Sunday, February 10, 2008

Presidential Scorecard for 2008

Cynthia McKinney As in 2004, Rick Wilhelm has compiled a list of the candidates who are still in the race and has completed a chart based on their voting records and their public stances on the issues. If a candidate says one thing now, but voted a different way, the voting record is what is counted. However, with former Sen. John Edwards now out of the race, there is not much difference between what the candidates now say and their actual records. Perhaps Edwards was sincere, but he is no longer in the race anyhow.

Wilhelm notes:

Ron Paul actually ends up with a slightly more “progressive” stance than Senators Clinton and Obama, based on his opposition to the war in Iraq and its continued funding, and his opposition to the Patriot Act. His stands as far as helping the poor are usual Libertarian nonsense. Just follow the Constitution and everything will be OK. Even some Republicans believe we should help poor families with winter heating bills.

Clinton and Obama each scored 20 points on a scale of zero to 100. Former Representative McKinney scores a 90, which could be 100 perhaps if her position on an interest freeze on home mortgages for those who are in peril of foreclosure were known. All other issues of McKinney’s are known as far as the issues covered in the chart.

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