Charlie Cook says McCain could have done better with a dart-board.
National Journal’s Charlie Cook:
If you put the pictures of every Republican governor in the country on a dartboard and threw a dart, the chances of a better selection might be higher.
[snip]
It has been widely noted that McCain is a devoted craps player. This time he really rolled the dice.
Footnote I’ve taken the liberty of correcting Cook’s grammar; the first quote above had “thrown” for “threw.”
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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