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Friday Talking Points Awards

[Last updated: 2/3/12]

By popular demand, for your amusement we hereby present the official Friday Talking Points statistics.

The first list is the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award list, which is followed by the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week award list.

[This page is new, and I expect to improve it soon, so I ask you to forgive the unfinished nature for now.]

 

Most Impressive Democrat of the Week

All-time totals for number of MIDOTW awards received. The numbers within brackets after their names are the FTP Volume numbers when they won. Within each ranking, names are ordered by when they won their last award.

(29) -- Twenty-Nine -- (29)

Barack Obama -- [13] [18] [31] [40] [42] [45] [51] [54] [62] [67] [74] [93] [97] [103] [108] [109] [117] [128] [129] [135] [138] [147] [149] [151] [166] [180] [182] [187] [192] [194]

(15) -- Fifteen -- (15)

Nancy Pelosi -- [19] [23] [25] [26] [69] [87] [90] [92] [97] [101] [117] [142] [146] [148] [150]

(11) -- Eleven -- (11)

Chris Dodd -- [6] [8] [17] [37] [49] [72] [78] [86] [106] [111] [119]

(10) -- Ten -- (10)

Harry Reid -- [10] [46] [69] [104] [113] [114] [117] [121] [145] [162]

(9) -- Nine -- (9)

Hillary Clinton -- [14] [18] [22] [29] [57] [79] [118] [161] [173]

(6) -- Six -- (6)

Bernie Sanders -- [73] [77] [85] [123] [146] [167]

(5) -- Five -- (5)

Charles Schumer -- [85] [153] [160] [168] [184]

(4) -- Four -- (4)

Joe Biden -- [10] [12] [32] [50]
Henry Waxman -- [15] [33] [56] [82]
Sherrod Brown -- [52] [92] [112] [122]
Al Franken -- [59] [84] [95] [136]
Barney Frank -- [49] [82] [90] [170]
Dianne Feinstein -- [30] [48] [73] [174]
Jeff Merkley -- [76] [112] [153] [181]

(3) -- Three -- (3)

Russ Feingold -- [36] [48] [55]
Patrick Leahy -- [12] [65] [74]
Dick Durbin -- [11] [75] [98]
Howard Dean -- [60] [85] [105]
Byron Dorgan -- [73] [104] [106] [61]
Carl Levin -- [58] [73] [110]
Alan Grayson -- [95] [96] [134]
Jim Webb -- [34] [73] [186]
Gabrielle Giffords -- [176] [189] [195]

(2) -- Two -- (2)

John Conyers -- [33]
Change Congress -- [81] [83]
George Miller -- [82] [86]
Charlie Rangel -- [82] [86]
MoveOn -- [83] [88]
Ted Kennedy -- [38] [91]
Progressive Change Campaign Committee -- [83] [115]
Barbara Lee -- [64] [141]
Eric Holder -- [102] [144]
Joe Lieberman -- [125] [147]
Mark Udall -- [152] [153]
Dennis Kucinich -- [35] [164]
Leon Panetta -- [165] [169]
Keith Ellison -- [158] [179]
Raúl Grijalva -- [163] [179]
Elizabeth Warren -- [139] [191]

(1) -- One -- (1)

