Rating the Candidates
America’s news media has fallen from being a watchdog and defender of liberty to a worthless, sniveling pawn of the power brokers in Washington. That is why, today, after the Iowa primaries, the American people still have little useful information on the candidates.
Yes, our media is great at telling us which candidate is the most boring, the most attractive or what their favorite snack might be. Who cares? Americans need to know which candidates have the best ideas, the strength of character, courage and the leadership skills to put our nation back on track.
For more than twenty years, U.S. Border Control has rated the candidates for federal office, based entirely on their record in addressing our nation’s border and immigration policies.
And we will likely continue our detailed analysis of the candidates later this year. In the interim, however, we have assembled a brief scorecard of the Republican presidential candidates who competed in Iowa.
This rating provides three scores, one strictly on border and immigration policy; a second, more general rating on their capabilities, knowledge, and their defense of liberty, and, a third rating on their chances to defeat President Obama.
The ratings (Alphabetically):
NAME IMMIGRATION OVERALL CAPABLE OF WINNING
Michelle Bachman A- C+ C
Newt Gingrich C B B+
John Huntsman C- B- C
Ron Paul B A- B
Rick Perry C- B B
Mitt Romney B B B+
Rick Santorum B B B
As much as possible, the immigration ratings were derived from actual votes and bills sponsored or cosponsored by the candidates. When not available, public statements were also used. The Overall and the Capable of Winning are subjective but are based on our 30+ years of political experience in Washington.
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I don’t care what anyone might think about “who can beat Obama”, or Hillary…. The hard truth is, if Ron Paul, who happens to be the only candidate who’s not a lackey of the establishment, is not elected president then America will most likely have lost her very last chance via political process to break the chains and shackles of the Rothschild/Rockefeller communist New Order.
Thomas, I am a life long fan and friend of Ron Paul. I think we need someone of his intellect and vision to put this nation on a better course.
But with the media against him; the Republicans against him; the insiders against him, I honestly believe he couldn’t win … and I don’t know if our Republic can survive another four years of Obama”s socialist agenda.
Despite my words, I always vote for Ron Paul in primaries
Is Rick Santorum and newt Gingrich’s ratings accurate? Bachmann should have a higher rating? What categories do you rate these candidates on? thanks
Hi Paul, the rating looked at three critera –
1. their votes, sponsorship of immigration legislation and their willingness to speak to the issue
2. their rating on issues beyond border and immigration policy – America needs more than a one-trick pony
3. the candidate’s ability to defeat Obama
Michelle Bachman is a true believer and deserves credit for her candor, but she could never defeat Obama.
Gingrich, despite my personal dislike for this candidate, could go head to head in the debates with Obama and win.
Santorum is a credible candidate but lacks the financial backing of the cartels who finance these elections.
Romney is the representative of the Republican status quo. His fellow candidates did him great harm, but he can still win the White House.
Ron Paul never gets the credit he deserves. The media mock him. But he is smarter than all the other candidates and could really help our country.
I wish everyone would wake up and pay attention to the real issue: for get the presidency and takeover the Senate. That’s how you undo all the Presidential orders, the illegal appointments and zero out the budgets of all of Obama’s Czars!
After Romney’s clear discussion at the last debate about how he supports self-deportation and how this is tied to un-employed Americans, his grade should improve, while Gingrich’s constant talk of Amnesty should bring his grade down. Romney is for attrition thru enforcement. I never really hear Ron Paul discussing him being tough on Illegal “trespassing.”, they are NOT Immigrants!
I guess that since none of the candidates have an “A” in the best chance of beating Obama, you think that none of the candidates has a great chance to beat Obama, is this correct?
I don’t care what anyone might think about “who can beat Obama”, or Hillary….the hard truth is, if Ron Paul, who happens to be the only candidate who isn’t a prostitute of the establishment, is not elected president then America will most likely have lost her very last chance via political process to break the chains and shackles of the Rothschild/Rockefeller communist New Order.
Sadly, that is my opinion. The Republican Party has done a terrible job of developing principled candidates to lead their party and our country forward. The Party needs a serious purging to rid itself of all the hacks and opportunists.