Update: was heartened by all the interesting comments, esp. the ones hailing T. Harkin, P. Murray, M. Cantwell, C. Levin, S. Whitehouse, C. Schumer as some of the other heroic stalwarts of the current Senate. People also had other strong opinions in the comments, mostly positive and some negative, on J. Webb, C. McCaskill, T. Kennedy, R. Wyden, S. Brown among others (and Barnie Frank, though he's a Rep!). I note also that out of 230-odd votes, Kerry got just one, and C. Dodd none..
At the current time, Sanders is the clear 'winner' with 36% of the vote, Webb and Feingold tie for second at 12%, and Boxer comes in third at 9%.
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There's a diary on the reclist currently that praises Bernie Sanders as a rockstar for facing down Judd Gregg on his anti-Obama comments which i definitely recommend esp for those who are not familiar with Sanders and his very fine socialist (woohoo!!) history.
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