Meanderings and punditry by a computer scientist with penchant for journalism, education, and politics
McCain would rather run against Ron Paul in November, said he on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Wednesday night.
McCain wouldn’t stand a chance if the mainstream media covered Paul like its does Obama and Clinton.
From http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php :
| Score | Candidate | Disagreements, Unknowns, Other (brown) |
| 49 | Paul | Disagreements: (3) Embryonic Stem Cells, Net Neutrality, Same-Sex Marriage Unknowns/Other: (1) Same-Sex Civil Union |
| 24 | Gravel | Disagreements: (5) Abortion Rights, Kyoto, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Universal Healthcare Unknowns/Other: (5) Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Wiretapping, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase |
| 20 | Kucinich | Disagreements: (9) Abortion Rights, No Child Left Behind, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Minimum Wage Increase, Universal Healthcare Unknowns/Other: (0) |
| 13 | Obama | Disagreements: (9) Abortion Rights, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare Unknowns/Other: (4) No Child Left Behind, Kyoto, Torture, Iran – Military Action |
| 8 | Biden | Disagreements: (10) Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage Unknowns/Other: (4) Kyoto, Iran – Military Action, Same-Sex Civil Union, Universal Healthcare |
| 7 | Dodd | Disagreements: (11) Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iran – Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase Unknowns/Other: (3) Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Universal Healthcare |
| 6 | Richardson | Disagreements: (12) Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, Kyoto, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran – Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare Unknowns/Other: (2) No Child Left Behind, Iraq War |
| 6 | Clinton | Disagreements: (13) Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Kyoto, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iran – Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare Unknowns/Other: (0) |
| 5 | Edwards | Disagreements: (12) Abortion Rights, Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Iran Sanctions, Iran – Military Action, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare Unknowns/Other: (2) Kyoto, Border Fence |
| 4 | T. Thompson | Disagreements: (4) Death Penalty, Guantanamo, Net Neutrality, Iraq Troop Surge Unknowns/Other: (13) No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns – Background Checks, Patriot Act, Torture, Wiretapping, Iran Sanctions, Iran – Military Action, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal, Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Civil Union, Same-Sex Constitutional Ban |
| 0 | Cox | 8/9 |
| -4 | Tancredo | 12/2 |
| -4 | Brownback | 10/3 |
| -15 | McCain | 12/1 |
| -24 | Huckabee | 13/5 |
| -29 | Hunter | 14/3 |
| -31 | Romney | 16/3 |
| -42 | Giuliani | 16/2 |
I italicized people who, to my knowledge, dropped out or have zero chance.
See why I want to leave if any Republican other than Paul gets elected? Do you see why I don’t like any of the GOP candidates except Paul?
