Who Are the current Top 5 Senators?

[T.hill]

Other than the obvious 3 in Rand, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz. Who do you think rounds out the top 5 or maybe even the top 10? If there even is a top 10.

I suppose I'd say Tim Scott and Ron Johnson, then maybe Jeff Flake, Jerry Moran, Tom Coburn, Jim Risch and Mike Crapo?

 

[TaftFan]

There are really only three worth caring about.

 

[compromise]

1. Paul
2. Lee
3. Cruz
4. Scott
5. Johnson
6. Flake (might go up if he votes the right way next time a military spending bill comes up)
7. Coburn
8. Moran
9. Toomey
10. Risch
11. Crapo
12. McConnell?

 

[BenIsForRon]

Leahy is okay sometimes. At least during the Bush Administration he was.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Rand, Lee, and Wyden are my top 3. I'm still not convinced about Cruz. The rest can jump in a lake.

 

[tsai3904]

I suppose I'd say Tim Scott and Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson is one of only seven Republicans who have yet to ever cosponsor Rand's bill to audit the Fed. Anyone in Wisconsin ever get a response from him on the issue? Even Tammy Baldwin cosponsored and voted for Ron's audit the Fed bill last year.

 

[TaftFan]

Rand, Lee, and Wyden are my top 3. I'm still not convinced about Cruz. The rest can jump in a lake.

Why Wyden over Cruz?

 

[ican'tvote]

Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, and Ron Wyden in that order are my top 4. I don't know about number 5. Maybe that guy from Wyoming.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Why Wyden over Cruz?

Because he fights stronger for our civil liberties, and that's my primary concern.

Actually looking at some of his votes, I have changed my mind a bit. Maybe Cruz is better. I was thinking he was more of a Kucinich type, but he's really not apart from a few things.

Honestly other than Paul and usually Lee, it's a pretty big blur for me.

 

[TaftFan]

Because he fights stronger for our civil liberties, and that's my primary concern.

Actually looking at some of his votes, I have changed my mind a bit. Maybe Cruz is better.

Cruz is strong on civil liberties as well.

 

[compromise]

Because he fights stronger for our civil liberties, and that's my primary concern.

Actually looking at some of his votes, I have changed my mind a bit. Maybe Cruz is better. I was thinking he was more of a Kucinich type, but he's really not apart from a few things.

Honestly other than Paul and usually Lee, it's a pretty big blur for me.

IMO Wyden is better than Kucinich. Kucinich was a hardline left winger. Wyden is at least a moderate on fiscal issues.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Cruz is strong on civil liberties as well.

Something about Cruz just doesn't seem genuine. I feel he is an attack dog first and foremost, and only really likes riding on Rand's coattails when it's convenient to fighting Obama and the Dems. I just don't trust the guy as far as I could throw him. Despite that, he still is probably a top 3 Senator just cause the other 47 are so bad.

 

[TaftFan]

Something about Cruz just doesn't seem genuine. I feel he is an attack dog first and foremost, and only really likes riding on Rand's coattails when it's convenient to fighting Obama and the Dems. I just don't trust the guy as far as I could throw him. Despite that, he still is probably a top 3 Senator just cause the other 47 are so bad.

It's because he is a lawyer and talks like one. But I like what he is talking about.

 

[Brett85]

1. Paul
2. Lee
3. Cruz
4. Scott
5. Johnson

 

[Brett85]

If I was forced to pick a top 10 I think I would actually have to include Rubio in that, even though I think that Rubio is terrible. That just shows you how terrible the Senate is.

 

[T.hill]

If I was forced to pick a top 10 I think I would actually have to include Rubio in that, even though I think that Rubio is terrible. That just shows you how terrible the Senate is.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking,eventually Democrats begin to rank better than Republicans the farther down the list you go. But the majority of em are terrible.

Yet, there are probably a good 10 senators who are better and more sincere than Rubio.

I think however that Tim Scott and Ron Johnson are really good as well, Tim Scott could possibly be a top tier senator with Paul, Cruz. and Lee. Maybe Ron Johnson too.

 

[T.hill]

Tim Scott's voting record has been really good since he became a senator, right? How about Ron Johnson's?

I've seen some really good stuff from both of them.

 

[krugminator]

1. Paul
2. Lee
3. Cruz
4. Flake
5. Toomey

or possibly
1. Dylan
2.Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan and
5. Dylan

 

[Brett85]

1. Paul
2. Lee
3. Cruz
4. Flake
5. Toomey

Flake and Toomey would be in my top five if it wasn't for their recent support for additional federal gun control laws. That's just a deal breaker for me. I wouldn't include Coburn in my top five for that reason either. Coburn, Flake, and Toomey are all examples of Senators who have gotten worse the longer they've been in Washington DC.

 

[Kilrain]

1. Lindsey Graham (I was going to be a gentleman and put a woman in the top spot, but then I realized that Lindsey is close enough to one)
2. Dianne Feinstein (there is just something inherently sexy about a geriatric Communist)
3. John McCain ("Nice little war you have going on here. You don't mind if I join in, do you?")
4. Chuck Schumer (pro-war, pro-spending, pro-basically everything that is good and right in the world)
5. Harry Reid (probably the most honest man in Congress)

Too bad old Droopy Dog (Lieberman) left the senate, would've been a solid pick in anyone's top 5.