Umm… Senator Bunning? You okay?

The Hill released an article today in which all 41 Senate Republicans were asked to evaluate the most bipartisan Democrats.

Here is the link: http://thehill.com/leading-the…

It was a really nice article and it showed that despite the big battles, most people are trying to reach out to the other side somehow, even in some small way.

Every Republican, even the most conservative ones, gave kind, thoughtful answers… except for one: Jim Bunning.

His answer was simply this:

No.

So I ask you all this question: Does Jim Bunning even care anymore about trying to get reelected?  

51 thoughts on “Umm… Senator Bunning? You okay?”

  1. I really enjoyed this, although it was a little hookie… It felt kind of like reading things people write in someone’s yearbook, but when I got to Bunning’s answer I laughed out loud. lol He has got to be one of the funniest people I’ve ever read about!

  2. Jim DeMint said the easiest one to work with was that awful socialist, now President Barack Obama…are they even trying anymore?

  3. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) “Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh, Tom Carper. They’re pretty friendly guys and I guess they’re more on the conservative side.”

    Feingold? CONSERVATIVE??? And mentioned as such by COBURN???

  4. Shows you don’t need to be conservative to be bi-partisan.

    Number of Times Some Senators were Mentioned:

    Kennedy -10

    Carper – 8

    Dodd – 7

    Harkin – 5

    Leahy – 5

    Bayh – 5

    Mikulski -4

    Pryor -4

    Baucus – 3

    Ben Nelson -3

    Inouye – 3

    Feingold – 3

    Feinstein 3

    Conrad – 3

    McCaskill – 2

    Lincoln – 2

    Dorgan -2

    Bill Nelson – 1

    Landrieu – 1

    Kerry – 1

    Burris – 1

  5. I spent alot of time reading this. and read every single answer. I hope they ask the same of Senate Democrats. And to take it to the House and ask alot of those members (though i dont expect them to ask all of them unless they want to make this a week by week or month by month project). Im surprised Mary Landrieu didnt get more props. Given how moderate she is. The first i saw her even mentioned was when Wicker talked about her. but keep in mind these were merely just a few sentences per Senator. And they were probably just ‘thinking on the fly’.

    Itll be interesting to see the Democratic senators answering these questions if its posed to them, too. I dont see why it wouldnt. If theyre gonna do the GOP might as well do the Dems. Itd also be cool to do the Governors, as well, and not just members of the other party but even ones of the same (as many Governors of the same party will have strong disagreements)

  11. At least Bunning, for all of his faults, answered the question honestly. The ones who didn’t, as far as I can tell:

    ESSENTIALLY REFUSED TO ANSWER:

    Kyl (backhandedly compliments Kennedy on a single issue, immediately negates it, then says it’s a stupid question.)

    Snowe (lamely says “too many to list” without naming even one specific name).

    PICKED CONVENIENT NAMES:  

    McConnell (picks Reid in one sentence, no one else.)

    Collins (conveniently picks BFF Lieberman, who isn’t even technically a Democrat, no one else.)

    Chambliss (picks the most conservative bunch of DINOs he can find and calls them “reasonable and fair minded”, implying that mainstream Democratic values are somehow unreasonable, and that most of his colleagues are flag-burning unAmerican pinkos. Typical Chambliss, in other words.)

    Burr (picks Ted Kennedy, the only Democrat whose name he actually remembers despite having been in the Senate for five years. Wonder when that one will come back to bite him?)

    The only real howler that hasn’t been pointed out already was this one:

    “I don’t find anyone to be difficult to work with, to be honest with you” – John McCain, aka Senator F-Bomb.

    It’s also interesting to note how the guys who have been around forever all pick each other (Cochran picks Inouye and Leahy, Specter picks Leahy and Harkin, etc.), while the ones who haven’t been in the Senate since the beginning of time are more likely to consider the full seniority range. Not revolutionary, but interesting nonetheless.  

  12. I’s say something along the lines of “Arlen Specter, before he decided to become a right-wing hack last month”  just to take a jab at the guy.

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