The contendersDr. Tiffany Sanders has a PhD and is a licensed psychologist and certified Chicago school psychologist. She did a brief psychological analysis of part of the Republican 2016 presidential field-- and it looks pretty piss-poor. She doesn't trust politicians to keep their word when it comes to upholding campaign promises to constituent groups once they're elected and safely in seats that rarely change. She specializes in treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma and other mental health challenges, treatment a lot of Republicans will need late next year... or treatment all of America will need the following year. Here's how she graded each of the candidates:
Jeb BushPositives: Confident and experienced.Negatives: Entitled and privileged due to the presidency because of family’s lineage. Americans may feel uncomfortable due to the Iraq war fallout from his brother.Grade: CTed CruzPositives: Organized, efficient.Negatives: Rigid, Unknown, uncertainty of who he is and what he stands for. Lacks personality. which may make it hard for others to connect with him as an everyday American.Grade DRand PaulPositives: Rebel rouser and gutsy… willing to take risks and to openly object to those within and outside of his party.Negatives: Aggressive, Dominating and outspokenGrade CMarco RubioPositives: Appealing, open-minded, youthful, and tries to connect with millenials and non-traditional music artists. Likely to connect with younger voters.Negatives:Grade BBen CarsonPositives: Talented, smart and savvy. Traditional conservative views that fit well with Republican party.Negatives: Inflammatory and hostile. Doesn’t connect with those outside of the base and he is inflammatory. Beyond health care, his lack of knowledge of important governmental areas kills his presidency.Grade D -Carly FiorinaPositives: Blank Slate. Can rebrand herself as an ally for main street commensurate with AmericaNegatives: Lacks personality and character to connect outside of traditional base. She’s likely to conjure up images of other failed republican female candidates (Sarah Palin, Michelle Backman), especially since she’s never held office.Grade CMike HuckabeePositives: Experienced, confident.Negatives: Out of touch, polarizing.
Grade D
Scott WalkerPositives: Decisive.Negatives: Insensitive, indifferent, watchfulGrade DRick SantorumPositives: Friendly, Experienced.Negatives: Passive, doesn't appear to have toughness needed for this positionGrade CDonald TrumpPositives: Personality, engaging, and Smart.Negatives: Belligerent Inflammatory, Hostile, Unrelatable Grade DChris ChristiePositives: DrivenNegatives: Sneaky, Suspicious and bullyGrade FBobby JindalPositives: Composed, comfortableNegatives: Weak, lacks assertion and aggressivenessGrade D
No Rick Perry? By the way, in case you were wondering, Blue America backs Bernie Sanders for president.The second tier