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Hot Pols on the Web - Senate

last search completed 03/21/2006 00:00.

Using Technorati's API, we're tracking hundreds of thousands of daily posts and more than seven million blogs to see which Members of Congress are being mentioned most in the blogosphere. The first column shows how often their name has been mentioned; the second one shows the total number of links to their official website.
Ranked by Name
  1. John Kerry (D-MA): 228118  what's this?
  2. Hillary Clinton (D-NY): 68481
  3. John McCain (R-AZ): 50375
  4. Bill Frist (R-TN): 47307
  5. Harry Reid (D-NV): 37294
  6. Rick Santorum (R-PA): 23316
  7. Arlen Specter (R-PA): 21227
  8. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): 17850
  9. Barack Obama (D-IL): 15776
  10. Trent Lott (R-MS): 14944
  11. Robert Byrd (D-WV): 10005
  12. Chuck Hagel (R-NE): 9627
  13. George Allen (R-VA): 8568
  14. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): 8340
  15. Lindsey Graham (R-SC): 8302
  16. Charles Schumer (D-NY): 8213
  17. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): 7555
  18. Edward Kennedy (D-MA): 7453
  19. Ted Stevens (R-AK): 7091
  20. Evan Bayh (D-IN): 7029
  21. Evan Bayh (D-IN): 7027
  22. John Cornyn (R-TX): 6936
  23. Sam Brownback (R-KS): 6682
  24. Norm Coleman (R-MN): 6500
  25. Jon Corzine (D-NJ): 6466
  26. Mike DeWine (R-OH): 6447
  27. Mary Landrieu (D-LA): 6298
  28. Orrin Hatch (R-UT): 6172
  29. Tom Coburn (R-OK): 5975
  30. Carl Levin (D-MI): 5836
  31. Pat Roberts (R-KS): 5585
  32. John Thune (R-SD): 5443
  33. Tom Harkin (D-IA): 5432
  34. Bill Nelson (D-FL): 5331
  35. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI): 5233
  36. John Warner (R-VA): 5177
  37. Ben Nelson (D-NE): 4925
  38. Susan Collins (R-ME): 4889
  39. Joseph Biden (D-DE): 4508
  40. Joseph Biden (D-DE): 4508
  41. Ken Salazar (D-CO): 4247
  42. Jon Kyl (R-AZ): 4197
  43. Olympia Snowe (R-ME): 4173
  44. Mel Martinez (R-FL): 4071
  45. Conrad Burns (R-MT): 3964
  46. Mark Dayton (D-MN): 3601
  47. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT): 3572
  48. Tim Johnson (D-SD): 3524
  49. Gordon Smith (R-OR): 3436
  50. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ): 3261
  51. George Voinovich (R-OH): 3227
  52. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): 3215
  53. Richard Lugar (R-IN): 3152
  54. Maria Cantwell (D-WA): 3047
  55. Patty Murray (D-WA): 3021
  56. Byron Dorgan (D-ND): 3019
  57. Kent Conrad (D-ND): 2863
  58. Ron Wyden (D-OR): 2810
  59. Richard Durbin (D-IL): 2713
  60. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC): 2575
  61. John Sununu (R-NH): 2537
  62. Jeff Sessions (R-AL): 2431
  63. Russell Feingold (D-WI): 2345
  64. Jim Bunning (R-KY): 2326
  65. Max Baucus (D-MT): 2266
  66. Jim DeMint (R-SC): 2215
  67. Jack Reed (D-RI): 2155
  68. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA): 2088
  69. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): 2081
  70. Larry Craig (R-ID): 2069
  71. Judd Gregg (R-NH): 2005
  72. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM): 1974
  73. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD): 1888
  74. David Vitter (R-LA): 1859
  75. Richard Shelby (R-AL): 1781
  76. Herb Kohl (D-WI): 1777
  77. Daniel Inouye (D-HI): 1731
  78. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD): 1689
  79. Chuck Grassley (R-IA): 1679
  80. Pete Domenici (R-NM): 1678
  81. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): 1657
  82. Christopher Dodd (D-CT): 1632
  83. Lamar Alexander (R-TN): 1621
  84. John Ensign (R-NV): 1583
  85. Mark Pryor (D-AR): 1563
  86. Wayne Allard (R-CO): 1473
  87. James Inhofe (R-OK): 1424
  88. Robert Bennett (R-UT): 1354
  89. Richard Burr (R-NC): 1349
  90. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR): 1320
  91. Thad Cochran (R-MS): 1289
  92. Daniel Akaka (D-HI): 1090
  93. Craig Thomas (R-WY): 937
  94. James Jeffords (I-VT): 784
  95. John Rockefeller (D-WV): 688
  96. Christopher Bond (R-MO): 584
  97. Michael Enzi (R-WY): 375
  98. Thomas Carper (D-DE): 261
  99. Michael Crapo (R-ID): 242
  100. Kay Hutchison (R-TX): 147
  101. James Talent (R-MO): 131
