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Oh, I forgot to add Barbara Boxer to the end of that list.

I am less familiar with the House.

Yes, I know it is difficult but for this poll I need the one you feel reflects you the most.

Sorry to make you do that but there is a method to my madness...or at least I think there is.

I'm less happy with Markey's "present" votes on Syria. If he's seen enough to vote "yes" he should. If he hasn't seen enough information yet, he should voted "no", and if new information changes his mind, he can change his vote if it comes up again. Voting "present" is a complete cop-out. We're talking about military intervention in the mid-East, not taking roll.

I'm not saying I don't like him, it's just that those votes are enough to put him a step below Warren.

and she had the same position as Markey on Syria. She just did not get to vote, so it was less obvious.

I don't necessarily have an issue with Markey's "I haven't seen enough to convince me" position, but in my mind, that should mean a "no" vote. I'm not sure Warren would have voted "present", though it is possible.

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I would have said my senator Jeff Merkley.

Our fellow DUers have created a wide list of outstanding Senators and Representatives, perhaps one of them has captured your attention in a good way.

a way of cutting throught b.s. and calling it like it is. I love Elizabeth Warren because she is calling out the money lender. I love Bernie Sander for way to many reasons to recount. I don't have a favorite.

He is passionate, thoughtful, and good hearted. And as a plus, he has a great sense of humor.

I miss her since I moved to Minnesota, but now I have Betty McCollum. She's great, too.

I worked to help get both elected. I'm glad to see that Lois is still serving.

I've worked to help both of them get elected.

... or something like that, which would be funny if it weren't such a reflection on the sad state of Congress as a whole.

I don't know what put "retirement" on people's minds, but the local Indy weekly did a small poll of "Who would you want to run for her seat when Lois retires?" I used to think Hannah-Beth Jackson was a shoo-in because she was such a firecracker, but Lois has hung in there through thick and thin (everything from Bush to more family losses), and others have risen. The current mayor's name was bandied about in the non-scientific poll.

All politics is local. Which brings to mind this question: Did you live here for awhile or just stop in for the politicking? Either way, sorry I missed you.

30 years of that in the same little house I bought in 1974. My wife and I moved to Minnesota to be near her aging parents after her father had a stroke. I doubt we'll ever return to CA, though. Her mom is 85 now, and the women in my wife's family all seem to live to 100.

Lois Capps is a very, very nice person and a good representative for the district. I met her and her late husband long, long ago, and we kept running into each other from time to time for one reason or another.

I moved out here from Hawai'i in 1979 -- a lifetime ago.

It's funny, but I have my usual rounds and they don't take me that way, over the mountains. A woman from North County once indignantly asked me why my site-visit to Guadalupe with the Human Services Commission was such a revelation -- why had I never been there before?! My ex-husband used to drive around to explore places, probably still does, but I've never been like that as I don't have a good sense of direction.

Anyway, you seem to be very settled where you are, and if Garrison Keillor is to be believed, Minnesota is filled with people like Lois.

drive south from San Luis Obispo county hundreds of times. I lived in Santa Barbara for about a year before enlisting in the USAF in 1965, but have spent very little time in Goleta, really. It's funny how we have our little patterns of behavior we seldom change. I do sometimes fly into the Santa Barbara airport, though, but not since they have built the new terminal. Maybe that's coming soon.

I had always loved the old terminal there, though. Even recently, it was more like flying used to be, walking out to the plane and boarding out in the open. Those days are gone now, I guess, with the new terminal. You still walk to the plane at the San Luis Obispo airport, though, so that's something.

Also have to say Rand Paul is standing up for individual liberty as well.

...are you going to choose Sen. Rand Paul. Sorry to force you to choose but I need just one Congresscritter.

and he helped me get through the 2004 election.

Edit: Hey! I didn't notice it was you, buddy! Good to run into you again!

Totally off topic but look what I found just now: http://julimorgan.com/the-destiny-days/ Now don't get me wrong, I love the sound of a hard rockin guitar but this young lady.... well there are three songs from the old CD about midway down the page. Passing Over is the one to listen to, she was 21 back then and had only been playing for 4 years when she wrote and performed this tune. Just another one of you AMAZING musicians from the Red Roof Pub that I got to hang out with.

Her hubby was no slouch, on the bass, either.. Great band.. I wonder if they're still married?

I believe they had a child and broke up shortly after. I was sad to hear that, I loved them both and always expected them to do well together. She has a website with links to her numerous you-tube videos. Here she is a few months ago performing Comfortably Numb on You Tube:

I sometimes wonder if I should start videoing myself just noodling around… man.. I really need to get back into something. Haven't really played with anybody since Nick's memorial show.

