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How Do the Presidential Primary Candidates Stack Up?

Published on January 24, 2016 By sirrahc

“Under every stone lurks a politician.” — Aristophanes Some of you may remember back in October, when I posted a table of several (potential) candidates for Speaker of the House and their scores from several thinktanks. Well, I thought it might be both fun and educational to do the same for the Presidential primary candidates […]

A Few Thoughts on the 2nd GOP Debate

Published on September 20, 2015 By sirrahc

I wasn’t going to post anything on the debate, figuring lil-ol’-me’s comments would get lost in the crowd. But, then I decided, “Why not!” It’ll help me think things through and maybe help someone else, too. I didn’t even watch the debate when it aired, since I was out for the evening and missed the […]

Why Newt? (Part 2 of 2)

Published on January 29, 2012 By sirrahc

In yesterday’s Part 1, I began to discuss Newt Gingrich’s campaign to be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and in particular how I thought he was getting unfairly pilloried by the Republican establishment, in ads by his opponents, and by liberal provocateurs. Today, I’d like to shift to the positive — namely, Gingrich’s actual Congressional […]

Why Newt? (Part 1 of 2)

Published on January 28, 2012 By sirrahc

“Newt is by far the most intelligent, well-informed, visionary, mature, decisive, persuasive, charismatic, has the most gravitas and is the most presidential of all the candidates, including candidate Obama.” — Alan Lenav, PhD OK, I’m layin’ my cards out on the table, as they say. In past posts, I’ve defended Rick Perry and tried to […]