Republican US Senator Scott Brown has a new piece of evidence to tout his moderate credentials: A Congressional Quarterly study that lists him as the second most bipartisan Senator in 2011 after Maine’s Susan Collins. The study from Congressional Quarterly, a publication that covers Capitol Hill, said Brown voted with his party 54 percent of the time and with President Obama’s stated positions 70 percent of the time. CQ’s party unity score counts only those roll call votes when Democrats and Republicans are at loggerheads.
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yet, liberals will still want a hyper-partisan like Warren
I am not taking CQ's word for it. I have not been able to access a site to validate Bierman's analysis, but this kind of percentage was not obvious around June, 2011: http://www.senatereports.com/PartyPercentRankings.aspx As far as I am concerned, I have to look at the votes and evaluate them. This is the tedious part. As someone once said: "The weakness in democracy is that votes are not weighed, they are simply counted." Scott Brown hears (heard) footsteps and is scurring around to build a better resume' to be more palatable to R and I voters. Remember, a leopard never changes its spots. Remember the Scott Brown who wanted to vote against the Affordable Care Act without reading it! The Scott Brown who contacted the Governor to lobby for a slot license at Plainfield, the Scott Brown who voted to hold the country hostage until the wealthy got their money FIRST. This is the Scott Brown to remember, because he will return to the fold if he wins:"http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-12-02/news/27082931_1_benefits-extension-unemployment-benefits-scrooge "If you haven't realized by now that Scott Brown is lighter than air, you're not paying attention."