  102. John Hardy Isakson (R-GA): 0
Ranked by Web Site Address
  1. Barack Obama (D-IL): 1137  what's this?
  2. Hillary Clinton (D-NY): 852
  3. John McCain (R-AZ): 840
  4. Russell Feingold (D-WI): 699
  5. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): 620
  6. Harry Reid (D-NV): 528
  7. Edward Kennedy (D-MA): 518
  8. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): 455
  9. Mary Landrieu (D-LA): 401
  10. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): 389
  11. Bill Frist (R-TN): 359
  12. Charles Schumer (D-NY): 354
  13. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT): 319
  14. John Kerry (D-MA): 300
  15. Joseph Biden (D-DE): 273
  16. Arlen Specter (R-PA): 272
  17. Rick Santorum (R-PA): 238
  18. Tom Coburn (R-OK): 214
  19. Maria Cantwell (D-WA): 211
  20. Robert Byrd (D-WV): 210
  21. Norm Coleman (R-MN): 209
  22. Richard Durbin (D-IL): 198
  23. John Cornyn (R-TX): 194
  24. Sam Brownback (R-KS): 179
  25. Carl Levin (D-MI): 177
  26. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ): 173
  27. George Allen (R-VA): 160
  28. Evan Bayh (D-IN): 159
  29. Patty Murray (D-WA): 152
  30. Ron Wyden (D-OR): 152
  31. Chuck Hagel (R-NE): 149
  32. Lindsey Graham (R-SC): 147
  33. John Rockefeller (D-WV): 143
  34. Ben Nelson (D-NE): 139
  35. Jon Kyl (R-AZ): 134
  36. Olympia Snowe (R-ME): 131
  37. Orrin Hatch (R-UT): 131
  38. Ted Stevens (R-AK): 121
  39. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI): 120
  40. Kent Conrad (D-ND): 118
  41. Jeff Sessions (R-AL): 116
  42. Mike DeWine (R-OH): 114
  43. Ken Salazar (D-CO): 112
  44. John Warner (R-VA): 106
  45. Kay Hutchison (R-TX): 106
  46. Tom Harkin (D-IA): 106
  47. Susan Collins (R-ME): 102
  48. Pat Roberts (R-KS): 102
  49. Byron Dorgan (D-ND): 96
  50. Chuck Grassley (R-IA): 95
  51. Trent Lott (R-MS): 94
  52. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): 91
  53. Jon Corzine (D-NJ): 90
  54. Christopher Dodd (D-CT): 87
  55. Christopher Bond (R-MO): 85
  56. David Vitter (R-LA): 85
  57. John Sununu (R-NH): 84
  58. Herb Kohl (D-WI): 84
  59. Mark Dayton (D-MN): 84
  60. Wayne Allard (R-CO): 82
  61. Daniel Akaka (D-HI): 81
  62. Conrad Burns (R-MT): 79
  63. John Ensign (R-NV): 77
  64. James Inhofe (R-OK): 73
  65. Tim Johnson (D-SD): 73
  66. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC): 72
  67. Bill Nelson (D-FL): 72
  68. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD): 70
  69. John Thune (R-SD): 69
  70. James Talent (R-MO): 68
  71. Richard Lugar (R-IN): 67
  72. Pete Domenici (R-NM): 65
  73. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): 64
  74. Jack Reed (D-RI): 63
  75. Larry Craig (R-ID): 62
  76. Jim DeMint (R-SC): 62
  77. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): 62
  78. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA): 60
  79. Gordon Smith (R-OR): 58
  80. Mel Martinez (R-FL): 56
  81. Lamar Alexander (R-TN): 56
  82. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR): 56
  83. John Hardy Isakson (R-GA): 55
  84. Thad Cochran (R-MS): 55
  85. Max Baucus (D-MT): 55
  86. James Jeffords (I-VT): 54
  87. Judd Gregg (R-NH): 53
  88. Richard Burr (R-NC): 51
  89. George Voinovich (R-OH): 50
  90. Michael Crapo (R-ID): 50
  91. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM): 49
  92. Mark Pryor (D-AR): 47
  93. Thomas Carper (D-DE): 46
  94. Robert Bennett (R-UT): 45
  95. Daniel Inouye (D-HI): 43
  96. Jim Bunning (R-KY): 42
  97. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD): 40
  98. Michael Enzi (R-WY): 37
  99. Richard Shelby (R-AL): 33
  100. Craig Thomas (R-WY): 33

Ranked by Name: The name of each Member of Congress links to his or her homepage. The number in parentheses refers to the total mentions of his or her name in the blogosphere. If you click on it, it will take you to a Technorati page showing all those links.

Ranked by Web Site Address: The name of each Member of Congress links to his or her homepage. The number in parentheses refers to the total number of links in the blogosphere to his or her homepage. If you click on it, it will take you to a Technorati page showing all those links./div>

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