Comments on: The Candidates on the Issues http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208 Rob Goodspeed's blog Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Urban Thinking » Blog Archive » Obama’s urban policy vs. McCain’s (n/a) http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208/comment-page-1#comment-294327 Urban Thinking » Blog Archive » Obama’s urban policy vs. McCain’s (n/a) Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:02:10 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208#comment-294327 [...] Goodspeed also has a collection of good posts about Obama on his blog, including an interesting post from May, comparing the amount of content for different issues each candidate offered on their [...] [...] Goodspeed also has a collection of good posts about Obama on his blog, including an interesting post from May, comparing the amount of content for different issues each candidate offered on their [...]

]]> By: The Bid for the White House « blackboots http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208/comment-page-1#comment-128386 The Bid for the White House « blackboots Thu, 15 May 2008 04:26:24 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208#comment-128386 [...] have put him down as a candidate with persuasive rhetoric and nothing to back it up with. But in an analysis on the number of words each candidate devotes to the major issues, it’s been proven that [...] [...] have put him down as a candidate with persuasive rhetoric and nothing to back it up with. But in an analysis on the number of words each candidate devotes to the major issues, it’s been proven that [...]

]]> By: Steve Kass » "Why not?" http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208/comment-page-1#comment-122043 Steve Kass » "Why not?" Fri, 09 May 2008 04:23:03 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208#comment-122043 [...] of the day when a journalist (like Ezra Klein) asks “Why?” the items on a list (like Rob Goodspeed’s) are in alphabetical [...] [...] of the day when a journalist (like Ezra Klein) asks “Why?” the items on a list (like Rob Goodspeed’s) are in alphabetical [...]

]]> By: derek http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208/comment-page-1#comment-121212 derek Thu, 08 May 2008 19:11:39 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208#comment-121212 How disappointing that McCain out-words both Obama and Clinton on "War in Iraq", almost as if it were a positive for the electorate that McCain could run on and the Democrats could only run away from. They should be hammering the Republicans on it, not sweeping it under the carpet. How disappointing that McCain out-words both Obama and Clinton on “War in Iraq”, almost as if it were a positive for the electorate that McCain could run on and the Democrats could only run away from. They should be hammering the Republicans on it, not sweeping it under the carpet.

]]> By: John http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208/comment-page-1#comment-121045 John Thu, 08 May 2008 14:53:56 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208#comment-121045 What the word count fails to reflect is the vacuity of what little McCain does have on his website. For instance, from eyeballing your graph, it looks like Obama has about 3-4 times the word count for energy/environment, but the actual substantive discrepency is much greater. Obama has seperate issue pages for energy and the environment, and has pdf's totalling about 30 pages with detailed policy proposals laid out. McCain, on the other hand, has 5 paragraphs saying nothing under the environment page, and has no energy issue page at all. Furthermore, he hasn't put forward any specific energy proposals or goals in any context. He talks a lot about reducing dependence on foreign oil, but <a href="http://drexeldemocrats.blogspot.com/2008/05/mccain-energy-policy-watch.html" rel="nofollow">he's been running for president for over a year now and has no actual energy policy</a> to judge. What the word count fails to reflect is the vacuity of what little McCain does have on his website. For instance, from eyeballing your graph, it looks like Obama has about 3-4 times the word count for energy/environment, but the actual substantive discrepency is much greater.

Obama has seperate issue pages for energy and the environment, and has pdf’s totalling about 30 pages with detailed policy proposals laid out. McCain, on the other hand, has 5 paragraphs saying nothing under the environment page, and has no energy issue page at all.

Furthermore, he hasn’t put forward any specific energy proposals or goals in any context. He talks a lot about reducing dependence on foreign oil, but he’s been running for president for over a year now and has no actual energy policy to judge.

]]> By: RJ http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208/comment-page-1#comment-120850 RJ Thu, 08 May 2008 12:10:02 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2008/2208#comment-120850 I rather have the Feds just drop off the money at city hall and leave. I much rather have urban policy set at the local level than the national. I rather have the Feds just drop off the money at city hall and leave. I much rather have urban policy set at the local level than the national.

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