Cain's presidential ratings

At the suggestion of my team, the previously named "Cain's Presidential Checklist" will now be called "Cain's Presidential Ratings". Granted, it is as subjective as any other so-called political analyst out there, but as pointed out by many of my folks, at least I have been in this political derby before.

As the announced presidential candidates continue to grow in number, it's going to be harder and harder for Main Street folks like us to keep up with the similarities and the differences. This is even more difficult because of the media's uncontrollable impulse to define each candidate based on labels, sound bites, and perceptions they want to create. The media tends to highlight unimportant differences amongst the candidates of the same political party, and explode differences between candidates from opposing parties. This is a distraction tactic to keep you confused. As a result, we have non-voters, dumb voters, single-issue voters, personality voters, identity politics voters and informed voters. Unfortunately, the truly informed voters are the smallest group. This is because people don't have a lot of time to become truly informed, so they depend on their most frequently watched or listened to media source to influence their voting decisions. That's why we continue to get "less bad" leaders in the White House. Our objective on my radio show and this literary space is to help you be a more informed voter with the facts and the truth, so as Honest Abe said over 155 years ago, you will make better decisions. Better decisions by better informed voters will lead to a better America! These ratings are intended to give you a conceptual overview of the candidates and save you time as we try to "save the savable". Yes, it is based on our "50,000 feet" perspective for simplicity sake. But you can trust me and my producers and writers, or you can depend on some liberal wackos. This is America, it's your choice.

Candidate	Vision	Substance	Perception	Overall
DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton	D	F	Her turn	D
Bernie Sanders	F	F	Flaming liberal	F
Martin O'Malley	D	F	Undefined	F
Lincoln Chaffee	F	F	No way	F
REPUBLICANS
Ted Cruz	A	A	Crazy	A
Rand Paul	A	B	Hard sell	B+
Marco Rubio	A	B	Young gun	B+
Ben Carson	A	A	Too gentle	B+
Carly Fiorina	A	A	Unknown	B+
Mike Huckabee	A	A	Old news	B+
George Pataki	A	A	Undefined	B+
Rick Santorum	B	B	Again?	B
Lindsey Graham	F	C	Why?	F
Rick Perry	A	C	Not presidential	C
Jeb Bush	A	B	Establishment	B
Donald Trump	B	A	Bold	B

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