Giuliani Wants Stats to Battle Problems
Giuliani is right on this but it is nothing new. Known in some circles as key performance measures, this type of management tool has probably been around since the days of American business introducing it to Japan when they launched the effort that made them famous for becoming a global economic power.
But Rudy Giuliani should get some credit for moving the discussion from Iraq, Iraq, Iraq to the more sensible campaign fundamentals of how each candidate plans to get the job done if elected. To borrow an old phrase, what a concept. Still on the downside for Giuliani is his tendency to shift left on hot button social issues. On the core issues of national security and defense, Rudy may be conservative. But on issues of illegal immigration, abortion, same sex marriage and other more social and partly economic issues he leans left. Makes it tough to compute on the voting scorecard.
For instance, compared to President Bush, if Giuliani were president and faced with a Democratic majority would he be willing to use the veto pen when faced with left leaning social policy in legislation presented? How would a sometimes left leaning president affect the success or failure of conservatives in Congress? These are the questions and reasons that make Rudy Giuliani a risky choice for the nation’s highest office.
Stanford Matthews
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Giuliani Wants Stats to Battle Problems
By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
(06-13) 00:24 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) –
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has a ready answer for the nation’s woes: statistics.
Iraq-stat. Border-stat. Energy-stat. In numerous campaign appearances and debates, the word “stat” — short for statistics — has become a catchword for the former New York mayor, who argues that his use of statistics to fight urban crime can help solve national problems such as illegal immigration and port security.