I’m a sucker for a quiz so I couldn’t resist the Washington Post’s choose your candidate quiz.
You read a series of questions and pick the candidate’s response with which you most agree, not knowing who said it. The problem is that some say exactly the same thing and others use words to say absolutely nothing so a few questions wind up being toss-ups; nevertheless, here are the Democratic candidates ranked in order of how closely my views match theirs:
- Dodd
- Obama
- Edwards/Richardson (tie)
- Clinton
Dodd was a surprise, mainly because I know nothing about him, but the others came out much as I expected.
I don’t believe in joining parties, but in these times, I very much favor the Democrats. Still, I figured I’d try the Republican quiz. The ones most likely to offend me least are as follows:
- Giuliani
- Paul
- McCain
- Huckabee
- Romney/Thompson (tie)
When I watched the Republican YouTube debate last week, I was struck by two things. The first was that nearly all of these guys would be an improvement on Bush, so low has the bar been set. The second was all of them seem destined to lose.
However, I might have to vote in the Republican primary since I live in one-party Texas where the Republican primary tends to be where elections are really decided. So who do I chose? I’m leaning toward Romney just to give me the satisfaction of seeing the Republicans nominate a flip-flopper from Massachusetts whose commitment to rightwing fundamentalist Christianity seems suspect to many an evangelical.
That’s the kind of poetic justice you just can’t make up.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
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