Fantasy Congress post #5

The team that i chose to observe and compare and contrast with mine is BeautifulA's team because she is first place in out class and therefore must be doing something right. BeautifulA has earned the majority of her points between drafting Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Dick Durbin. Her follow up scorers are Patrick Leahy and John Conyers, and also Melissa Bean for the Maverick column. When I compare this team with mine, the two players we have in common are Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy, who have been earning the majority of points. Chuck Hagel and Jim Oberstar have also earned me a good amount of points; however, it seems they are not as active as John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. BeautifulA has earned most of her points because the amount of legislation her top four players have passed is extremely high. Although my top four is fairly active, it is not active enough. Furthermore, I relied on Chuck Hagel to earn me points in the maverick column, which he did; however, BeautifulA's maverick, Melissa Bean, was way more active and earned more than double the points of Hagel. When I did my research on the senators prior to picking them I noticed that the players I chose had higher numbers for legislation passed than Clinton and Kerry; however, they are currently not as active. A couple of reasons I can think of why these two congress members are particularly active is because one is running for the next Presidential election and want to show the public what she stands for and the other may be wanting to prove himself after losing in the previous election. In conclusion, the reason why BeautifulA's team is doing better than mine is very simple. Her players have passed the most legislation and her one maverick is giving her a lot of bonus points. Good for her.

Fantasy Congress post #4

The Person I dropped from my Fantasy Congress Team is Diane Feinstein. I did this because from my four senators, she is the one that is scoring the lowest, which is still surprising me. Although she is currently pushing for some legislation in congress, it is not being passed fast enough and it's making my team fall behind! Therefore instead of her I drafted Ted Kennedy. I drafted Kennedy because he has one of highest numbers for amount of legislation passed, and therefore, if he has been active in the past, he will most likely be active in the present and future. Furthermore, this is the mentality I used to draft my other senators, mainly Patrick Leahy and Dick Durbin,and my allstar Jim Oberstar and they have earned my team the majority of its points. Since my goal is obviously to earn more points by the number of legislation passed by each team member, I'm hoping this change will move my team up a few spots.

who's doing well on my Fantasy Congress Team

I am actyually extremely surprised by my Fantasy Congress Team players. It seems the people I was depending most upon to get me the most points have gotten me the least, and the people I thought would not score so high have been getting me the most. For example I was really banking on the fact that Diane Feinstein would get me the most points. She is currently in the process of passing some bills regarding immigration, and so I'm hoping she will start scoring soon. The most surprising player to me was Jim Oberstar. To be quite honest I had never heard of him before this, and he is my star player. He has earned my team the most points. When I tried researching him online yesterday I realized he is an extremely active senator and is currently pushing forward legislation regarding Public Buildings & Economic Development,Railroads,Surface Transportation, and Water Resources & Environment. These are all extremely hot topics on the congress floor. My other players have been doing average. I have not been doing as well as I like so I think I am going to give it one more week then switch some players around. At first I didn't want to draft Hillary Clinton because I assumed she would be too busy campaigning to pass any legislation; however, it seems though she's pulling off both, so I am considering trading in someone for her.