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Thursday, July 03, 2003

I took the SelectSmart 2004 Presidential Candidate Selection test and my results were:
1. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (100%)
2. Daschle, Senate Minority Leader Tom, SD - Democrat (94%)
3. Gephardt, Cong. Dick, MO - Democrat (93%)
4. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (92%)
5. Feingold, Senator Russ, WI - Democrat (92%)
6. Green Party Candidate (92%)
7. Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham, NY - Democrat (89%)
8. Libertarian Candidate (88%)
9. Lieberman Senator Joe CT - Democrat (86%)
10. Leahy, Patrick Senator, Vermont - Democrat (86%)
11. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH - Democrat (85%)
12. Feinstein, Senator Dianne, CA - Democrat (82%)
13. Biden, Senator Joe, DE - Democrat (80%)
14. Jackson, Cong. Jesse Jr., IL - Democrat (79%)
15. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (76%)
16. Dodd, Senator Chris, CT - Democrat (75%)
17. Bayh, Senator Evan, IN - Democrat (71%)
18. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (69%)
19. Graham, Senator Bob, FL - Democrat (68%)
20. Kaptur, Cong. Marcy, OH - Democrat (65%)
21. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol IL - Democrat (57%)
22. Bush, George W. - US President (51%)
23. Bradley, Former Senator Bill NJ - Democrat (51%)
24. McCain, Senator John, AZ- Republican (46%)
Now, I would sooner vote for George Bush or John McCain than the Green Party, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Gephardt, Jesse Jackson, or John Kerry. I think they skewed me this way because - while I am a hawk on Iraq - I support Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, drug legalization, and some sort of environmental protection policy (although I would like the regulating mechanism to be by way of markets rather than command-and-control), and my views on gun control and health care don't fit into the choices offered by the questionnaire.

For many of us, in 2004 the prosecution of the war on terror is going to temporarily outweigh other considerations. Which would make Lieberman my ideal candidate, I would think. (test via Shark)