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Monday, April 17, 2006

Not law but interesting - Lugar rated top 10 senator; Kentucky's Bunning in bottom five

The Louisville Courier Journal reports on a story in this week's Time magazine, that:

Time magazine has named Indiana's Richard Lugar, known throughout the world for his efforts to eliminate unsecured nuclear weapons, one of the nation's Top 10 senators — but Time also called Kentucky's Jim Bunning one of the five worst.

The magazine, on newsstands today, said it created its best and worst lists after talking with dozens of academics, political scientists, and current and former senators. The lists are subjective, not scientific, but a number of political observers said yesterday that they weren't surprised by the results.

"Dick Lugar is the face of the U.S. Senate to most of the world," said Bill Kubik, a professor of political science at Hanover College near Madison, Ind. "His work on nuclear-proliferation issues has done more for American interests than probably anything any other senator has done."

Here is the Time story. Here is the feature headed "Richard Lugar: The Wise Man."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 17, 2006 06:40 AM
Posted to General News