Senator Bunning is Senates's 6th most Conservative, McConnell is highly rated, and Northup & Fletcher appear evenly matched.

The American Conservative Union has just released its list of the most Conservative members of Congress for 2006. Senator Jim Bunning is 6th in the Senate, with a rating of 96%, up from 92% in 2005 and a 20 year lifetime rating of 95%! McConnell had a rating of 84%, down from 100% last year with a lifetime of 90%.

In the House, Anne Northup had a rating of 78%, down from 96 from 2005 with a lifetime rating of 86%.

In 2003, the last year that Fletcher was in the House, his lifetime rating was 90% and Northup's was 88%.

In other scores, Fletcher scored 88% and Northup 84%, and Fletcher 92% and Northup 88%.

Comparing 2003 scores -- the ONLY ratings comparisons that would be FAIR to make for both of them --, it appears that both Fletcher and Northup are evenly matched, CONSERVATIVELY speaking.