5 best and worst freshmen

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Best:

1-Tim Walz
2-Chris Murphy
3-John Yarmuth
4-Jerry McNerney
5-Betty Sutton

Worst:

1-Michele Bachmann
2-Michele Bachmann
3-Michele Bachmann
4-Michele Bachmann
5-Bill Sali

Honorable mentions: Adrian Smith, Doug Lamborn and Tim Walberg

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

(presumably just talking House)

1. Dean Heller (R-NV, Super-Freedom-Fighter)
2. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
3. David Davis (R-TN)
4. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
5. Hank Johnson (D-GA)


Worst.
1. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
2. Bill Sali (R-ID)
and for spite....
3. Tim Walberg (R-MI)
4. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
5. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

A bit early, don't you think?

[Nutmeg]

1. Dean Heller (R-NV, Super-Freedom-Fighter)
2. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
3. David Davis (R-TN)
4. Adrian Smith (R-NE)

What possibly attracts you to these nobodies?  These are some of the most boring politicians I could imagine.  Perhaps they will vote in ways favorable to you, but surely that's about it...

[Soaring Eagle]

Best:

1-Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)
2-Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
3-Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
4-Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
5-Keith Ellison (D-MN), if only for the amount of suffering he has to go through over something as irrelevant as religion.

Worst:

1-Bill Sali (R-ID)
2-Peter Roskam (R-IL)
3-Adrian Smith (R-NE)
4-Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
5-Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

[socaldem]

Best new Congressmen

1. Gabrielle Giffords
2. Tim Walz
3. Kirsten Gillibriand
4. Steve Cohen
5. Joe Sestak

Worst Congressmen

1. Bill Sali
2. Doug Lamborn
3. Michelle Bachmann
4. Tim Walberg
5. Adrian Smith
5.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

At least we can all agree that Bill Sali sucks.

I would also like to note, for the record, that I am so far the only poster who has been bi-partisan in his assessments

1. Dean Heller (R-NV, Super-Freedom-Fighter)
2. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
3. David Davis (R-TN)
4. Adrian Smith (R-NE)

What possibly attracts you to these nobodies?  These are some of the most boring politicians I could imagine.  Perhaps they will vote in ways favorable to you, but surely that's about it...

Dean Heller is the only freshman to join the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership.  Membership in RMSP grants the applicant automatic ultra-Freedom-fighter status and eternal life in Heaven.

David Davis is very conservative, but he's a freedom fighter because he bravely fought for open government and public accountability in the Tennessee state legislature.  I hope he will do the same in Congress. 

Peter Roskam is from suburban Chicago and I guess I just hope he's as moderate as his constituents.  Adrian Smith was a placeholder as I knew I didn't like the other freshmen.  He could be switched out for Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), but there is only so much bi-partisanship you can get out of me at one time.

[Soaring Eagle]

Peter Roskam is from suburban Chicago and I guess I just hope he's as moderate as his constituents. 

No. In fact, that's the reason I'm not a huge fan of him. He's not a good fit for his district. Capable individual, but not one I like.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

One good thing I'll say about Heller is he beat a Club for Growth backed candidate in the primary by a hair despite them spending tons against him.

[nclib]

Best:

1. - Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
2. - Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
3. - John Yarmuth (D-KY)
4. - John Hall (D-NY)
5. - Yvette Clarke (D-NY)

Worst:

1. - Bill Sali (R-ID)
2. - Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
3. - Adrian Smith (R-NE)
4. - Tim Walberg (R-MI)
5. - Doug Lamborn (R-CO)

[socaldem]

At least we can all agree that Bill Sali sucks.

I would also like to note, for the record, that I am so far the only poster who has been bi-partisan in his assessments

1. Dean Heller (R-NV, Super-Freedom-Fighter)
2. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
3. David Davis (R-TN)
4. Adrian Smith (R-NE)

What possibly attracts you to these nobodies?  These are some of the most boring politicians I could imagine.  Perhaps they will vote in ways favorable to you, but surely that's about it...

Dean Heller is the only freshman to join the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership.  Membership in RMSP grants the applicant automatic ultra-Freedom-fighter status and eternal life in Heaven.

David Davis is very conservative, but he's a freedom fighter because he bravely fought for open government and public accountability in the Tennessee state legislature.  I hope he will do the same in Congress. 

Peter Roskam is from suburban Chicago and I guess I just hope he's as moderate as his constituents.  Adrian Smith was a placeholder as I knew I didn't like the other freshmen.  He could be switched out for Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), but there is only so much bi-partisanship you can get out of me at one time.

Though the CFG backing automatically qualifies Adrian Smith for my "worst" list, he may have at one time been not-so-into farm subsidies, though now that he's in congress, of course he's changed his tune.  But he may not fight as much for farm subsidies as a more effective and less ideologically extreme Republican...