If you are running for president and miss votes at your day job in the Senate while off campaigning, it may reflect poorly on your record on issues you might otherwise have supported.
John McCain's League of Conservation Voters Scorecard:
| 110th Congress (2007-2008) | 0% |
| 110th, 2nd Session (2008) | 0% |
| 110th, 1st Session (2007) | 0% |
| 109th Congress (2005-2006) | 41% |
| 108th Congress (2003-2004) | 56% |
| 107th Congress (2001-2002) | 36% |
| 106th Congress (1999-2000) | 6% |
Compare that to Barack Obama's Scorecard:
| 110th Congress (2007-2008) | 46% |
| 110th, 2nd Session (2008) | 18% |
| 110th, 1st Session (2007) | 67% |
| 109th Congress (2005-2006) | 96% |
Joe Biden was between campaigns when a number of environmental votes came up this year, so fares better according to the LCV:
| 110th Congress (2007-2008) | 65% |
| 110th, 2nd Session (2008) | 64% |
| 110th, 1st Session (2007) | 67% |
| 109th Congress (2005-2006) | 93% |
| 108th Congress (2003-2004) | 92% |
| 107th Congress (2001-2002) | 96% |
| 106th Congress (1999-2000) | 88% |
Sarah Palin is not a legislator and so does not get the same scorecard, though it is not not difficult to
imagine that she would be rated in the same neighborhood as McCain. The difference between the two, however, is that he fell to the basement for the votes he missed, while her stance on issues of importance to the League of Conservation Voters amounts to sins of commission rather than omission.
Having said all that, I do believe the Governor missed a real opportunity, at right, in not going for the Xena the Warrior Princess look. You can't be a blood-'n-guts barbarian babe of the people in your grandmother's stole. Where's the chainmail? Sheesh!
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