The American Political Handbook Scorecard (III) Revised and Updated

The Google Spreadsheet version (of the combined cards, with the headings and hyperlinks, as above) can be found at URL: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pVGqbjCOdJmtRtb0dBUfCSw&output=html.

The Democratic Field still appears to be in the lead (687, 500 points) over the Republican Field (- 323,875 points) with a total advantage of approx. 1,011,375 points.

The Lead Candidate Overall appears to be John Edwards with 300,000 points.

The Lead Republican Candidate appears to be Tommy Thompson with 82,525 points.

The Bottom Democratic Candidate appears to be Hilary Clinton with - 51,000 points. (Note: Barack Obama has almost double the lead over Hilary Clinton).

The Bottom Republican Candidate now appears to be Mike Huckabee with -40,000 points.

Why isn't the current Vice President officially running (Dick Cheney)? - 300,000 points.

Independent (undeclared) Ralph Nader has only 5,000 points.

For a bit of an explanation on the point system used in the APH Scorecard, see the Anti-Zen Handbook posting of Oct. 6, 2006 re. "The Sleazedown Game". URL: http://theantizenhandbook.blogspot.com/2006/10/hey-everybody-lets-play-sleazedown.html

For obvious reasons, some of the candidate point totals are not used in their respective point totals. One notable exception being Dick Cheney, as the Republican V.P. is an "automatic" nominee for the Presidential Convention and ticket.

"FAQ": How do the money announcements from the big Democratic campaigns affect these point totals? Actually, we feel that they don't. We feel that the big news media networks are missing the point and overlooking the major issues by focusing on the sensationalistic attributes of the money side of the campaign. The money issue can be a trap - look at Howard Dean. Also, the campaign money issue has taken the focus away from some of the major issues - this is another trap. We might examine more of the "traps" created by the money issue later, time permitting.

Websites to visit:
1 http://www.joinarnold.com/site/c.jkIVLdMTJrE/b.1804725/k.BE28/Home.htm, 2 http://www.joebiden.com/, 3 http://www.ceooftheusa.com/, 4 http://www.hillaryclinton.com/splash/, 5 http://www.chrisdodd.com/home, 6 http://johnedwards.com/splash/, 7 http://newt.org/, 8 http://www.joinrudy2008.com/, 9 http://www.algore.com/, 10 http://hagel.senate.gov/, 11 http://www.mikehuckabeepresident2008.blogspot.com/, 12 http://www.johnkerry.com/, 13 http://mccain.senate.gov/, 14 http://www.nader.org/, 15 http://www.barackobama.com/, 16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Paulsen, 17 http://www.voteforbillrichardson.com/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed.php?show.1, 18 http://www.youtube.com/mittromney 19 http://web.archive.org/web/20021127085410/http://thompson.senate.gov/, 20 http://www.tommy2008.com/Home.aspx.