Salon: 10 most courageous and 10 most cowardly House Dems

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10 most courageous and 10 most cowardly House Dems



The Ten Most Courageous

(Democrats from GOP-friendly districts who voted yes; member name and each district's PVI rating are listed)

1. Bart Gordon (TN-06); R+13

2. Earl Pomeroy (ND-at-large); R+10

3. Alan Mollohan (WV-01); R+9

4. Chris Carney (PA-10 ); R+8

5. Brad Ellsworth (IN-08); R+8

6. John Spratt (SC-05); R+7

7. Nick Rahall (WV-03); R+6

8. Baron Hill (IN-09); R+6

9. Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01; R+6

10. Allen Boyd (FL-02); R+6

The Ten Most Cowardly

(Democrats from the most Democratic-friendly districts who voted no; member name and each district's PVI rating are listed)

1. Artur Davis (AL-07); D+18

2. Stephen Lynch (MA-09); D+11

3. Dan Lipinski (IL-03); D+11

4. John Barrow (GA-12); D+1

5. John Adler (NJ-03); R+1

6. Larry Kissell (NC-08); R+2

7. Mike Arcuri (NY-24); R+2

8. Mike McMahon (NY-13); R+4

9. Glenn Nye (VA-02); R+5

10. Collin Peterson (MN-07); R+5

[Tippy]

1. Bat Gordon is my Congressman..last election he got 74% of the vote..

I would like to believe he retired because he wanted to go out in the good graces of the Democrats he served. This vote would have ment he was finished had he voted NO...so he retired. Bart is a good man, he would have felt terrible letting the people who first sent him to Congress down. DAM the DLC...Dam them to hell.

[Tippy]

4. Correction:This vote would have ment he was finished if he voted YES

...so he retired...

[nevergiveup]

2. Bill Foster (IL-14) should be added to the courageous list.

Foster is the 1st term congressman in Dennis Hastert's old district. This is a very conservative area and he is going to have a tough election this fall. Thanks for your courage, Congressman Foster.

[Inuca]

3. IMHO Stupak

in his own strange way belongs in the first list

[nyc 4 Biden]

5. My rep, Mike McMahon sure is a coward. n/t