“Maybe looks aren’t everything,” a recent New York Times story says, “but new research suggests that more physically attractive members of Congress get more coverage on network television.”
The research is based on “a survey of students, who rated House and Senate members in 2007 on a scale of attractiveness.”
Way at the bottom of the story, the top five most attractive members of Congress are listed. Little old South Dakota is the only state with two on the list:
Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee; Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Democrat of South Dakota; Senator Saxby Chambliss, Republican of Georgia; Representative Connie Mack, Republican of Florida; and Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota. Ms. Herseth Sandlin lost her House seat in 2010.
This NYT story came across my twitter feed a couple of days ago: how they missed the sumptuous Sen. Lisa Murkowski escapes me.
Now we have Noem. Not bad that area either. Herseth looks much better now than she did when she was in office.
I have totally lost faith in Noem’s ability to be an effective member of Congress but I don’t want SHS. I’d like a leader who didn’t need to listen to leaderships marching orders. Noem and SHS are very similar people.
THune is an outstanding public servant.