Reply #37: Not to Disagree With Rankings But...

[Tyranny of Evil Men]

When the only options for scoring are 10, 5 and 0 and this was done on a maximum of 18 votes?

How are you really ensuring accuracy? The amount of "5's" that can be earned in incredibly small. How many times do Senators actually abstain from voting?

Would you have score "0" points for someone back when NAFTA was passed? Clinton hailed it as one of his greatest achievements.

6 of your votes were on confirmations or confirmation issues. This seems terribly weighted for a single legislative priority. I wouldn't give confirming any nominee equal weight with major issues like tax cuts, energy policy, bankruptcy law. Seems to me those issues should have a higher weighting.

For example if * nominated someone like James Watt for Secretary of the Interior and a Senator voted against that they get a 10. However if they vote to lower taxes they get a 0. Yet they score a 10 out of 20. The weighting of one issue matters a hell of a lot more than the other.