The Republican party is a narrow tent of ideologues. I bet a lot of Blue Dogs have a 7 or so on this test.
Let's look at Minnesota's Collin Peterson:
(1) Yes, he did vote against the Stimulus.
(2) Yes, voted against the health care bill
(3) He initially did speak against cap and trade and said he would oppose any such bill though he did work out a compromise with Waxman and has agreed to support the current plan though. Which makes it a No by Republican standards.
(4) Looks like he made some procedural vote against a predecessor to EFCA in the past. So Yes.
(5) Yes.
(6) No.
(7) Once again depends on definition. But he has said he would oppose any war with Iran, so let's say no.
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Yes.
(9) Yes.
(10) Yes.
So yeah, he has a 7 and is a committee chairman that no one is complaining about. This says a lot.
The sad thing is that if he's got a committee chairmanship with a 7, there are definitely some at least rank and file Congressmen with an 8 or more. I'm sure that Dan Boren qualifies for the narrow tent of ideological extremists. The political spectrum among major Oklahoma politicians might be something like this
10: Republican
9: Independent or Democrat
8: Democrat
7: Radical communist
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