Dave Helfert -- [7]
The Lone Filibusterer (none) -- [9]
John Edwards -- [16]
Bill Richardson -- [24]
Jack Murtha -- [24]
Janet Napolitano -- [27]
Mike Stark -- [28]
Barbara Boxer -- [30]
Al Gore -- [39]
Deval Patrick -- [41]
AFL-CIO -- [43]
Brave New Films -- [43]
Obama's "War Room" -- [44]
Craig Ferguson -- [47]
Tina Fey -- [53]
Lilly Ledbetter -- [63]
Pat Quinn -- [66]
Ellen Tauscher -- [68]
Unnamed House Democrats pushing filbuster-proof "reconciliation" for healthcare reform -- [70]
Tim Geithner -- [71]
Maria Cantwell -- [73]
Arlen Specter -- [75]
Bob Graham -- [78]
Sonia Sotomayor -- [79]
Health Care for America Now! -- [83]
SEIU -- [83]
Jay Rockefeller IV -- [94]
Jerrold Nadler -- [94]
David Catania -- [96]
Organizing For America [99]
Bill Owens -- [100]
Bill Clinton -- [107]
Michael Bennet -- [112]
Kirsten Gillibrand -- [112
James Clyburn -- [116]
Blanche Lincoln -- [120]
Ted Kaufman -- [122]
Joe Sestak -- [124]
Patrick Murphy -- [125]
Ron Sparks -- [126]
Salon.com -- [127]
One Nation -- [130]
Bill Halter -- [131]
Shirley Sherrod -- [132]
Anthony Weiner -- [132]
Kristin M. Perry, Sandra B. Stier, Paul T. Katami, and Jeffrey J. Zarrillo (Perry v. Schwarzenegger plaintiffs) -- [133]
Louisiana Democratic Party -- [137]
Frank Lautenberg -- [141]
Tom Miller -- [143]
Third Way -- [152]
Claire McCaskill -- [153]
The Egyptian democracy movement -- [154
Madison, Wisconsin protest movement -- [155]
Rahm Emanuel -- [156]
Rush Holt -- [157]
Jan Schakowsky -- [159]
Mike Honda -- [163]
Democratic National Committee -- [168]
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee -- [168]
John Chiang -- [171]
Mark Dayton -- [172]
Democratic voters who called their members of Congress -- [175]
Kathleen Sebelius -- [177]
Warren Buffett -- [178]
Occupy Wall Street -- [183]
Ben & Jerry's -- [185]
Heath Shuler -- [188]
Christine Gregoire -- [190]
Lincoln Chafee -- [190]
Allyson Schwartz -- [193]
Cecile Richards -- [196]

No award was given, for various reasons, a total of eleven times -- [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [9], [20], [21], [80], [89], [140].

 

Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week

All-time totals for number of MDDOTW awards received. The numbers within brackets after their names are the FTP Volume numbers when they won. Within each ranking, names are ordered by when they won their last award.

(23) -- Twenty-Three -- (23)

Harry Reid --[12] [17] [37] [45] [49] [54] [55] [57] [76] [78] [87] [91] [100] [102] [109] [111] [139] [141] [148] [166] [176] [177]

(14) -- Fourteen -- (14)

Barack Obama -- [36] [38] [74] [75] [77] [93] [105] [123] [132] [143] [149] [164] [168] [174]

(13) -- Thirteen -- (13)

Ben Nelson -- [19] [48] [71] [72] [83] [86] [96] [121] [129] [131] [185] [186] [188]

(10) -- Ten -- (10)

Joe Lieberman -- [11] [27] [44] [46] [86] [101] [122] [186] [187] [188]

(8) -- Eight -- (8)

Dianne Feinstein -- [7] [9] [19] [60] [62] [83] [137] [148]

(6) -- Six -- (6)

Jay Rockefeller IV -- [5] [8] [16] [18] [19] [51]
Charlie Rangel -- [47] [56] [97] [113] [132] [147]
Blanche Lincoln -- [19] [48] [72] [92] [140] [183]

(5) -- Five -- (5)

Max Baucus -- [19] [81] [83] [88] [94]
Tim Geithner -- [61] [65] [73] [106] [134]
Mary Landrieu -- [19] [48] [83] [86] [140]
Rod Blagojevich -- [58] [63] [107] [135] [171]

(4) -- Four -- (4)

Rahm Emanuel -- [85] [95] [110] [127]
Mark Pryor -- [19] [48] [140] [186]

(3) -- Three -- (3)

Hillary Clinton -- [22] [29] [34]
John Edwards -- [24] [31] [43]
Illinois legislature Democrats -- [59] [66] [67]
Roland Burris -- [66] [67] [79]
Kent Conrad -- [19] [48] [83]
Charles Schumer -- [6] [9] [96]
Thomas Carper -- [19] [48] [104]
Nancy Pelosi -- [36] [49] [109]
Eric Holder -- [73] [144] [173]

(2) -- Two -- (2)

Pat Leahy -- [4] [6]
Daniel Inouye -- [19] [30]
Tim Johnson -- [19] [48]
Ken Salazar -- [19] [48]
Evan Bayh -- [19] [72]
Ron Wyden -- [83] [86]
Martha Coakley -- [107] [108]
Eric Massa -- [114] [115]
Jim Webb -- [19] [125]
Alan Grayson [99] [145]
David Wu -- [156] [175]
Jon Tester -- [185] [190]
Joe Manchin -- [157] [190]

