Liberals and Moderates

One of my favorite web sites, at least every two years, is Project Vote-Smart. It's been around, first as a gopher site and then as a web site, since at least 1994. Here are some selected, but representative, advocacy group ratings for Messrs. Edwards and Kerry.

Since Blogspot(TM) wants to make you scroll down to see the table, here's the punchline - except for the National Journal ratings, according to the advocacy groups, there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two.

Organization and Year	Sen. Kerry	Sen. Edwards
Right-to-Life 2001-2002	0	0
Planned Parenthood 2001	100	100
NARAL 2001	100	100
Americans for Tax Reform 2003	0	0
National Taxpayers Union 2002	18	18
American Bankers Association 2003	0	0
American Coalition for Ethanol 2002	100	100
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2002	55	55
Nat'l Fed. of Independent Business 2001-2002	25	25
Small Business Survival Committee 2001-2002	7	7
ACLU 2001-2002	60	60
ACLU 2000	71	67
NAACP 2001-2002	100	94
NAACP 2001	100	95
NAACP 2000	93	100
Human Rights Campaign 2001-2002	100	100
Human Rights Campaign 2001	100	100
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants 1999-2000	63	63
NEA 2000-2003	100	96
League of Conservation Voters 2001-2002	92	68
League of Conservation Voters 1999-2000	94	88
Family Research Council 2003	0	0
Family Research Council 2000	0	50
Children's Defense Fund 2001	91	91
Children's Defense Fund 2000	90	100
AAUW 2001-2002	100	100
Gun Owners of America 2003	F
NRA 2002	F
Brady Campaign 2002	100	77
ABA Committee on Gun Violence 2001-2002	100	100
AFSCME 2002	88	100
SEIU 2002	91	100
AFL-CIO 2002	92	100
ADA 2002	85	70
National Journal 2002	Liberal - Conservative
Economic Policy	95 - 0	66 - 32
Foreign Policy	73 - 26	62 - 36
Social Policy	82 - 0	56 - 38
Composite	87 - 13	63 - 37
People for the American Way 2001-2002	85	85
Zero Population Growth 2000-2001	100	100