This is particularly strong considering money and waste is at the top of the public’s mind currently.

We need an educational advertising movement to take place, led by McCain.

I firmly feel that any Senator that votes for pork more than not, Essentially ALL of the Democrats and eleven of the Republicans, need to go away.

Hawthorne on September 22, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Pete “I Never Saw A Tax Hike I Didn’t Like” Domenici is out. The two strong contenders for his position are a democrat who makes Obama look conservative, and a Republican, Steve Pearce, that looks fairly conservative. Guess which I donating to.

John McCain has am 88% rating from CAGW, while Barack Obama limps to a paltry 18%. However, Obama has a consolation prize in that he didn’t finish dead last. His running mate ensured that

I would like to know why the Republican leadership (which now seems to be an oxymoron) is not blanketing the nation with this 24/7 in commercials, talk show appearances, talk radio interviews, etc. This is the type of easy-to-understand fact that even the less-bright (i.e., undecideds) can comprehend.

Hawthorne on September 22, 2008 at 4:28 PM

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I never saw a single Dem in that entire list who was higher than 50%.

*eats*

I firmly feel that any Senator that votes for pork more than not, Essentially ALL of the Democrats and eleven of the Republicans, need to go away.

Hawthorne on September 22, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Notice every single (except for two who were at 3% and 6%)democrat dropped for 2007 less then their lifetime. Showing when they are in power they spend, spend, spend. Some went from 20% to 0, or 34% to 3. Every Democrat with the exception of two went from bad to worse. And the two were already at the bottom.

I firmly feel that any Senator that votes for pork more than not, Essentially ALL of the Democrats and eleven of the Republicans, need to go away.

Hawthorne on September 22, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Do I hear an AMEN? AMEN!!

The worst Republican is Olympia Snowe, to nobodies surprise, at 17%. Even the worst republican is on the right side of pork 70% more than Obama is. In all, eleven Republican Senators are on the wrong side of pork barrel spending more than 50% of the time. This includes both senators from Alaska. The others are:

Specter – Pennsylvania 29%
Collins – Maine 34%
Bond – Missouri 34%
Coleman – Minnesota 34%
Stevens – Alaska 37%
G. Smith – Oregon 38%
Voinovich – Ohio 38%
Warner – Virginia 38%
Domenici – New Mexico 42%
Murkowski – Alaska 46%

I firmly feel that any Senator that votes for pork more than not, Essentially ALL of the Democrats and eleven of the Republicans, need to go away.

CAGW 2007 Congressional Ratings

Whoa who were the other 13?

Biden and Obama were pretty obvious!

upinak on September 22, 2008 at 2:49 PM

STATE SENATOR 2007 LIFETIME
Alabama Sessions, J. (R) 79% 83%
Alabama Shelby (R) 57% 54%
Alaska Murkowski (R) 46% 54%
Alaska Stevens (R) 37% 51%
Arizona Kyl (R) 94% 93%
Arizona McCain (R) 100% 88%
Arkansas Lincoln (D) 6% 19%
Arkansas Pryor (D) 3% 9%
California Boxer (D) 3% 12%
California Feinstein (D) 3% 16%
Colorado Allard (R) 86% 83%
Colorado Salazar, K. (D) 3% 16%

STATE SENATOR 2007 LIFETIME
Connecticut Dodd (D) 0% 14%
Connecticut Lieberman (I) 6% 21%
Delaware Biden (D) 0% 22%
Delaware Carper (D) 6% 18%
Florida Martinez (R) 71% 70%
Florida Nelson, Bill (D) 9% 18%
Georgia Chambliss (R) 86% 77%
Georgia Isakson (R) 79% 81%
Hawaii Akaka (D) 0% 8%
Hawaii Inouye (D) 0% 7%
Idaho Craig (R) 63% 70%
Idaho Crapo (R) 74% 70%
Illinois Durbin (D) 3% 8%
Illinois Obama (D) 10% 18%
Indiana Bayh (D) 20% 25%
Indiana Lugar (R) 63% 77%
Iowa Grassley (R) 71% 75%
Iowa Harkin (D) 6% 16%
Kansas Brownback (R) 80% 82%
Kansas Roberts (R) 57% 67%
Kentucky Bunning (R) 86% 78%
Kentucky McConnell (R ) 74% 69%
Louisiana Landrieu (D) 9% 21%
Louisiana Vitter (R) 74% 66%
Maine Collins (R) 34% 53%
Maine Snowe (R) 17% 50%
Maryland Cardin (D) 3% 3%
Maryland Mikulski (D) 3% 10%

