Posted on 10/07/2005 7:27:27 AM PDT by Gipper08
1. Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) Age: 46 Third term. Won 67% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: 99% Conservative Credentials: As chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he consistently preaches fiscal discipline, even if it means getting an occasional slap from GOP leaders.
2. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R.-N.C.) Age: 29 First term. Won 64% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: N/A Conservative Credentials: He’s the youngest member of the U.S. House and unabashedly conservative. He’s also unafraid to challenge President Bush, as he did on Social Security reform and government spending.
3. Rep. Scott Garrett (R.-N.J.) Age: 46 Second term. Won 58% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: 100% Conservative Credentials: He’s the most conservative member of the New Jersey congressional delegation. Last year he signed a letter demanding Kofi Annan step down as UN secretary-general.
4. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R.-Colo.) Age: 56 Second term. Won 52% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: 100% Conservative Credentials: She gained fame for introducing the Federal Marriage Amendment, which, although it failed to win passage in Congress, set off a flurry of activity in state legislatures.
5. Rep. Tom Feeney (R.-Fla.) Age: 47 Second term. Unchallenged in ’04. ACU rating: 100% Conservative Credentials: President Bush was so angered by Feeney’s opposition to the Medicare prescription drug bill, he hung up the phone on him. Feeney called former President Ronald Reagan “our Moses” after Reagan’s death.
6. Rep. Cathy McMorris (R.-Wash.) Age: 36 First term. Won 60% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: N/A Conservative Credentials: Named assistant GOP whip as a freshman. She also represents the freshman class on the Republican Steering Committee. Overcame opposition from moderates to win the seat.
7. Rep. Gresham Barrett (R.-S.C.) Age: 44 Second term. Unchallenged in ’04. ACU rating: 98% Conservative Credentials: National security is his top issue. He sponsored legislation to cut off illegal immigration from terrorist-supporting nations and bucked leadership on a 2003 appropriations bill.
8. Rep. John Culberson (R.-Tex.) Age: 49 Third term. Won 64% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: 99% Conservative Credentials: This “Jeffersonian Republican” is an immigration hawk who rejected an attempt to allow the Mexican matricula consular document to serve as an acceptable ID. He supports a national sales tax.
9. Rep. Geoff Davis (R.-Ky.) Age: 46 First term. Won 55% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: N/A Conservative Credentials: He beat Democrat Nick Clooney, father of actor George, calling the race: “Hollywood vs. the Heartland.” Used his NRA membership and support for gun rights to pound Clooney.
10. Rep. Jeff Miller (R.-Fla.) Age: 46 Third term. Won 77% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: 99% Conservative Credentials: He filled MSNBC host Joe Scarborough’s seat. Miller pays attention to veterans in his military-heavy district. Sponsored a bill to place former President Ronald Reagan’s face on the half-dollar coin.
This list is also known as the list of GOP members the GOP leadership is least likely support.
The average age of the list is 44. Hopefully this is the list of the GOP leaders of the future.
Their continued success and popularity could make that happen.
I'm not sure if it's funny or sad!
Sam Brownback is the ONE we need to look to in the future.
I wonder why Paul Ryan of Wisconsin didn't make the list?
"Sam Brownback is the ONE we need to look to in the future."
Not even close.Brownback is to the LEFT of President Bush on immigration and he voted for NCLB and the Medicare bill.
It all depends on the man (or woman). Jesse Helms didn't worry much about the Republican leadership.
Patrick McHenry. That name alone should take him places.
Who exactly created this list of winners? The Dems?
Is this really just another "dirty trick" list of disloyal members of the President's own political party?
Honest disagreement is always welcome. Turncoats,backstabbers and sneaky marginal allies need not apply...we got plenty 'a those across the aisle.
Which isn't saying much, but the 100% rating is cool. He's my congress critter! Go Scott Go!
You're joking, right?
Chances are good that those who have not been sufficiently assimilated (read "RINOized") in 5-10 years will have left D.C., either voluntarily or otherwise.
Steve King of Iowa should be there, too.
BUMP
Agreed. Paul Ryan has a bright future in the House.
Sounds like a common result of interactions between this President and any given principled conservative.
3. Rep. Scott Garrett (R.-N.J.) Age: 46 Second term. Won 58% of vote in ’04. ACU rating: 100% Conservative Credentials: He’s the most conservative member of the New Jersey congressional delegation. Last year he signed a letter demanding Kofi Annan step down as UN secretary-general.
New Jersey's a weird state that way. Ridiculously liberal statewide (thanks Camden, Newark, Trenton, Paterson, Hudson County), yet quite conservative in pockets.
In addition to an ultra conservative congressman, my town hall has a crèche and a menorah on it each December (no peep from any ACLU types), the Boy Scouts pray right in the public school (I've seen it! The horrors!) and we even have a gun club for the kids.
It's like a little slice of Idaho.
It's sorta like the country. In the cities, blue. Outside the cities, red.
And I predict he'll keep the seat as long as he wants it. He's from my town, Wantage. Good local boy. Went to High Point High.
What I can't understand is why South Jersey, outside of Cape May County, keeps voting Democratic. The suburbs of Philly (Gloucester County, and even the suburban portions of Camden County) are HEAVILY Democratic.
You won't find a Scott Garrett getting elected anywhere in the states of Massachussetts or New York, for example. The geographical boundaries are pretty solidly drawn in this state.
Could that be an old labor union influence?
Yes indeed. Many of the folks who live in suburban South Jersey work at Campbell's or Dupont (who have large operations in Penn's Grove and other towns in the region), to say nothing of the folks who move from South Philly and North Philly who brought their political allegiances with them even though they made it to the middle class and curse Mayor Street.
Jersey is truly a quirky state. You even have cases like where my aunt lives in Linden where folks vote for RINOs locally (Linden has been ruled by Republicans for decades), yet vote for Democrats in statewide and national elections. Add to the fact that NJ has more registered independents than any other state and you have quite an interesting place.
While I'll admit i had volunteered for Garrett's opponents in his state leg. days, it's been a hell of a term to watch all things considering. That is, his liberal constituency in the Eastern third of his district.
I've recently heard Garrett's district derogatively referred to as "little Kentucky" by someone in the eastern third of the district. People from outside and inside NJ just don't understand how amazingly different the Highlands are from the rest of the state.
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