Pryor one of five "up and comers" in Time: UGH!

[AbbyR]

We just got this press release on Mark Pryor. What a joke.


WASHINGTON D.C. – TIME Magazine named Senator Mark Pryor as one of five “Up-and-Comers” as part of this week’s feature on best and worst Senators.



TIME noted Pryor’s lead role in forging the Gang of 14, a group of 7 Republicans and 7 Democrats who reached a compromise on judicial nominations and allowed the Senate to move forward with passing major transportation and energy bills in 2005. In addition, Time adds “Watch for Pryor, who voted with President Bush 58% of the time in 2005, to emerge as a key swing vote and voice for Third Way Democrats.”



“To me, Arkansas always comes first, and that means working with both sides of the aisle to address the needs of our state and country. I do the best I can to view the work here in the Senate through the eyes of Arkansans by listening and learning from them. I believe that Arkansans are sick of the partisan warfare in Washington and are looking for us to work together to address our nation’s challenges.” Pryor said.



Among the senators on TIME’s “Up-and-Comers” list were Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), John Sununu (R-NH) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). In selecting its best and worst Senators, TIME based its rankings on interviews with academics, political scientists and current and former senators.



The full articles “America’s 10 Best Senators” and “Up and Comers: Rising Stars of the Senate,” can be viewed on TIME’s website at www.time.com.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Sure, Mark, like voting for the 'give business a break' bankruptcy

law?

[ArkySue]

2. Ugh is right!

Yeah, he's swell, for a Republican. Let's see....voted FOR confirming 'Torquemada' Gonzales, voted FOR the bankruptsy bill, voted FOR the big tax cuts for the oil companies, and the most politically transparent of all....waiting to see that Alito had the votes for confirmation before he came out 'against' it but didn't have the balls to stand up for his so-called conviction by voting FOR cloture on Alito. He sucks! I feel like I've been sold a bill of goods! he shore ain't nuthin like his daddy! I'll work for whatever Dem challenges him in the primary in 08!