Sunday, February 24, 2008
Freedom Index ranks presidential candidates
constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal
responsibility, national sovereignty and foreign policy that avoids
foreign entanglements. An examination of the records of presidential
candidates during the first part of the 110th Congress shows that Sen.
Barrack Obama (D-Illinois) has a 0% rating. He voted nine times
against constitutional principles and missed one vote. In a second
look at the 110th Congress his rating was 15% overall. He voted twice
to support constitutional legislations, twice against and missed six
votes.
For the first part of the 110th Congress Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New
York) received a 10% rating, voting only one time of 10 for
constitutional legislation. In the more recent index she rated at 21%.
She voted twice for constitutional issues, twice against, and missed
six votes.
Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) first got 43% voting three times for good
legislation, four times against, and missing three votes. More
recently he voted once to support constitutional legislation and
missed nine other votes.
Only Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) got 100% ratings both times. He
missed four votes during each period examined by the indexes.
The index doesn't rate governors.
See ratings for all Congress at:
http://www.jbs.org/files/fi-110-1.pdf
http://www.jbs.org/files/Freedom_Index_110-2.pdf
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