Considering Replacements for Obama in the Senate
Barack Obama’s out of the Senate, and Illinois is out half of the voice it ought to have in that chamber of the U.S. Congress. The sooner a replacement is found, the better – but who?
Let’s look to the Progressive Patriots legislative scorecard for the last two years to see who from the Illinois delegation to the House of Representatives might make a good junior U.S. Senator.
A couple of Representatives who ought to be out of the running: Melissa Bean and Dan Lipinski have low scores on the progressive scorecard – they failed to stand for progressive legislation a majority of the time.
Two other Representatives offer a more positive record. I’d pick Jan Schakowsky or Danny Davis. They have the highest progressive ratings of all the members of the Illinois delegation, at 90 and 81 percent, respectively.
