U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-NC, won a dubious distinction in The Hill’s annual survey of how members of Congress feel about each other. Ignoring for a moment the cringe-worthiness of this touchy-feely exercise actually being undertaken by an outfit that calls itself journalistic, let’s look at the list of Republicans that Democrats think are the most bipartisan (or the RINO list, as one blogger calls it):
• Judy Biggert (Ill.)
• Bob Inglis (S.C.)
• Walter Jones (N.C.)
• Steven LaTourette (Ohio)
• John McHugh (N.Y.)
• John Mica (Fla.)
• Ron Paul (Texas)
• Lee Terry (Neb.)
• Fred Upton (Mich.)
• Bill Young (Fla.)
At the other end of the spectrum, from Democrats’ point of view, are the most partisan Republicans. North Carolina also has two representatives on that list:
• Tom Price (Ga.)
• Virginia Foxx (N.C.)
• Jeb Hensarling (Texas)
• Patrick McHenry (N.C.)
• Michele Bachmann (Minn.)
There are at least three eyebrow-raisers on the “most bipartisan Democrat” list. They’re shown in bold:
• Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii)
• Rick Boucher (Va.)
• Bill Delahunt (Mass.)
• Barney Frank (Mass.)
• Steny Hoyer (Md.)
• Jim Oberstar (Minn.)
• Collin Peterson (Minn.)
• Ike Skelton (Mo.)
• Gene Taylor (Miss.)
• Ed Towns (N.Y.)
