The Heritage Action Scorecard is an excellent resource for measuring whether or not someone who is elected as a Republican is actually voting like one. It measures action against conservative principles to give a more realistic picture of a politician’s national platform mettle.
Eric Cantor, for example–he who was just exorcised from congress by the meaningless Tea Party candidate in a state (and district) half a heartbeat away from the mother ship in DC–received a Heritage Action score of 55% in the last congress and 53% in this one. Barely half a Republican. No one should be surprised to see him go and yet they are.
Looking north, we have Senator Kelly Ayotte, who received an unimpressive 74% from the 11-12 session, and currently rates at a numbing 54% this session. McCain and Graham–for reference–are at 51%.
In the 11-12 session former congressman Charlie Bass got a 45%, and former congressman Guinta scored a 68%. (If you want my opinion, in CD-1, Dan Innis would likley score lower than Guinta.)
Scott Brown, while a Senator in Massachusetts scored a stellar 39%.
The New Hampshire Republicans need to ask themselves why they can’t do better than this and to decide what they are prepared to do about that?
