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Originally Posted by Sparhawk
Sigh. The data you are referencing comes from 2003, the year before a national election. And what do politicians do the year before an election? That's right, they tend to their base. If you look back at the available data for the last 20 years, then you can label him a liberal Senator, but certainly not "the most liberal member" - unless of course you follow it up with "in just one year, out of the 20 in which he served". I mean, this is a man who voted FOR NAFTA, FOR balancing the budget, etc. It's even more disengenuous in Edwards' case - his 6 year record shows him to be much lower on the liberal totem pole even than Kerry.
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I would certianly like to show data from 2004, but the National Journal does their ranking by examining votes for the
entire year and since 2004 hasn't ended yet the most recent data is 2003.
It should also be noted that Kerry has also earned the honor of "Most liberal senator" by the National Journal three prior times.
According to the Drudge Report