Which candidate, I

John McCain. (hmm...)

Bottom scoring Republican: Ron Paul. (Got that right at least.)

Top scoring Democrat: Joe Biden
Bottom scoring Democrat: Kucinich (Got that right too.)

If I put in my personal opinions, I get Kucinich far above anyone else (40), but I oppose much of it on the federal level which, unsurprisingly, gives me Paul. However, Kucinich is only one point below. Paul is the top Republican either way.

Too bad neither has much chance of winning the primaries.

I thought the questionnaire was extremely limited. Almost the only issues which I felt strongly about, given that this is a campaign for President rather than state legislator or even Congressman, were the ones related to the Iraq war or the war on terror. (ok, I also picked my opposition to Kyoto as "important," along with my support for No Child Left Behind, supporting a citizenship path for illegal immigrants, and opposition to "universal healthcare".) For everything else, I picked a side, but expressed the importance of the issue as "meh."

There were no questions about judicial appointments, no questions about taxation, no questions about global trade issues, no questions about overturning McCain-Feingold. Nor were there any questions about foreign policy anywhere outside Iran and Iraq. What about Russia? China? North Korea? Our NATO allies? The proper role of the UN? All these are very important issues, to me, in selection of the President. Embyronic stem cells, gay marriage, they generate much heat but have relatively little consequence on our daily lives and the issues which the President particularly is charged with handling.