<p>You’ve been told twice that she provides excellent constituent service…that alone is enough to make most constituents think that somebody is a good Senator.</p>
<p>Hunt I did not know there was a limit to how many time someone can be told something on cc and still ask a deeper question. I ask because I want to know. She provides excellent constituent service is, to me, a general answer. I would have liked to know what she has accomplished via this service and perhaps any other service she performs in her post as senator to elicit the opinion of being a ‘good senator’.</p>
<p>I guess we can’t ask deeper questions here or have a give and take. Two statements saying the same thing is the limit? No further questions or discussion?</p>
<p>I haven’t answered the deeper question because as a republican, I find it a good thing that Senator Clinton is out of the way campaigning and allowing her staff to deal with the day-to-day stuff because I disagree with her so completely on a philosophical level that any legislation she would propose would likely make me tear my hair out. On a local level, she and her staff are aces on the transportation issue with regard to Staten Island and that’s my thing.</p>
<p>wait is this thread sarcastic?</p>
<p>In my mind, a good senator is somebody who (a) provides good constituent service (b) represents the interests of the people of her state in the legislative process and (c) develops new legislation that promotes the national interest. Clinton has gotten high marks on (a), and presumably on (b), given her margin of reelection. Obviously, if you are a conservative, you probably don’t like her votes on the issues. As to (c), she has sponsored or co-sponsored 363 pieces of legislation since 2001. She has been praised as a very hard-working and intelligent Senator. If you’re looking for some specific piece of legislation that everybody would agree is good, few if any Senators would pass the test.</p>