Favorite 5 Senators

[RobertFrancisK]

Who are your favorite 5 dem senators?
My list:
Ted Kennedy
Russ Feingold
Bob Byrd
Chuck Schumer
Tie***
-Joe Biden (a little too moderate, but he's a very articulate and vocal critic of Bush's foreign policy)
- Dick Durbin

[JohnKleeb]

1. ok

Teddy Kennedy
Russ Feingold
Tom Harkin
Robert Byrd
Barbara Boxer

[West Coast Democrat]

2. Paul Wellstone WAS my very favorite

the others can't compare.

[TakebackAmerica]

7. Yep.

A slain hero. My hero.
A college professor who wanted to make a difference. That is the epitome of democracy at its best.

[JohnKleeb]

13. He would be on mine too

[gully]

24. Paul Wellstone....

was the greatest...no doubt about it!

And Ted Kennedy
Robert Byrd
and others deserve recognition as well.

[mlawson]

3. Edwards, Kennedy, Byrd, Boxer, Schumer. n/t

[TakebackAmerica]

4. Nice

Here are mine.
Russ Feingold
Barbra Boxer :loveya:
Carl Levin
Chuck Schumer
Ted Kennedy

[lcordero]

5. lemme see

Feingold
Byrd
Boxer
Kennedy
Durbin

I'm from NY. Suffice to say, I rate Chafee favorably over Schumer and Clinton.

[Padraig18]

9. Excellent choices, and mine as well.

:thumbsup:

[JohnKleeb]

14. whoa our lists are almost the same

Although I have Harkin on my list instead of Durbin who I like too,

[clar]

6. Mine are

Byrd, Feingold, Jeffords, Kennedy and Leahy.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

8. My List:

-Ted Kennedy
-Russ Feingold
-Barbara Boxer
-Robert Byrd
-Daniel Inoyue

:kick: :kick:

[karlschneider]

10. Kennedy, Clinton, Durbin, Cleland (yeah, I know), can't decide on others

:eyes:

[poskonig]

11. Durbin, Corzine, Feingold, Kerry, Levin

In that order.

[grasswire]

16. ..

Leahy
Levin
Byrd
Harkin
Dayton

I also like Wyden on certain issues, Reid, Rockefeller (on Iraq), Durbin, Lautenberg, and Corzine. I miss David Bonior.

[JohnKleeb]

19. Dave Bonior was a congressman IIRC

But glad to see someone else likes Harkin too, :hi: I like the guy, my type of politican, a midwestern farmers/labor populist a la Henry Wallace.

[even]

12. They voted for....

Tom Dasche who is their leader. When senators blow hard it is for a reason.
Tom turned Jeffers and lead filibusters that protected the federal bench from some really ugly lifetime appointed thugs.
There is no fantasy politics folks. It aint Tv or the movies and when your life and family are threatened maybe you reaccess the things you say. Your heros didn't get antraxed.

[mndemocrat_29]

15. My fave senators

Barbara Boxer
Fritz Hollings
Patty Murray
Tom Harkin
Frank Lautenberg

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

18. Here are my picks:

1. Dick Durbin
2. Ted Kennedy
3. Patrick Leahy
4. Robert Byrd
5. Barbara Boxer

Senator Durbin and I are on the same page on EVERY issue. Wish this guy would run for President. One of my law school classmates did research for his Judiciary Committee staff this summer; I was watching C-SPAN and there she was!

I like Russ Feingold, but don't know as much about him. Also like Hillary and Harry Reid, but they don't make my top 5.

[ComerPerro]

17. Definately Durbin

Im from Illinois

I like Biden too, even though sometimes he gets attacked for being a moderate.

[dansolo]

20. Nobody considers Jim Jeffords?

He is probably my favorite senator. He showed more guts and integrity than anyone in either party when he became an independant.

My favorites:

Jim Jeffords
Dick Durbin
Russ Feingold
Tom Harkin
Carl Levin

[Kahuna]

21. Corzine, Clinton, Kennedy, Byrd and Lautenberg.

I have to give a shout out to my two fav senators from NJ!

[NewJerseyDem]

31. New Jersey is just the best

We have such great senators. Too bad most of the congresmen are horrible.

[JerseyGuy]

33. Except Rush Holt . . .

one of the brightest, finest people in Congress.

[GBD4]

22. Bob Graham

Bob Graham
Barbara Boxer
Robert Byrd
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd

(Although how could anyone NOT love Barb Mikulski?!? :) )

[mndemocrat_29]

36. I love Mikulski

I'd put her in my top six!

[childslibrarian]

23. No. 1 is Jeffords

He changed the whole senate.

[kaitykaity]

25. Clinton, Feinstein, Wyden, Jeffords, and Byrd

Wyden gets a vote 'cuz he's the homeboy.

[Davis_X_Machina]

26. Kennedy, Inoyue, Levin, Leahy, and...

... a player to be named later.

[calimary]

37. I'd nominate our Cal Gal, Barbara Boxer. One FINE woman, and

a GRAND DEM.

