Senate scorecards show real difference between GOP & Senate Dems

[expatriot]

I put all these scorecards in an Excel and sorted by Party and found the averages and then I took the 18 DLC Senators (listed below) to find their average. There is a substantive difference between the GOP and all Democrats on these issues. I have seen the union scorecards and know there is substantial difference on that as well, just haven't crunched the data yet (actually, on the SEIU scorecard for last year, all 18 DLCers scored 100% but there were only three votes recorded).
Oh, and I included Jeffords in with the Dems (he caucuses with us).


NEA 2004 Congressional Scorecard
http://capwiz.com/nea/scorecard/?chamber=S&session=108&x=15&y=13
GOP AVG 29
DEM AVG 88
DLC AVG 90

2004 League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
http://www.capwiz.com/lcv/dbq/vote_info/?offset=0&length=40&session=108&chamber=S&command=results&sort=Last&state=
GOP AVG 11
DEM AVG 74
DLC AVG 65

2004 NARAL
http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003432M&sort=currentoffice
GOP 5.9
DEM 81.5
DLC 68.9

2004 ACLU http://action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?page=congScorecard&congress=108&location=S&lcmd=next&lcmd_cf=
GOP 13
DEM 68
DLC 67

NEA:
DLC
Mark Pryor (D) 85% 85%
Max Baucus (D) 85% 85%
Hillary Clinton (D) 85% 85%
Herbert Kohl (D) 85% 85%
Thomas Carper (D) 85% 85%
Joseph Lieberman (D) 88% 88%
Blanche Lincoln (D) 90% 90%
Dianne Feinstein (D) 90% 90%
Bill Nelson (D) 90% 90%
Evan Bayh (D) 90% 90%
Mary Landrieu (D) 90% 90%
Ben Nelson (D) 90% 90%
Kent Conrad (D) 90% 90%
Tim Johnson (D) 94% 94%
Debbie Stabenow (D) 95% 95%
Byron Dorgan (D) 95% 95%
Maria Cantwell (D) 95% 95%
John Kerry (D) 100% 100%

[stray cat]

1. Thanks for some real information and data

Democrats of all names are alot different from the republicans. We need to hang together in the areas we agree otherwise the republicans win.

Jeffords is great. I would gladly take more independents like him to get repubs out of office.

[welshTerrier2]

2. hmmmmm ... domestic issues only ...

how about an analysis of votes on Iraq ... i wonder how that would look ...

[expatriot]

3. Peace Action 2003 voting record:

I am working very fast, must go to work.... i found this and crunched it quickly

Peace Action 2003:

GOP: 1.43%!
DEM: 85.6%
DLC: 73.33%

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=002955M&sort=currentoffice

dont know what votes are included... no time now.... must go to work. bye

on edit: know there are at least 10 votes included since Joementum got a 10 per cent rating.... no argument from me there... he's as close as you can get to a neocon foreign policy wise without being a Republican. But w/o Joe's low score, the rest of the DLC would look even better. okay... to WORK!

[expatriot]

4. self-kick...

this got buried quickly in the obviously more urgent dispatches of the day....

[sandnsea]

5. thanks for your effort

The worst Democrat is always better than the best Republican.

[loyalsister]

6. Great work!

Encouraging and appreciated!

:yourock:

[ticapnews]

7. Gosh, you mean the DLC isn't Satan incarnate?

I'm shocked and awed.

[Q]

8. This is interesting stuff...

...but obviously these numbers don't show how and why Bush has been able to get everything he and his far-right fanclub have wanted for decades...WITH the help of just enough Democrats to make it look 'bipartisan'.

Rigged 'investigation' into 9-11

No investigations into widespread election fraud in 2000/2004

Illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq

Patriot Acts

Tax cuts for the rich

Bankrupcy Bill

The list goes on and on and on.

Yeah...what an impressive record.

[dsc]

9. Maybe, just maybe because virtually all of that happened in a GOP

controlled Senate. All but one set of his tax cuts passed in a GOP controlled Senate (and those can't be filibustered). Renewal of patriot act, GOP Senate. Lack of investigations, GOP Senate. and on and on the list goes.