STATE SENATOR 2007 LIFETIME
Massachusetts Kennedy, E. (D) 3% 16%
Massachusetts Kerry (D) 6% 23%
Michigan Levin, C. (D) 0% 21%
Michigan Stabenow (D) 0% 17%
Minnesota Coleman (R) 37% 38%
Minnesota Klobuchar (D) 0% 0%
Mississippi Cochran (R) 54% 56%
Mississippi Lott (R) 63% 67%
Missouri Bond (R) 34% 59%
Missouri McCaskill (D) 23% 23%
Montana Baucus, M. (D) 3% 20%
Montana Tester (D) 9% 9%
Nebraska Hagel (R) 74% 77%
Nebraska Nelson, Ben (D) 3% 28%
Nevada Ensign (R) 97% 92%
Nevada Reid, H. (D) 0% 18%
New Hampshire Gregg (R) 77% 80%
New Hampshire Sununu (R) 89% 89%
New Jersey Lautenberg (D) 6% 24%
New Jersey Menendez (D) 3% 9%
New Mexico Bingaman (D) 3% 21%
New Mexico Domenici (R) 42% 57%
New York Clinton (D) 0% 9%
New York Schumer (D) 3% 11%
North Carolina Burr (R) 97% 91%
North Carolina Dole (R) 73% 68%
North Dakota Conrad (D) 0% 18%
North Dakota Dorgan (D) 0% 15%

STATE SENATOR 2007 LIFETIME
Ohio Brown, S. (D) 3% 3%
Ohio Voinovich (R) 38% 65%
Oklahoma Coburn (R) 91% 94%
Oklahoma Inhofe (R) 83% 79%
Oregon Smith, G. (R) 38% 60%
Oregon Wyden (D) 0% 21%
Pennsylvania Casey (D) 6% 6%
Pennsylvania Specter (R) 29% 49%
Rhode Island Reed, J. (D) 6% 13%
Rhode Island Whitehouse (D) 6% 6%
South Carolina DeMint (R) 97% 96%
South Carolina Graham (R) 87% 84%
South Dakota Johnson, Tim (D) 0% 12%
South Dakota Thune (R) 71% 67%
Tennessee Alexander, L. (R) 57% 72%
Tennessee Corker (R) 66% 66%
Texas Cornyn (R) 83% 79%
Texas Hutchison (R) 63% 67%
Utah Bennett (R) 60% 64%
Utah Hatch (R) 62% 66%
Vermont Leahy (D) 3% 15%
Vermont Sanders (I) 3% 3%
Virginia Warner (R) 38% 71%
Virginia Webb (D) 9% 9%
Washington Cantwell (D) 6% 19%
Washington Murray (D) 3% 13%
West Virginia Byrd (D) 0% 16%
West Virginia Rockefeller (D) 3% 13%

STATE SENATOR 2007 LIFETIME
Wisconsin Feingold (D) 34% 40%
Wisconsin Kohl (D) 3% 34%
Wyoming Barrasso (R) 82% 82%
Wyoming Enzi (R) 85% 77%
Wyoming Thomas (R) 78% 78%

Obama: most wastefull spender (Biden)
McCain: A reformer, who as Governor ran against incumbent from her own party, resigned engergy commission due to ongoing corruption, fought her own party (as did McCain);

From a practical track record perspective, McCain/Palin have a long history of reform, and a willingness to oppose their own party leadership. Obama? reform you can believe in.

Too bad news like this will simply bounce off the Obamites. Even more so, since it was on the dreaded FOX News.

I don’t care about the Obamites anymore. Since Palin smears, I got no use for dialogue with them. I’m interested in the indies and undecideds and the millions that watch fox.

Obama did manage to vote against government waste about once in every six opportunities.

Counting the times Obama didn’t vote, wouldn’t that be more like one in twenty?

And how bizarre is it to use this yardstick to measure Barack Obama: “Sure, he’s terrible. But at least he’s not nearly as bad as his VP pick!”

And even more incredibly bizarre is the fact that these people are attacking the Joan of Arc and Saint Francis of earmarks. Why do the worst offenders get to act like sinless Inquisitors? Because no one ever expects liberals to defend themselves – they can attack with complete impunity.

And just imagine these two and Frank and Dodd overseeing the bailout! God Save US!