Kevin Drum has blogged one of those little things that make you say "neato!" Well, it probably doesn't make you say, "neato!" There are anecdotal reports that some of the people who read this thing are normal people who don't care too much about politics, and are actually interested in me as a person. Puzzling, yes, but I still promise to take pictures of my trip to Seattle this weekend.

Anyway, the neat thing is SurveyUSA's list of the most popular senators; specifically, it tracks their approval ratings in their home states. Drum has compressed the list to only the senators up for re-election next year. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is 4th among senators up for re-election next year, and 16th overall. Robert "I was in the Klan in 1953" Byrd (D-WV) is slightly more popular than Orrin "I still don't mind lynching" Hatch (R-UT). And the man voted "Most Likely to be Re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006" is Kent "Who?" Conrad (D-ND).

I thought Kent Conrad was Superman's secret identity (a cool term). Guess not. The 2006 election is still 17 months off and most Senators don't have an identified opponent yet. Still the numbers are fun. GUY

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