R.I.N.O. Ratings

RINO (Republican in name only) Jim Leach is rated the worst in the House at 21%, by the Conservative Club for Growth.

The full ratings of members of the House and Senate, for 2005, will be released this week.

Leach(pictured with wife Deba, not a typo it's DEBA) could possibly win back to back titles as he voted with the CUT & RUN Dummycrats, last month. They voted against a resolution that praised U.S. troops, labeled the Iraq war part of the larger global fight against terrorism and said an "arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment" of troops was not in the national interest.

Losing the way in the Senate was Olympia Snowe of Maine with 18%. Receiving perfect scores were Senators John Sununu of New Hampshire, Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Jon Kyl of Arizona, and Representatives Jeff Flake, Trent Franks and John Shadegg of Arizona, Mike Pence of Indiana, Jeb Hensarling of Texas, Ed Royce of California and Todd Akin of Missouri.

The highest rated Democrats were Ben Nelson of Nebraska, 35%, in the Senate and Melissa Bean of Illinois, 44%, in the House.