The following list reflects my very subjective opinions of the current United States Senate and its members and omits past senators that I have liked or disliked. A lot of my impressions have been formed by watching these people on C-Span 2, which broadcasts live Senate floor proceedings, and various committee sessions. I could have chosen to include more names, but instead decided to pick relatively few, including a little commentary next to each one. In the "least favorite" categories, the senators are ranked by how much I dislike them, so number one is the worst. Keep in mind when reading this list that I tend to vote Democratic...and also that all senators have their good and bad points: I'd expect you to come up with an entirely different list...
FAVORITE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
1 TOM CARPER (Delaware)...breaks down issues dispassionately, appeals to reason
2 AMY KLOBUCHAR (Minnesota)...a master debater and very persuasive
3 CHARLES "CHUCK" SCHUMER (New York)...should be Senate Majority Leader
4 PATTY MURRAY (Washington)...good senator who works well with Republicans
5 RICHARD "DICK" DURBIN (Illinois)...persuasive orator, good on TV
FAVORITE REPUBLICAN SENATORS
1 ROB PORTMAN (Ohio)...his comity with Democrats and personality stand out
2 LINDSEY GRAHAM (South Carolina)...never know what ol' Lindsey will say next
3 JOHN CORNYN (Texas)...great speaker, should be party leader instead of McConnell
4 MIKE LEE (Utah)...very conservative yet very considerate of fellow senators
5 BEN SASSE (Nebraska)...unafraid to criticize Trump and still remain in Senate
LEAST FAVORITE DEMOCRATS
1 KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (New York)...too pious and self-righteous, calls for others' resignations too often
2 JOE DONNELLY (Indiana)...status as Dem in a red state has compromised his politics
3 CORY BOOKER (New Jersey)...did an unseemly, phony flip-flop on Jeff Sessions, once friends now he acts horrified at him
4 EDWARD MARKEY (Massachusetts)...had early high hopes for this dull, often angry speaker
5 JOE MANCHIN (West Virginia)...caters too much to the FoxNews crowd
LEAST FAVORITE REPUBLICANS
1 MITCH MCCONNELL (Kentucky)...refusing to consider Obama's Supreme Court pick leaves him tainted in history...
2 CHARLES "CHUCK" GRASSLEY (Iowa)...no scruples whatsoever with his reasoning
3 STEVE DAINES (Montana)...seems only interested in ripping his fellow Montana senator (a Democrat)
4 JAMES INHOFE (Oklahoma)...the Senate's main climate change denier
5 JAMES LANKFORD (Oklahoma)...GOP's point man in attacking the Democrats
And finally, for you political junkies out there in social media land...especially the Facebook fanatics...lighten up, dude, it's all just one observer's opinions!
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