The campaigner against ethanol subsidies (who had a better record on global warming than most Democrats) came out in favour of a petrol-tax holiday.
Unlike the CD-player, which was merely a better record-player, the VCR replaced no other gadget around the home.
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Commercial satellite operators, which answer to investors, have often had a better track record of putting vehicles in orbit.
Furthermore, in which of the above does government claim to have a better track record when compared to the private sector?
Meanwhile, the institutional money with a better track record for timing market moves correctly is making decisively bearish bets on market direction.
Needless to say, the Silicon Valley way has a better track record.
The Economist goes on to point out that as a whole, nuclear power has a better safety record than any other energy industry.
Second-class stamps cost 36p and have a better delivery record of arriving within three days, than first-class cards - which cost 46p - arriving the next day.
The analysts writes in a research note that he actually prefers WDC over STX, give a better track record on execution, cost advantages and opportunities in the enterprise market.
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The FT reported that Nasdaq says it integrated Instinet in just nine months after acquiring the platform in 2005, a better record of integration than the NYSE and Euronext.
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Mr Sacconi claims that, in the past five years, Italy has created a net 1.2m new jobs, 700, 000 of them for women, a better record than any other country in Europe (including Britain).
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Yet conditions may be right for a better record this time around: Germany's big parties are condemned to produce some results, notably lower unemployment, lest even more voters cast their ballots for smaller and even extremist parties.
And although he has a much better record of getting on with allies than Mr Bush, his scheme for a League of Democracies has plenty of pitfalls.
And if the main basis for him suggesting he can do a better job is his track record as the head of a private equity firm, then both the upsides and the downsides are worth examining.
Ironically, though, however muddled and complex its tax system, France can boast a better recent economic record than Germany.
Another interesting prospect is Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel, who has a better good track record on trade and economic issues.
Multinational corporations operating in India have a better gender diversity record, with one in five women in management and one in ten in executive roles, but the balance is still very skewed.
Speaking on the Today programme in advance of a major speech in which he will outline his plans for reform of the "failed" penal system, Kenneth Clarke said that it needed "a much better record of rehabilitating" offenders.
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The visitors' winning goal came in the 50th minute from Argentine Javier Pastore and allows PSG to wrap up the title on Sunday if they record a better result against Valenciennes than second-placed Marseille manage in Saturday's match with Bastia.
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But Fairchild, who was an observant plantsman and a meticulous record-keeper, was in a better position than the academic botanist to study the growth of plants in practice.
Moreover, properly trained state-level officers, who know the local language and conditions, have a much better counter-insurgency record.
Lacking charisma or a record of delivering better public services, he has built his electoral strategy on delivering better security for war-weary Iraqis.
We have to do a better job of getting the message out, but we have a great record.
So Hodgson, who has a knack for turning a ragtag roster of misfits into well-drilled overachievers by preaching fundamentals, may be a better fit for England than his record suggests.
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Rosie Jones is third in the 20-player field at 10-under 134, a stroke better than first-round leader Michele Redman, who matched the course record on Thursday with a 65.
Better supervision of a mine with a poor safety record might have prevented the accident.
Better to select investments that have shown a consistent record of paying out cash or building book value and retained earnings.
The app, which would activate when it recognized the user's voice, would provide the patient and psychologist a more complete record of changes in emotion and mood, allowing the patient to get a better sense of their emotional triggers.
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