Purely out of curiosity today, I decided to do that candidate selector thing that I did a while back. After all, since I last did it, Bob Graham dropped out of the race, Wes Clark entered the race, I've learned more about certain issues, many candidates have refined their platforms, etc. In other words, time passed.

Below are my results, in order. The percentage is how closely the candidate matched my stance on issues:

1. Kucinich, Cong. Dennis, OH - Democrat (93%)
2. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT - Democrat (92%)
3. Kerry, Senator John, MA - Democrat (87%)
4. Moseley-Braun, Former Senator Carol IL - Democrat (80%)
5. Lieberman Senator Joe CT - Democrat (76%)
6. Edwards, Senator John, NC - Democrat (75%)
7. Sharpton, Reverend Al - Democrat (73%)
8. Gephardt, Cong. Dick, MO - Democrat (71%)
9. LaRouche, Lyndon H. Jr. - Democrat (69%)
10. Clark, Retired Army General Wesley K 'Wes' Arkansas - Democrat (62%)
11. Libertarian Candidate (50%)
12. Bush, George W. - US President (21%)
13. Phillips, Howard - Constitution (8%)

Of course this isn't a scientific analysis, nor does it take into account important factors such as experience.

The top three are as I expected. I'd be all about Kucinich if he hadn't once bankrupted a city and had plans to actually pay for all of the social programs he wants to enact. And his proposed Department of Peace? Theoretically, brilliant; practically, ridiculous; in general, quaint. I admire Kucinich's dedication to the issues he presents, but he would better serve this country as a Representative or a Senator.

Dean. I'm going to my first Dean Meetup on Wednesday. I'll let you know how it goes.

Kerry. I'd happily vote for Kerry, as I've said before.

I'm not surprised that Carol Moseley-Braun ranked as high as she did, though I expected Al Sharpton to rank a little higher. I admire the both of them, and I look forward to the day we have a black and/or female president. Neither of these people are it, however. (Jesse Jackson, Jr. should run one day -- he probably will.)

The biggest surprise is how low Wes Clark ranked, even below Lyndon LaRouche. However, I think that is only due to how new he is in the race. When (or more aptly, if) he formulates more opinions on domestic issues, he will probably rank higher.

After reading my results (or yours), you may have had the same question I did: What the hell is the Constitution Party? A sample quote from their official platform, which I only provide here for a good laugh:

Education

All teaching is related to basic assumptions about God and man. Education as a whole, therefore, cannot be separated from religious faith. The law of our Creator assigns the authority and responsibility of educating children to their parents. Education should be free from all federal government subsidies, including vouchers, tax incentives, and loans, except with respect to veterans.

Because the federal government has absolutely no jurisdiction concerning the education of our children, the United States Department of Education should be abolished. [snip] No federal laws subsidizing or regulating the education of children should be enacted. Under no circumstances should the federal government be involved in national teacher certification, educational curricula, textbook selection, learning standards, comprehensive sex education, psychological and psychiatric research testing programs, and personnel.

Thought you'd get a kick out of that.