tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36710497.post3300545755734203579..comments2023-11-03T07:05:57.432-04:00Comments on Campaign Tracker: Rankings, rasslin' and a surveyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36710497.post-86173924520772015802012-06-03T05:05:10.636-04:002012-06-03T05:05:10.636-04:00Goodness, there is so much useful information abov...Goodness, there is so much useful information above!www.encontactos.comhttp://www.encontactos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36710497.post-68429420930237410522008-04-21T09:03:00.000-04:002008-04-21T09:03:00.000-04:00As a friend of both Senator Pittenger and Greg Dor...As a friend of both Senator Pittenger and Greg Dority, I'm strongly opposed to the NCPP's "Effectiveness" Ratings on principle.<BR/><BR/>That strong opposition got me in hot water and also won me points over the last decade, and to be consistent, I can't fault Greg for using this against the Senator; that's politics. But in service to a steady opposition to this nakedly partisan "insider's" game, what Greg is doing is lending credibility to something that has no credibility, and in the eyes of voters who, like me in 1997, had never heard of such a thing.<BR/><BR/>The NNPP's rating system is meaningless. Sorry Greg. But many of the legislators who have stood on their own core beliefs, and been punished for not being subject to bribery, have ended up dead last on this list, and especially otherwise objectively effective members have been marginalized by this rating system time and time again.<BR/><BR/>Imagine the Ambassadors to the Court of St. James along with the Royal Court being polled as to the effectiveness of King of England.<BR/><BR/>Heads would roll.<BR/><BR/>No, I am NOT comparing the legislators to royalty, though many of them take on such airs. But as representatives, this insulting ranking system is both meaningless and useless, and not just an insult to the representative but insulting to the people they represent.<BR/><BR/>It's a badge of honor to be ranked low, in fact, and my friend Greg Dority is being disingenuous in his attempt to use this against Robert.<BR/><BR/>Those of us trying to rank the people's interests over the representation of Special Interests are not well-served by this.Joel Raupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479149035458870955noreply@blogger.com