tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post3494248862718602827..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: Where do the presidential candidates stand on science and research?Steven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-44301972648947162152008-02-06T18:03:00.000-08:002008-02-06T18:03:00.000-08:00Thanks for this very useful post. It might actuall...Thanks for this very useful post. It might actually influence who I vote for in the primary. <BR/><BR/>I wonder where the Democrats plan to get the money to increase NIH/NSF funding. I guess the savings from not firing patriot missiles go a long way. Now to read your more recent posts.<BR/><BR/>BTW, you asked me about blog readers. I use: http://www.google.com/readerRafahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333613143914719754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-37248874328870062602008-01-23T07:17:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:17:00.000-08:00RPM is right, I should have included McCain - he i...RPM is right, I should have included McCain - he isn't going away, it seems. So I've added a new entry to my post as of today describing what I could find on his positions.Steven Salzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-68353599978045092712008-01-08T14:40:00.000-08:002008-01-08T14:40:00.000-08:00To RPM: Giuliani isn't campaigning in New Hampshir...To RPM: Giuliani isn't campaigning in New Hampshire but is focusing on the big states - Florida, NY, California. So it might look like he is falling but maybe not. Anyway, if things clear up then I will update the main post - but not until we've had at least a couple more primaries.Steven Salzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-23845233967220601892008-01-08T13:30:00.000-08:002008-01-08T13:30:00.000-08:00McCain is far behind Giuliani so I didn't consider...<I>McCain is far behind Giuliani so I didn't consider the option you suggest.</I><BR/><BR/>Really? I thought Giuliana was falling, and fast.RPMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00344508931818143159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-29183558131910688282008-01-07T23:35:00.000-08:002008-01-07T23:35:00.000-08:00Hi Dr. Salzberg. I a glad you did this. I was aski...Hi Dr. Salzberg. I a glad you did this. I was asking people in our lab at UCSC where the candidates stood on the funding biomedical research. <BR/><BR/>Badger--The sucking votes idea assumes that greens are really democrats in disguise. However, it is also possible that green party voters might see themselves as different from a democrat as a democrat sees themselves from a republican. (Nader is filing a suit claiming that democrats also rig elections and use unfair intimidation tactics. http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=1Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706970959037320200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-24717908200047684482008-01-07T07:30:00.000-08:002008-01-07T07:30:00.000-08:00Hi Steve, This is quite intersting and useful. I...Hi Steve, This is quite intersting and useful. It will help me make up my mind. Thanks<BR/>Hoda KhouriHodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238193375370638074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-13680386889523910832008-01-05T13:29:00.000-08:002008-01-05T13:29:00.000-08:00Unlikely as an independent candidacy is to win, I ...<EM>Unlikely as an independent candidacy is to win, I hope Bloomberg runs</EM><BR/><BR/>You really want an independent progressive to run? And suck away needed votes from the Democratic candidate the way Nader did in 2000? No thanks.Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-69234390560367241512008-01-05T10:43:00.000-08:002008-01-05T10:43:00.000-08:00Ron Paul doesn't believe in Evolution. Sadly, I ...Ron Paul doesn't believe in Evolution. Sadly, I believe he is the most rational republican.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPoCsC8VT9g" REL="nofollow">Ron Paul on evolution</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-69415540188209507312008-01-05T10:00:00.000-08:002008-01-05T10:00:00.000-08:00Actually, I thought about this, and I did review M...Actually, I thought about this, and I did review McCain's website, but I wanted to include just 3 from each party. McCain is far behind Giuliani so I didn't consider the option you suggest. If Huckabee hadn't won Iowa, I'd have probably left him out in favor of McCain. <BR/> In any case, McCain's website doesn't have a science policy either. The only thing I could find - which was positive - is that he acknowledges that global warming is a serious problem. But he doesn't say anything explicitly about his support for scientific and biomedical research.Steven Salzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-11660432361259361312008-01-05T09:33:00.000-08:002008-01-05T09:33:00.000-08:00You made a mistake by including Rudy and not McCai...You made a mistake by including Rudy and not McCain.RPMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00344508931818143159noreply@blogger.com