Johnson: Hatfield Fit Senator Mold

I’ve always thought of Mark Hatfield , the Oregon Republican who died on Sunday, as looking and acting exactly as a United States Senator should. If Hollywood were casting a role for a wise, reasoned fellow to be a U.S. Senator, Hatfield could have played the part. Heck, he did play the part for 30 years. Most of the obits describe Mark Hatfield as “a liberal Republican ,” and that is probably a fine description, as far as it goes. I think of him in the great tradition of Senate independents and independence is way more important in politics than being a Republican, a Democrat, a liberal or a conservative. Hatfield was an independent/ Marc Johnson , The Johnson Post. More here.

Question: Which U.S. senator today “looks” like a U.S. senator should look?