“You may fool all of the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” Abraham Lincoln
Thanks to the Madison Project for shedding light on conservative performance by providing the following list of RINOs who’s conservative ratings are the worst of the worst, radically under-performing the conservative expectations of their districts.
Virginia had two make this list: Eric Cantor of the 7th District and Frank Wolf of the 10th District.
Members scoring 20 points or more below their conservative districts (defined as R+7 and above). There are 52 such members!:
Cook PVI | Member | State | District | 2011 Average Legislative Score | Madison Performance Index (MPI) |
R+13 | Young, Don | AK | AL | 37.5 | -52.5 |
R+9 | McKinley, David | WV | 1 | 39.5 | -44.5 |
R+15 | Emerson, Jo Ann | MO | 8 | 46.0 | -44.0 |
R+14 | Alexander, Rodney | LA | 5 | 49.0 | -41.0 |
R+16 | Jones, Walter | NC | 3 | 50.0 | -40.0 |
R+24 | Lucas, Frank | OK | 3 | 51.5 | -38.5 |
R+15 | Whitfield, Ed | KY | 1 | 51.5 | -38.5 |
R+17 | Simpson, Michael | ID | 2 | 52.0 | -38.0 |
R+16 | Rogers, Hal | KY | 5 | 52.0 | -38.0 |
R+12 | Platts, Todd | PA | 19 | 50.5 | -38.0 |
R+14 | Bonner, Jo | AL | 1 | 52.5 | -37.5 |
R+10 | Walden, Greg | OR | 2 | 48.5 | -37.0 |
R+17 | Crenshaw, Ander | FL | 4 | 53.5 | -36.5 |
R+17 | Shuster, Bill | PA | 9 | 54.5 | -35.5 |
R+13 | Hastings, Doc | WA | 4 | 54.5 | -35.5 |
R+26 | Aderholt, Robert | AL | 4 | 55.0 | -35.0 |
R+18 | Cole, Tom | OK | 4 | 55.0 | -35.0 |
R+16 | Womack, Steve | AR | 3 | 55.0 | -35.0 |
R+7 | Frelinghuysen, Rodney | NJ | 11 | 46.0 | -35.0 |
R+8 | Moore, Capito, Shelly | WV | 2 | 48.5 | -34.0 |
R+10 | Lewis, Jerry | CA | 41 | 52.0 | -33.5 |
R+11 | Fortenberry, Jeff | NE | 1 | 54.0 | -33.0 |
R+15 | Guthrie, Brett | KY | 2 | 58.0 | -32.0 |
R+9 | Thompson, Glenn | PA | 5 | 52.0 | -32.0 |
R+9 | Rogers, Mike | AL | 5 | 52.5 | -31.5 |
R+14 | Smith, Lamar | TX | 21 | 59.0 | -31.0 |
R+16 | Roby, Martha | AL | 2 | 60.5 | -29.5 |
R+16 | Granger, Kay | TX | 12 | 61.5 | -28.5 |
R+20 | Palazzo, Steven | MS | 4 | 62.0 | -28.0 |
R+16 | McCarthy, Kevin | CA | 22 | 62.0 | -28.0 |
R+15 | Harper, Gregg | MS | 3 | 62.0 | -28.0 |
R+10 | Berg, Rick | ND | AL | 57.5 | -28.0 |
R+29 | Bachus, Spencer | AL | 6 | 62.5 | -27.5 |
R+8 | Crawford, Rick | AR | 1 | 55.5 | -27.0 |
R+14 | Carter, John | TX | 31 | 63.5 | -26.5 |
R+14 | Boustany, Charles | LA | 7 | 63.5 | -26.5 |
R+9 | Shimkus, John | IL | 19 | 57.5 | -26.5 |
R+13 | Olson, Pete | TX | 22 | 64.0 | -26.0 |
R+9 | Cantor, Eric | VA | 7 | 58.0 | -26.0 |
R+9 | Noem, Kristi | SD | AL | 60.0 | -24.0 |
R+14 | Davis, Geoff | KY | 4 | 66.5 | -23.5 |
R+8 | Marino, Tom | PA | 10 | 59.0 | -23.5 |
R+24 | Smith, Adrian | NE | 3 | 67.0 | -23.0 |
R+13 | Culberson, John | TX | 7 | 67.0 | -23.0 |
R+10 | Cassidy, Bill | LA | 6 | 63.0 | -22.5 |
R+18 | Coble, Howard | NC | 6 | 68.0 | -22.0 |
R+9 | Luetkemeyer, Blaine | MO | 9 | 62.5 | -21.5 |
R+7 | Rehberg, Denny | MT | AL | 59.5 | -21.5 |
R+13 | Nunes, Devin | CA | 21 | 69.0 | -21.0 |
R+21 | Hall, Ralph | TX | 4 | 69.5 | -20.5 |
R+21 | Roe, Phil | TN | 1 | 69.5 | -20.5 |
R+13 | Black, Diane | TN | 6 | 70.0 | -20.0 |
Members from swing or lean Republican districts who scored a failing grade on the legislative scorecards. There are 42 such members.
