Subject: Left, Right, or Center - Forbes rates the candidates

[gateley]

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Edit to correct link

http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/10/01/election-candidates-politics-oped-cz_pmm_1002biden.html

Scroll to the bottom of the page and there are links to each of the candidates providing a pretty good overview of each of their positions.

[robinlynne]

1. Kucinich and Edwards are looking good on that chart!

[gateley]

2. They sure are! nt

[NYVet]

3. self delete

nt

[fasttense]

4. And we should trust Forbes why?n/t

[gateley]

7. Not sure we should trust Forbes nor did I imply that. Just thought people

might find it interesting.

[JohnnyBoots]

12. Yeah, all those original PNAC'ers have been right so far....n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Where are the Repubs? Your link doesn't work.

[gateley]

6. Sorry - try this. Repubs are there with the dems.

http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/10/01/election-candidates-politics-oped-cz_pmm_1002biden.html

[jillan]

8. Gravel and Richardson surprised me.

Excellent post Gateley!

[gateley]

9. Me too and I was actually pleasantly surprised at Biden's rating! nt

[emmadoggy]

14. Me too. I was surprised that he got a more liberal score than Obama.

Maybe I shouldn't have been, but I was. Obama and Gravel had the weakest scores on Environment and Energy.

Foreign Trade seems to be the category with the widest variances between the dem candidates.

Kucinich and Edwards look good, as I expected, and I was pleased to see Biden's score. I suspect Edwards' Social score would be a bit better were it not for his stance on gay marriage. Still a good score though.

What's up with Richardson's Foreign Trade rating??

Interesting.

[gateley]

10. Holy Cow! You should check out the repugs! Frightening. McCain leads the pack. nt

[PatSeg]

11. It is like some bizarre nightmare!

Not a moderate in the bunch!

[progressoid]

13. Al Gore...

[TheDoorbellRang]

15. Here's what Forbes said about Al

Repeated calls by supporters for another presidential run have so far gone unanswered. Gore has only said, occasionally through family members, that a run is highly unlikely. We are listing him in our 2008 presidential candidate database because he has never strictly ruled out the possibility that he would enter the race.


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