My Candidate is a Better Democrat

[bigtree]

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

* Voted with Democratic Party: 97.1 percent of 342 votes.


Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)

* Voted with Democratic Party: 96.4 percent of 280 votes.


http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/senate/party-voters/


. . . really not much difference between the two on that score

[BOSSHOG]

1. So sad that 7/10ths of a percent

could cause such acrimony.

[jlake]

2. I support a unity ticket, but Obama missed quite a few votes - so that doesn't help his case.

[blm]

3. That is actually a misleading gauge. If most Dems supported Bush with their vote that

would register as voting WITH majority of Dems.

Since Kerry and Feingold had only 13 senators voting FOR Iraq withdrawal in 2006, THEY would be factored in as voting AGAINST Dem majority and Lieberman would be factored in as voting WITH the Dem majority.

So - it really is a deceitful tool that has been concocted to DUPE the gullible. Wonder why?

[bigtree]

4. Is is a tool, or just one barometer, as you say? Certainly the quality of the votes is important.

you sound awfully paranoid.

[blm]

7. I remember when this new 'tool' popped up. I knew then it was deliberately misleading

and set up to con Dem primary voters.

This 'tool' was a subject of a few threads at the time.

[bigtree]

9. It's also a 'tool' to highlight your own point.

Aren't all statistics just 'tools', and inherently misleading according to our own biases?

[blm]

12. I prefer STRAIGHT numbers not spin. This was set up to BE spin.

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[Mass]

5. Kennedy and Bill Nelson are tied. Goes to tell you the worth of this indicator.

And Lieberman is a better Democrat than Bayh.

[bigtree]

8. good point

as you suppose, that means merely identifying with the majority is not a good enough measure of the value or propriety of a vote.

[NightWatcher]

6. there is not too much difference between them at all. too bad the they wont join us

[JVS]

10. I'd like to know if that .7% is times that the party caved

[bigtree]

11. probably

*snicker*