Hot off the Drudge Report: XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI FEB 27, 2004 09:39:45 ET XXXXX NUMBER ONE: KERRY RANKED 'MOST LIBERAL' IN SENATE ROLL CALL VOTES, TOPS KENNEDY, CLINTON NATIONAL JOURNAL on Friday claimed Democrat frontrunner John Kerry has the "most liberal" voting record in the Senate. The results of Senate vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5 -- far ahead of such Democrat stalwarts as Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. NATIONAL JOURNAL's scores, which have been compiled each year since 1981, are based on lawmakers' votes in three areas: economic policy, social policy, and foreign policy. "To be sure, Kerry's ranking as the No. 1 Senate liberal in 2003 -- and his earning of similar honors three times during his first term, from 1985 to 1990 -- will probably have opposition researchers licking their chops," NATIONAL JOURNAL reports. Developing... [The ratings system was first devised in 1981 under the direction of William Schneider, a political analyst and commentator at CNN, and a contributing editor to National Journal, who continues to guide the calculation process. Data processing and statistical analysis were performed by Information Technology Services of the Brookings Institution. A panel of National Journal editors and reporters initially compiled a list of 140 key congressional roll-call votes for 2003 -- 63 votes for the Senate and 77 for the House -- and classified them as relating to economic, social, or foreign policy. Roll-call data was drawn from the Congressional Record.] ----------------------------------------------------------- I know the prevailing wisdom is that this is going to be a very tight race, but once the public gets a taste of Kerry's actual record, starts to hear about his personal life, starts to hear from vet's groups and who knows what turns up on the mistress front, this race could be over by September. Then again, maybe not, Al Gore was just as liberal....who knows?
Bring on the debates. Bush is going to eat him alive. Actually, let me correct that statement, Bush's advisors are going to eat him alive. LOL.
this seems a little far fetched...i don't think Kerry is more liberal then Daschle or Ted or Hillary......
National Journal is a very well-respected publication that is not carrying water for either party. Over his career, Kerry has certainly taken some positions that were not as liberal as Teddy's on the same issue, but this rqnking was drawn from a series of votes in 2003.