The 2008 Presidential Election....Oh Boy

I sat and pondered and pondered and sat, and I tried to figure out who I was going to support for President in 2008. While I had narrowed it down to one or two, I figured I needed to make things official, and really look at the positions of all the candidates. So what follows are the candidates from the two major parties and which issues I agree with them on.

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE): Nothing
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Israel
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT): Immigration
Former Sen. John Edwards (D-SC): LGBT Issues
Former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-AK): Taxes, Guns
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH): Nothing
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL): Israel
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM): Death Penalty, Guns
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY): Health Care, Iran, Iraq, Homeland Security
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR): Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Guns, Health Care, Iraq, Israel
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA): Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Crime, Energy, Immigration, Homeland Security, Taxes, Iran, Iraq
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): Iraq, Iran, Israel, LGBT Issues, Abortion, Crime
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX): Immigration, Taxes, Education, Government Size / Spending, Guns, Abortion, Health Care
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA): Abortion, Crime, Energy, Health Care, Taxes, Homeland Security, Immigration, Iran, Iraq
Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN): Taxes, Abortion, LGBT Issues, Guns, Immigration, Iraq, Iran

The winners then, are Duncan Hunter and Mitt Romney. I'll have to give it to Mitt for two reasons: There are a number of smaller, out-of-the-way issuses that I simply know more about his positions on as opposed to Hunter's, and he's by far the more viable candidate.

Now keep in mind, I didn't just look at the things these people have said during the campaign or previously, but what they actually did about these issues while in office. For example, Mike Huckabee claims to support the FairTax, which I orgasm over, but as governor of Arkansas he raised far too many taxes for my taste. Also, many of the Republicans support cutting spending and introducing a school voucher system, which is great, but only Ron Paul actually advocates eliminating the federal government's role in education entirely, and totally eliminating useless Cabinet departments.

So, while I will be content with any Republican in the White House come Januray 2009, I can firmly say I hope it will be Willard Mitt Romney (I know, the name does leave a lot to be desired, but oh well).