I received an e-mail earlier today from James Vaughn, who was campaign manager for Marilyn Brewer's ill-fated candidacy for the 48th CD last year (but don't hold that against him).
James is now Vice President of Business Development for Knowledgis LLC, and this is what he was e-mailing me about:
The first analysis and rankings of power in Congress ever conducted will be released on Congress.org on Tuesday, May 16.
Knowlegis staff collected data on 15 factors of power for every Members of Congress. The team selected the factors in consultation with congressional experts. The results will be provided online at no charge on Congress.org and will include the Power Rankings and Power Score for every Member of Congress. The public and the media also will be able to search and organize lists to view rankings by party, state, committee membership, tenure (class in Congress), or Power Category.
The 2005 Power Rankings produced some surprising results, including: a possible presidential candidate ranked 87th overall in the Senate; a Democratic Senator ranked higher than some Republican committee chairmen because of a strong legislative record; and a House member running for the Senate ranked 413th in his chamber and a GOP Senator ranked dead last.
It'll be interesting to see how OC's congressional delegation comes out in the Power Rankings. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Apparently Rep. Ed Royce ranks 138. Stay tuned for the rest of the delegation.
John Campbell wins!
Posted by: JozefColomy | May 11, 2006 at 10:46 PM
Pssst! Jubal! I don't mean to be a spelling Nazi, but you've got the wrong homophone for "fare."
Posted by: rebecca | May 11, 2006 at 10:52 PM
Rebecca, this blog does not tolerate homophones.
Posted by: redperegrine | May 12, 2006 at 07:24 AM
138 -- Ed's actually THAT high? I'd figure he'd be in the low 300's. Here's my guess:
Calvert - low 100's
Miller - low 100's
Royce - low 300's
Sanchez - 300's
Rohrabacher - 200's
Campbell - concurrent with his seniority ranking
Posted by: KenB | May 12, 2006 at 12:30 PM
If Royce was given #138 he was undervalued. Definitely top 100 maybe top 50 and with a bullet. He is the one OC rep who is destined for stardom. A possible future Speaker,perhaps Secretary of State but in any event a rising star.
Posted by: are you serious? | May 12, 2006 at 02:37 PM
Nicely done Ken B. You are off on some though. Remember Campbell stepped into some good committee assignments which count for a good deal. He has Budget, Financial Services and VA. Tenure counts, but only if you do something with it. But can you guess which Republican ranks at the bottom in the Senate? And dare to guess how the California Senators did?
Posted by: Power Rankings | May 14, 2006 at 04:33 PM
CORRECTION: Our data covers 2005 and since Re. Campbell did not get his committee assignments until end of January his score will be dramatically lower for this report. The data will be updated for the next release and he will receive credit at that point. His score will simply reflect his tenure and his legislation.
Posted by: James Vaughn | May 15, 2006 at 11:54 AM
I wasn't that far off:
Calvert - low 100's (Actual 92)
Miller - low 100's (Actual 149)
Royce - low 300's (Actual 129 -- for what, his Africa subcommittee?)
Sanchez - 300's (Actual 337)
Rohrabacher - 200's (Actual 219)
Campbell - concurrent with his seniority ranking (same)
Posted by: KenB | May 17, 2006 at 07:50 AM
I am totally taken back with the Republican delegates voting on IRAQ based on party lines. I elected Royce to represent me, and vote his own conscience. If Royce trully believes progress is being made in IRAQ, he must be as narrow minded, and stubborn as the President. I am always going to be a registered Republican, but I'm going to vote for very few Republicans in future elections until I get a better feeling that they are not so easily influenced and directed like they are being driven like cattle to Kansas City.
Richard R.
Posted by: richard riggs | May 03, 2007 at 11:44 AM