--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, > > Offered without much study, because it is 4AM and I'm only awake > because something at work is going rather badly, but while waiting > for something to deploy, I found this: > > http://www.govtrack.us/congress/spectrum.xpd > > Which, like the post last week, purports to show how liberal > or conservative are various members of Congress. > > This one still shows a great deal of division, but more overlap > in the middle, especially by Republicans in the Senate, Almost > no Democrats are shown to be much right of center, while a > handful of Republicans are shown in the middle of "Democratic" > territory. > > Interesting. He links to Poole as someone who "know[s] a lot more > about this than [he does]".
I'm still shocked that people really had such a hard time believing that partisan divisions might actually mean something... particular in the current day and age..... JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
