Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio) Found Dead

lunchstealer | September 5, 2007, 2:43pm | #

Any idea what the spread of vote-with-party might be for GOPers and Ds on average might be, for comparison purposes?

I mean, he's clearly more of an independent thinker than, say, any of the representatives from Texas, but it'd be interesting to see a histogram of vote-with-party percentages.

| September 5, 2007, 2:54pm | #

Oh of course.

BugsBunny | September 5, 2007, 3:03pm | #

"...he's clearly more of an independent thinker than, say, any of the representatives from Texas..."

Just out of curiosity, don't you think it's possible to be an independent thinker who agrees with a major political party much of the time? Or is "independent" now a synonym for "deviant"?

lunchstealer | September 5, 2007, 3:44pm | #

OK, I admit I was just mentally editing Paul out of the Texas stats.

Mostly I was thinking of Sam Johnson, who bragged about how well he voted with the party.

jjj | September 7, 2007, 2:47pm | #

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