Washingtonian Magazine's September issue has the results of the mag's annual survey of Capital Hill staffers. This year they had 1700 respondents. This year, Rick Santorum tied for second place (with George Allen) in the "No Rocket Scientist" category -- identified by those who know him best as one of the dumbest Senators in town. From what we could tell, Rick has been a repeat winner in this category. It seems that he has wins in 2005 (tie) and 2004 (tie). He came in third in 2002. Consistent with his falling off the perch as the number one dumbest Senator, he also finished second in the "Falling Star" category.
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it would be funny if it wasn't true. AS is, I cry.
That's like saying among conservative bloggers this web site was rated worst.
Tell us something we don't know.
What is telling about these results is that the staffers cross party lines in their votes.
According to Washingtonian, they as frequently vote for their own for the negative awards and reach across the asile on positive awards.
With respect to this particular award, Santorum has been among the top three pretty consistently -- including when the majority of staffers were Republican.
Rick, this would be like having a collection of readers (liberal and conservative) rate our sites. The majority of staffers are Republican, and I don't mean the Arlen Specter kind. Staffers tend to be the extremes of their party.
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