HAS RICK SANTORUM GOT ANY SMARTER or LESS OF A WINDBAG?
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
United States Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) today presents a $100,000 check from the U.S. Department of Education for the enhancement of science equipment at Lincoln University. From left to right are: Sen. Santorum; Dr. Saligrama SubbaRao, professor of Chemistry and principal investigator for the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium; Dr. Robert L. Langley, chair, Chemistry Department, and director of the Lincoln Aerospace and Engineering Recruitment (LASER) program; and Michael B. Hill, vice president for Development and External Relations. Lincoln is nationally recognized as a major producer of African Americans with undergraduate degrees in the physical sciences (biology, chemistry, and physics); computer and information sciences; biological and life sciences.
September 2004 Best and Worst of Congress
Members of Congress work hard on creating a positive image, so we usually know little about them that they don't want us to know.
But their aides know a lot--who's smart and who's dumb, who's gutsy and who's a blowhard.
Every election year we survey top Capitol Hill staff--administrative assistants, press secretaries, legislative directors, and chiefs of committee staffs--to get the lowdown. In return, we donate a dollar to a charity--Share Our Strength or the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs--for each respondent.
The results are often surprising--particularly when aides take shots at bigwigs in their own parties. Here are their picks for the best and worst among their bosses. The Senate, BEST LEADER, WORST FOLLOWER, WORKHORSE, SHOW HORSE, C-SPAN HAM, BRAINIEST, NO ALTAR BOY, BEST NEWCOMER, WORST NEWCOMER, SENATOR I'D LIKE TO SEE AS PRESIDENT IN 2012 {Santorum didn’t make the cut as presidential material}
THE SENATE
NO ROCKET SCIENTIST
1. Tie: Rick Santorum (R-PA), Patty Murray (D-WA)
2. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
3. Tie: George Allen (R-VA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
A crowded field--more than a third of the Senate got votes.
BIGGEST WINDBAG
1. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
2. Joe Biden (D-DE)
3. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Byrd's third straight, um, win.
BIGGEST KERRY ATTACKER
1. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
2. Bill Frist (R-TN)
3. Zell Miller (D-GA)
Frist got solid Democratic support but few votes from within the party he leads. A big vote from Dem aides put Miller on.
