Brad DeLong (econ professor): Romney/Ryan worst candidates since Nixon/Agnew

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About the author: J. Bradford DeLong is an economics professor and chair of the political economy major at UC Berkeley and writes the blog "Grasping Reality with Both Invisible Hands: Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based: A Semi-Daily Journal" (http://delong.typepad.com).

Worst Republican Candidates in 40 Years!

It's official: Ryan-Romney are worse than McCain-Palin.

Now I am not saying McCain-Palin were worse than Bush-Cheney. But they certainly were no better. And Bush-Cheney were certainly worse than Dole-Kemp, who were certainly worse than Bush-Quayle.

Whether Bush-Quayle were worse than Reagan-Bush is not clear. Quayle knew more policy substance than Reagan--but was not as good at hitting his marks and remembering his lines. But Reagan-Bush were certainly worse than Ford-Dole.

Which gets us back to Nixon-Agnew as the last time the Republicans offered us candidates less qualified to be president and vice president than these...

That is sobering.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Yes, but Nixon/Agnew won.

And I would argue that Nixon was actually more qualified than Romney (though probably about as evil). Nixon had been in the Navy and served as both a congressman and a senator, and was Eisenhower's vice president. He was a nasty piece of work, but you can't argue with his professional credentials. And Agnew, who had been the governor of Maryland, was probably no less qualified (professionally) than Ryan, and he had the reputation of being a moderate. However, it turned out he was a crook; he had accepted a lot of money in bribes when he was governor and was forced to resign as VP.

I think Romney and Ryan are worse than those two, if that could be possible.

I don't think anyone will ever be worse than Dick Cheney. He's a black hole of bad.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Twice. The second time, in a landslide.

[kestrel91316]

3. WORSE than Nixon. Nixon at least gave us the EPA, Title X (IIRC) and some other

very progressive things.

This latest crop of repukes, from Dubya to now, is FAR FAR worse.