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General Politics => U.S. General Discussion => Topic started by: freepcrusher on March 20, 2012, 09:53:38 PM



Title: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: freepcrusher on March 20, 2012, 09:53:38 PM
My choices:

Iowa: Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin (since 1985)
Minnesota: Rod Grams and Paul Wellstone (1995-2000)
Colorado: William Armstrong and Gary Hart (1979-1986)
Utah: Wallace Bennett and Frank Moss (1959-1974)
Idaho: McClure and Frank Church (1973-1980)
North Carolina: Jesse Helms and John Edwards (1999-2002)


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: politicus on March 21, 2012, 05:50:18 AM
North Carolina: Jesse Helms and John Edwards (1999-2002)


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Grumpier Than Uncle Joe on March 21, 2012, 11:09:22 AM
Santorum & Specter


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Lambsbread on March 21, 2012, 01:39:55 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Pingvin on March 21, 2012, 02:01:15 PM
Jacob Javits and James Buckley (1971-1977)


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Vermin Supreme on March 22, 2012, 05:51:17 PM
John Kerry & Scott Brown


And everything said in this thread


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on March 22, 2012, 06:55:58 PM
Florida: Claude Pepper and Spessard Holland.


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Brittain33 on March 23, 2012, 11:43:23 AM
Rod Grams and Paul Wellstone



Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Atlas Has Shrugged on March 23, 2012, 12:23:34 PM
Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Lambsbread on March 23, 2012, 12:34:22 PM

Nah, they're relatively similar.


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Atlas Has Shrugged on March 23, 2012, 12:44:22 PM
I know I w'uz just trollin ;)

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Jesse Helms and John Edwards.

Edit: Wow, not only has someone mentioned them, but it was in the first post.



Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Lambsbread on March 23, 2012, 03:37:17 PM

I know I w'uz just trollin ;)

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Jesse Helms and John Edwards.

Edit: Wow, not only has someone mentioned them, but it was in the first post.

:P


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: I'm JewCon in name only. on March 25, 2012, 12:47:39 PM

That's a good one, along with McClure-Church, Santorum-Specter, and Helms-Edwards


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Chancellor Tanterterg on March 27, 2012, 11:57:29 AM
Most of the good ones have been said already, but here are some others:

Max Baucus/Conrad Burns, Mitch McConnell/Rand Paul, and Harry Reid/John Ensign (lol).


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on March 27, 2012, 06:43:48 PM
Going back to the Clinton impeachment class 1999; Allard/BNH Campbell, Judd Gregg/Bob Smith, KB Hutchison/Phil Gramms and Fitzgerald/Durbin


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: WalterMitty on March 27, 2012, 07:36:50 PM
nc: jesse helms and terry sanford (the reason my son's middle name is sanford)


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: Lambsbread on March 27, 2012, 07:54:24 PM
Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin, anyone?


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: RogueBeaver on March 27, 2012, 08:01:06 PM

One's a centrist Republican, the other a liberal Dem. Not quite 180.

Interparty: Rubio/Nelson
Intraparty: Boxer/DiFi



Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: freepcrusher on March 28, 2012, 12:49:35 AM

One's a centrist Republican, the other a liberal Dem. Not quite 180.

Interparty: Rubio/Nelson
Intraparty: Boxer/DiFi



except that Nelson is the dem equivalent of Mark Kirk.


Title: Re: who in your opinion is the most bipolar pair of senators of all time?
Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on March 28, 2012, 12:52:12 AM

One's a centrist Republican, the other a liberal Dem. Not quite 180.

Interparty: Rubio/Nelson
Intraparty: Boxer/DiFi



No way Rubio and Nelson are the most bipolar current pair. Besides Kirk and Durbin there's also Grassley and Harkin.