What is Adam Schiff's record like?

[Quixote1818]

Is he someone we should be considering as a candidate for 2020? He really has great stage presence but I don't know a thing about him.

[HoneyBadger]

1. He went to Harvard

That is already a huge edge in terms of becoming President

[Nevermypresident]

2. Below is link to "Adam Schiff on the Issues"

http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Adam_Schiff.htm

(snipped) much more at link...

Foreign Policy:

Voted YES on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009)
Voted NO on cooperating with India as a nuclear power. (Sep 2008)
Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. (May 2001)
Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence. (Aug 2000)
Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. (Apr 2001)
Rated 0 by AAI, indicating a mixed Arab/Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
Sanction Mugabe until Zimbabwe transitions to democracy. (Apr 2008)
Sponsored bill to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. (Mar 2009)
Condemn Iran for state-sponsored persecution of Baha'i. (Feb 2009)
Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond. (Mar 2010)