May
9
2008

URLs du Jour—2008-05-09

  • Looking to see how well your Congressional representatives are doing in promoting economic liberty and prosperity? If you can stand the bad news, the Club for Growth has released its 2007 scorecard based on votes on key issues. My NH-specific observations:

    • After scoring a perfect 100% in 2005 and 2006, Senator Sununu dropped to a 75% last year, only good for 23rd-best in the Senate. Could he be "moderating" his stands in preparation for his re-election bid?

    • Senator Gregg's scores: 99%, 92%, and 79%, good for 4th, 11th, and 19th place, respectively.

    • Oh, but wait. It gets worse. In her first year as a House member, Carol Shea-Porter earned a 1% score, putting her in a solid 394th place among her colleagues.

    • Paul Hodes, also a House freshman, scored an almost-as-dismal 6%, for 326th place.

    • Elections matter. Both Shea-Porter and Hodes replaced Republicans with mediocre, but not bottom-dwelling, scores.

  • But there's good news out of Great Britain: Great tits cope well with warming. With pictures!

  • Yeah, I'm like, ten years old. That was via Rich Galen.