B sure to give me a shout when you do get out n about with your guitar. I'll come listen.

Love Al Franken, he's MY Congresscritter and am an Air America fan.

Love Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.


BUT John Conyers was so persistent during the really insane *ush years and he got so much down in the judicial record even though it didn't seem to matter at the time, it began to tip the balance. The man could not be silenced. He walked my signature to the White House about the Downing Street Memo and even though they would not let him in the door ... he was my hero at the time.

AND love Barbara Boxer too.

I'm just so glad we have SO many good ones to choose from, what a blessing.

One difference between him and Alan Grayson is that Nadler, resisting the post-9/11 hysteria, voted against the PATRIOT Act. OK, cheap shot, Grayson didn't vote against it because he wasn't in Congress then -- but that illustrates why I rank Nadler first. Both of those guys talk the talk and walk the walk, but Nadler's just been doing it longer (first elected in 1992, and fighting the good fight in the New York State Assembly before that).

Now, I will concede that his first campaign manager was the odious Dick Morris. As against that, it was in the 1960s, in Nadler's (successful) campaign for student government president at Stuyvesant High School. The teenage Morris had not yet revealed his true colors. I think Nadler can be forgiven that one.

Just kidding, it's Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders.

I love both of your selections, loved one so much I voted for him in this poll and I would be lying if I told you I had anyone other than those two names on my fantasy ticket for 2016 but I have to ask you to choose just one. Yeah I know....maybe if I run a new poll we can choose two or three ok?

Anyway, my vote is John Dingell

Old fart.

Liberal heart.

I've met him and he is a genuine guy who wants to help people. If the top of the ticket had someone who was strong, he'd be a good pick for VP.

The man has stood strong on the frontline of serious bullshit for many years.

Representative for Life, congressman for all Alaskans who voted for him, Don Young. That guy is a laugh a minute.

But as far as serious representation, I like Elizabeth Warren, even though she's a senator, not a congressperson.

...and after looking it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Congress I now see that I am a blithering idiot. Ok, so I have always thought of Congress as pertaining to both the House and the Senate, that a member of congress could come from either. So I looked and yep, I got that part ok but then upon further investigation I learn that this does NOT mean that a Congressperson can be from both. The word Congressman or Congressperson only refers to a member of the House of Representatives. This of course means an embarrassing edit to my OP! (Is it ok if I have you down for Senator Warren as your favorite member of Congress?)

You can put away your embarrassment. It's just one of those useless bits of trivia that I picked up somewhere along the line.

my first choice would be Al Franken..my second choice Grayson

one to watch IMHO.

I love my non-voting delegate!

are naming their own Senator/rep as their favorite.

For the record, I don't have a favorite.

Norton was my Congresswoman for years, though

Not only do I agree with him, he's strong and takes no shit. I'm sick of all the Democratic weenies we have in Congress. We need fighters for the people. I'm sick of seeing them bluff the Republicans and never backing anything up with action. I'm sick of calm. soft-talkers. We're in a war and we're about to lose it. Let's fight like our lives depend on it, because they do.

And Marcy Kaptur because I have known her for a very long time...

is asking Rep. Alan Grayson (who is a DUer) who, besides himself, is his favorite member of Congress.

I will go with Al Franken.

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Alan Grayson, Al Franken, Ed Markey, Nancy Pelosi, Sheldon Whitehouse to name a few. As you can see I believe we have some good to great congress critters.

Honestly, if Capuano had gotten the nomination back in 2010 he would have kicked Scott Brown's sorry ass from here to tomorrow. Coakley was the wrong choice.

Thank goodness Elizabeth Warren came along. And yes, she's a favorite too.

That's your one name.

There are others but Bernie is tops to me.

Not necessarily in that order.

Okay, okay, only one — Warren.

Polis is mine, but I really like him as a person. I like that he's a geek -- follows boing boing, does actual DIY projects at the local makershed, entered the lyrics for "The Internet Is For Porn" into the congressional record. Also opposed to fracking, strong on human rights, gets the concept of privilege and tries hard to recognize when he is flashing his.

I have some I like.

when I lived in SC

Congressional District and a lady, to bote.
http://juliabrownley.house.gov


Tikki

I love how Representative Cummings hands Darrell Issa his ass on a platter every time Darrell (Grand Theft Auto) Issa opens his fucking mouth!!

And we cannot forget Barbara Mikulski!!

Gotta love scientists.

The choice is easy to me. He is not my congressman, although it wish he was. McGovern is what allCongressmen should want to be when they grow up. He is great on so many progressive issues

We need 434 more just like him.

The rest... Meh.