipartisanship:

5.  Tom Coburn (R-OK)

You're not a Democrat if you vote for Coburn.

[jimrtex]

This is just going to involve a lot of straight-ticket voting, and ultimately, whichever party votes more will determine the winners.

I realized that, but I'm counting on at least a few people to see beyond party allegiances and vote for the senator who not only has what they consider to be the best politics, but is also an all-round 'good guy/gal'.

How about if the winner in each match-up is the candidate who runs furthest ahead of the average number of votes for his party?

[Smash255]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[TeePee4Prez]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
2. Patty Murray (D-WA)
3. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
4. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
5. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

[Sam Spade]

Looks like I'm going to be the only Democrat to show some bipartisanship:

5.  Tom Coburn (R-OK)

You're not a Democrat if you vote for Coburn.

I would encourage people like you to tell that to the probably 15-20% of Oklahoma Dems that voted for Coburn in the general election. (and many of whom probably voted for Henry too in the Gov. election in 2002)

And the leftists wonder why the Democrat party keeps losing elections.

I have said before that I despise Barbara Mikulski fully.  And though Coburn is a tad nuts on social issues, he's one of the few Democrats or Republicans left that actually believes in cutting spending from government and being a fiscal hawk (a revolutionary thought in this era).

So, he gets my vote.