Which U.S. Senator is furthest ideologically from his/her state?

[Cubby]

I don't think Norm Coleman is all bad. I know it was just a token gesture but it was very important to me when he opposed drilling in ANWR. Token or not, there are no oil rigs there now killing wolves and caribou.

Please explain to me how oil rigs kill caribou and wolves.   While I don't support drilling in ANWR I fail to see how this is possible.

I'm not an expert but here are some possibilities:

1. Chemicals and other pollutants seep into the local water table and over time harm the animals that live there.

2. Oil Rig Workers go out and hunt animals during their time off.

3. Wildlife (not suburban deer and the like) need huge open areas to live in, they would be frightened by the human activity and this would set off migrations. Where are all these animals going to go? Its not like there's an infinite amount of space even in Alaska outside the National Parks and Reserves. The reason is ANWR is so important is b/c it is one of the only areas left in the U.S. untouched by modern society.

[HardRCafé]

I'm not an expert but here are some possibilities:

I applaud you for your admission you are just guessing.  Caribou population in Alaska skyrocketed on account of more warmth, more mating, more offspring.

[TheresNoMoney]

Wayne Allard and Judd Gregg

[HardRCafé]

Nice picture of Sean Hannity!

[Smash255]

I would have to go off the list and pick Allard.  He is VERY conservative and from a moderate state.  he is generally low key so not thought of in the same league and Coburn, Inhofe, Demint, Santorum, but his voting record pu
ts him right in there with them.

Aye, Allard's another one who doesn't fit his state well. Parts of it, yes, but by no means all of it. Still, Allards got some good company in Colorado if its House Republican delegation is anything to go by. All current Colorado Republicans in Congress are putrid

Dave
True, but CO has some very conservative areas in which they represent, though they are further to the right than the areas they represent.  The state as a whole is pretty much moderate, and Allard is a far right nut job.

[Cubby]

I'm not an expert but here are some possibilities:

I applaud you for your admission you are just guessing.  Caribou population in Alaska skyrocketed on account of more warmth, more mating, more offspring.

Thats incredibly untrue.

[HardRCafé]

Sorry, you lose, but thank you for playing.

“In 1977, as the Prudhoe region started delivering oil to America’s southern 48 states, the Central Arctic caribou herd numbered 6,000; it has since grown to 27,128.”
–Alaska Gov. and Sec. of the Interior Walter J. Hickel