Measuring the Candidates’ Qualifications An Inexact Science By John Bicknell and CQ Staff Posted August 18, 2008 at 12:00am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit John Bicknell can be reached at jbicknell@cq.com. Recent Stories At the Races: Defiant in Dallas Rating changes: 10 races move toward Democrats, one toward Republicans Republicans lose SCOTUS bid to use new Missouri map Trump puts himself on midterm ballot during Dallas spectacle Roll Call on the Road: Day One of the Republican midterm convention Republicans make ‘crazed’ Democrats the focus of their first midterm convention