(1) -- One -- (1)

Richard Scruggs -- [10]
Zach Scruggs -- [10]
Joe Biden -- [13]
Unnamed Congressional Democrats (on FISA) -- [14]
William Jefferson -- [15]
Robert Casey -- [19]
Herb Kohl -- [19]
Claire McCaskill -- [19]
Barbara Mikulski -- [19]
Bill Nelson -- [19]
Debbie Stabenow -- [19]
Sheldon Whitehouse -- [19]
Barbara Boxer -- [21]
Eliot Spitzer -- [23]
Unnamed Democratic donors who sent Nancy Pelosi a letter -- [25]
Harvey Weinstein -- [25]
Gavin Newsom -- [27]
George Stephanopoulos -- [28]
Uncommitted superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention -- [32]
Unnamed "enrolling" clerk who screwed up the Farm Bill -- [33]
Steny Hoyer -- [36]
Jesse Jackson -- [39]
Democratic National Convention Committee -- [40]
Obama's "War Room" -- [42]
Democrats of the 110th Congress -- [50]
Tim Mahoney -- [52]
John Lewis -- [52]
Jack Murtha -- [53] (awarded in comments)
Jerrold Nadler -- [57]
Bobby Rush -- [60]
Democratic officeholders who skipped Obama's Inaugural Parade -- [62]
All Democratic Senators except Claire McCaskill -- [64]
Ellen Tauscher -- [68]
Sanjay Gupta -- [68]
Unnamed person (Harry Reid?) who screwed up 2009 Omnibus Budget Bill -- [68]
Eight unnamed "centrist" Senate Democrats -- [70]
Melissa Bean -- [72]
Leon Panetta -- [74]
Terry McAuliffe -- [79]
Tom Daschle -- [82]
The "Blue Dog" Democrats -- [88]
Ted Kennedy -- [90]
Jim Manley (Harry Reid spokesman) [98]
Dick Durbin -- [112]
All Senate Democrats who haven't yet signed Michael Bennet's letter on the public option -- [112]
David Paterson -- [113]
Bart Stupak -- [114]
Thomas Porteous -- [116]
Nick Levasseur -- [118]
Apple Computers -- [119]
Babette Jospehs -- [120]
Richard Blumenthal -- [124]
Dianne Wilkerson -- [126]
Bob Etheridge -- [128]
Jerry Brown -- [128]
Democratic National Committee -- [130]
Tom Vilsack -- [132]
Shaun Donovan -- [134]
Keith Halloran -- [134]
Bobby Bright -- [136]
Eddie Bernice Johnson -- [137]
Marcus Stanley (aide to Barbara Boxer) -- [138]
Senate Democrats -- [142]
Russ Feingold -- [145]
Joe Sestak -- [145]
Erskine Bowles -- [146]
Lanny Davis -- [150]
Jim Moran -- [153]
Jane Harman -- [154]
Eddie Espinoza -- [158]
Blas Gutierrez -- [158]
Michael McGuinness -- [159]
Jason Bauer -- [159]
R. Gil Kerlikowske -- [160]
Congressional Democrats on sidelines of Libyan war debate -- [161]
Congressional Democrats -- [165]
Anthony Weiner -- [169]
Sammie Spades -- [170]
whoever decided to paint the presidential bus black -- [178]
André Carson -- [179]
Salvatore DiMasi -- [180]
David Weprin -- [181]
Democratic senators who haven't signed Merkley's letter -- [182]
James Cole -- [184]
Bernie Sanders -- [190]
Kathleen Sebelius -- [191]
Harry Thomas Jr. -- [192]
Chris Dodd -- [194]
Kenneth Daniels -- [196]

No award was given, for various reasons, a total of twenty-five times -- [1], [2], [3], [20], [26], [35], [41], [53](awarded in comments), [69], [80], [84], [89], [103], [117], [119], [133], [151], [152], [155], [162], [163], [167], [172], [189], [193], [195].

 

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-- Chris Weigant

 

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