Cook PVI | Member | State | District | 2011 Average Legislative Score |
D+3 | Cravaack, Chip | MN | 8 | 59.5 |
R+3 | Hayworth, Nan | NY | 19 | 59.0 |
R+1 | Young, Bill | FL | 10 | 58.5 |
D+1 | Tiberi, Patrick | OH | 12 | 58.5 |
R+1 | Kinzinger, Adam | IL | 11 | 58.0 |
Even | Beutler, Jaime Herrera | WA | 3 | 58.0 |
D+3 | Duffy, Sean | WI | 7 | 58.0 |
R+6 | Calvert, Ken | CA | 44 | 57.0 |
R+6 | Lungren, Daniel | CA | 3 | 56.0 |
Even | Latham, Tom | IA | 4 | 56.0 |
R+2 | Wolf, Frank | VA | 10 | 55.5 |
R+3 | Camp, Dave | MI | 4 | 54.5 |
R+3 | Dreier, David | CA | 26 | 54.5 |
R+3 | Bilbray, Brian | CA | 50 | 54.5 |
R+3 | Kelly, Mike | PA | 3 | 54.5 |
D+3 | Schilling, Bobby | IL | 17 | 54.5 |
R+6 | McKeon, Buck | CA | 25 | 53.0 |
D+2 | Heck, Joe | NV | 3 | 53.0 |
R+3 | Lance, Leonard | NJ | 7 | 52.5 |
Even | Upton, Fred | MI | 6 | 52.0 |
D+3 | Bass, Charlie | NH | 2 | 51.0 |
D+4 | Barletta, Lou | PA | 11 | 50.5 |
R+6 | Schock, Aaron | IL | 18 | 50.0 |
D+4 | Gerlach, Jim | PA | 6 | 50.0 |
D+2 | Dent, Charles | PA | 15 | 49.0 |
R+4 | King, Peter | NY | 3 | 47.5 |
R+1 | Biggert, Judy | IL | 13 | 47.5 |
D+2 | Fitzpatrick, Mike | PA | 8 | 47.5 |
R+5 | Rivera, David | FL | 25 | 47.0 |
R+2 | Gibson, Chris | NY | 20 | 46.5 |
R+1 | Runyan, John | NJ | 3 | 46.0 |
R+4 | Grimm, Michael | NY | 13 | 45.5 |
D+3 | Meehan, Pat | PA | 7 | 45.5 |
R+5 | Diaz-Balart, Mario | FL | 21 | 44.5 |
D+6 | Dold, Robert | IL | 10 | 44.5 |
R+3 | Ros-Lehtinen, Illena | FL | 18 | 44.0 |
R+2 | Hanna, Richard | NY | 24 | 44.0 |
D+3 | Reichert, David | WA | 8 | 42.0 |
R+3 | Latourette, Steven | OH | 14 | 40.5 |
R+6 | Smith, Chris | NJ | 4 | 39.5 |
D+1 | Lobiondo, Frank | NJ | 2 | 37.0 |