For me it'd be - in no particular order -

Boxer
Kennedy
Byrd
Leahy
and last but ABSOLUTELY NOT LEAST, the great, principled Jim Jeffords!

I'd give honorable mention to Feingold (simply because I, too, don't know enough about him), Levin, Harkin and Reid, plus the New Yorkers, Clinton and Schumer, and Dick Durbin. Tom Daschle gets extra points, too, for weathering the anthrax scandal (wonder WHY he was singled out) AND for engineering the Jim Jeffords defection. That was the first big blow to bush, back in the early days of this monstrous regime.

on edit - added the New Yorkers and Durbin to the list.

[Bozita]

39. Levin was on my list too, ... until Sunday.

check his latest comments on pre-emptive war.

Levin is no longer part of the solution. He's part of the problem.

http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=476747&mesg_id=476747

[Loyal]

27. I would say:

Ted Kennedy
John Kerry
Russ Feingold
Joe Biden
Tom Daschle

These 5 guys are awesome. :)

[Piperay]

28. Boxer, Kennedy...

Clinton, Jeffords and Byrd. :thumbsup: :bounce:

[Unknown Known]

29. Feingold, Feingold, Feingold, Feingold & Feingold

He's the only one who had the guts to vote against the damn Patriot Act! THE ONLY ONE & that includes Wellstone.

Actually, I also like

Harken
Durbin
Jeffords
Boxer

I'm hoping to add Clinton to the list next year if she stays in the Senate and gets an investigation going into the EPA/WH 9/11 air quality scandal.

[NewJerseyDem]

30. My list

I'm excluding Corzine and Lautenberg because I cannot objectively reach an opinion on them.

1. Ron Wyden
2. Dick Durbin
3. Jack Reed
4. Dianne Feinstein
5. Russ Feingold

I also like Lincoln Chafee a lot just because his liberalism probably annoys republicans.

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

32. Byrd, Boxer, Graham, Kennedy,

no others,

but Reid of Nevada might be added

[Ediacara]

34. In no particular order (other than alphabetical)

Boxer
Byrd
Daschle
Feingold
Graham
Harkin
Kennedy
Kerry
Murray

Well, ok, that's 9 :-)

Honorable mentions to Chafee and Jeffords.

[bluestateguy]

35. mine

1) Harkin
2) Kerry
3) Feingold
4) Edwards
5) Clinton

[AP]

38. Schumer, Clinton, Leahy, Edwards, Harken...

Kennedy, Kerry, Stabenow, Corzine, if I could keep going...

...there must be a few more...drawing a blank

[hedda_foil]

40. Byrd, Kennedy, Durbin, Boxer, Harkin

[KharmaTrain]

41. What? No Zell Miller? <ducking>

My preferences...depends on the issue:

1.) My Senator - Dick Durbin...he's always on the right page of all the right issues and one of the best on the Senate floor.

2.) Tom Harkin - A great man who embodies the same Progessive values I do.

3.) Russ Feingold - No question the most principled man in government.

4.) Ted Kennedy - He's who you want out there going up against the lies of this junta to break through the noise.

5.) Barbara Boxer - She's become more and more a leader and drives the RW nuts. Can't be all bad.

I respect virtually all Democratic Senators...even blue dogs like Breaux (I honestly will miss him) and moderate Republicans like Chaffee.

This might sound really goofy, but lately I kinda am liking the Senator from Scotland. If there's anyone who could be a really poop in the Elephant's punchbowl, I wouldn't count out Arlen.

[Bozita]

42. Kennedy 1st to provide cover for the others ... except for Byrd.

3. Russ Feingold
4. Chuck Schumer
5. tie
- Richard Durbin
- Debbie Stabenow
- Tom Harkin
- any dems who believe that Paul Wellstone was right.

[catforclark2004]

43. Kennedy, Boxer, Edwards, Graham & Byrd.

Kennedy, Boxer, Edwards, Graham & Byrd.

[carpetbagger]

44. Rockefeller, Jeffords, Feingold, Conrad, Daschle.

The last two manage to keep themselves in the Senate from pretty difficult places.

[mermaid]

45. My list

My list:

You know, I can't really say at the moment...I first gotta look to see WHO co-sponsored the latest ENDA bill that ONCE AGAIN EXCLUDES PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE!!

Becuase whoever is on that list of co-sponsors just got moved to my excrement list! Ted Kennedy is FIRMLY on that list...for that very reason! I can't STAND him!!

What I fail to understand is...how can the party that stands for civil rights abandon MY CIVIL RIGHTS?!!!?

Sign me - Pissed off Democrtaic Transsexual from Texas

P.S. Favorite Congressman - Lloyd Doggett.

[jsw_81]

46. Mine:

Kennedy, Harkin, Boxer, Clinton, Byrd

[Sephirstein]

47. Instead of naming my favourites, I'll name my least favourites...lol

1. Miller
2. LieberBush
3. Every other

[grasswire]

48. someone I keep an eye on ...

...is Blanche Lincoln. She's a very good speaker. Very attractive.

[usregimechange]

49. Feingold, Kerry, Biden, Schumer, Kennedy, n/t