Some lawmakers approach their work with the precision of Swiss watchmakers. But to hear insiders talk, Monnes Anderson, a 67-year-old retired nurse, is lucky just to find her way to the capitol each day. "Given her seniority, she should know by now how to get things done," says an observer. But Monnes Anderson, who has served in Salem since 2001 and chairs the Senate Health Care and Human Services Committee, often seems confused, observers say. Her scores showed the biggest gap between integrity and brains of any lawmaker in this survey. She did find some success in two of the bills she worked on this session: pay parity for nurse practitioners, which is still alive, and permission for certified nurse anesthetists to write prescriptions, which passed both chambers. One observer referred to a gaffe during her re-election race last year: "Let her nursing license lapse last year," the observer says. "Good thing you don't need a license to legislate."