This is a tough one but let me make some guesses. It is very hard being the lone ranger from ND and when your a democratic you are at the mercy of NY,CA, and those other large very liberal states with over 40 members each in the house, mostly Democrate. If you want to push anything for the good of ND it's called lets make a deal. You have to compromise some of the down home common sense values in order to get anything done. I am probably one of the most conserative members on this site but I will still vote for Earl. I meet him a couple of times even had breakfest with him in a small group setting. You can talk to him and he listens. Dorgan is Okay also. The one that I am not sure of is Conrad. They all need to be educated on gun legislation. I don't know if they have been exposed to much hunting or the shooting sports. They have all done a lot for ND. I just wish when some of their coleages get too radicule on gun legeslation they would speak up loudly with that good old ND common sense