The initial measuring stick applied to politicians is the hiring decisions they make, and next, it is the actions taken over the first 100 days. US Senator Mark Dayton (D-MN), Congressman Mark Kennedy (R-MN02) and Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN04) have all dealt with different situations since arriving in Washington DC. Dayton, one of the 50 Democrats in the Senate, has been afforded the…