Rank top candidates in order of preference

[The Duke]

1. Fred Thompson
2. John McCain
3. Duncan Hunter
4. Rudy Giuliani
5. Mitt Romney
6. Joe Biden
7. Tom Tancredo
8. Chris Dodd
9. Hillary Clinton
10. Ron Paul
11. Mike Huckabee
12. John Edwards
13. Bill Richardson
14. Barack Obama
15. Mike Gravel
16. Dennis Kucinich

Please kill me.  I've actually put Fred Thomspon in the pole position.  I have to retract my Robert Ritchie comparison since Fred put forward a real plan on social security.  I am rewarding him for it, as it showed more guts and more depth than anything I've seen from anyone so far.  I'm sure that since his social security plan is sensible, he'll lose millions vote over it.  But I will reward him for it.

It never ceases to amaze me that voters demand the truth, then punish politicians for telling them the truth.  Voters are the most arrogant, unreliable, self-absorbed people on Earth.  Voters have no right to comlain how bad their politicians are since voters are the ones who keep voting all the good guys out of office.  End rant.

As for Rudy, I'm sorry to say I've lost a lot of confidence in the Giuliani team over the last six weeks.  Rudy is showing himself to be even more susceptible to cronyism than Bush.

I still refuse to vote for Mitt Romney in the primaries.  I still refuse to vote for Mike Huckabee in the general.

EDIT: My apologies to Congressman Hunter for my unforgiveable exclusion of him from my list.  He has now been added at #3. It probably does not bode well for his campaign that I have such a high opinion of him, yet forgot about him entirely.  If I've forgotten about him, imagine how forgettable he is to everyone else.

[MarkWarner08]

An alpha male and a uniter:

Barack Obama (conciliator)  4.5/5
Mitt Romney (competent leader) 4/5

A paradigm shifter and an affable rocker/governor/evangelical:


Mike Huckabee (genuine) 3.5/5
John Edwards (fighter) 3.4/5


A control freak and an autocrat:

Hillary Clinton (triangulator) 2/5
Rudy Giuliani (Putin wannabe) 1/5


The rest:

Decent:
John McCain
Fred Thompson
Chris Dodd
Joe Biden
Bill Richardson

Laughable:
Duncan Hunter
Dennis Kucinich

Insane:
Mike Gravel
Tom Tancredo

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Please kille me.  I've actually put Fred Thomspon in the pole position.  I have to retract my Robert Ritchie comparison since Fred put forward a real plan on social security.  I am rewarding him for it, as it showed more guts and more depth than anything I've seen from anyone so far.  I'm sure that since his social security plan is sensible, he'll lose millions vote over it.  But I will reward him for it.

Give me a lethal weapon and an address.  - But really - Fred's surprised me.  I'm surprised he's hung on this long, but he's still a fad - but he is actually putting more effort into it now than before.

[Tender Branson]

1 - Obama
2 - Edwards/Richardson

Nothing else matters ...

[Smash255]

Top 5

1.  Obama
2.  Edwards



3.  Clinton
4.  Biden

5.  Richardson

[Gustaf]

It's time for another one of those. Rank candidates in order of preference for being president (not candidate) and combine for both parties.

My current ranking is:

McCain
Guliani
Richardson
Clinton

Obama
Edwards
Romney
Huckabee
Thompson

Mine would be:

Obama
Edwards
Richardson
Paul
Hillary
every other Republican who isn't Paul or Tancredo
Tancredo

I was gonna do a rant on the absurdity of accusing other posters of belonging to another party, but I'll refrain.

For those with the ability and interest in thinking I will note though that my list is affected by my belief that the Democrats will be having Congress for at least 4 years to come (technically 5) and probably longer. I'd prefer a moderate Republican president to balance that out. Hence, Republicans are getting somewhat higher rankings than they would otherwise.

[Smash255]

It's time for another one of those. Rank candidates in order of preference for being president (not candidate) and combine for both parties.

My current ranking is:

McCain
Guliani
Richardson
Clinton

Obama
Edwards
Romney
Huckabee
Thompson

Mine would be:

Obama
Edwards
Richardson
Paul
Hillary
every other Republican who isn't Paul or Tancredo
Tancredo

I was gonna do a rant on the absurdity of accusing other posters of belonging to another party, but I'll refrain.

For those with the ability and interest in thinking I will note though that my list is affected by my belief that the Democrats will be having Congress for at least 4 years to come (technically 5) and probably longer. I'd prefer a moderate Republican president to balance that out. Hence, Republicans are getting somewhat higher rankings than they would otherwise.

However, putting McCain and Giuliani there you pretty much assure we are in Iraq fighting for years, and with Giuliani that could mean Iran as well.  Even with their gains, the GOP still will be able to block overrides to vetoes, and may still have enough votes for a filibuster as well.

[Јas]

It never ceases to amaze me that voters demand the truth, then punish politicians for telling them the truth.  Voters are the most arrogant, unreliable, self-absorbed people on Earth.  Voters have no right to comlain how bad their politicians are since voters are the ones who keep voting all the good guys out of office.  End rant.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

It never ceases to amaze me that voters demand the truth, then punish politicians for telling them the truth.  Voters are the most arrogant, unreliable, self-absorbed people on Earth.  Voters have no right to comlain how bad their politicians are since voters are the ones who keep voting all the good guys out of office.  End rant.

As you can imagine, I strongly Agree.

[Hash]

Uhm... I'm undecided and really unimpressed by the candidates of both parties.

Edwards
Clinton
Obama
Romney
SMALL GAP
McCain
Giuliani
HUGE GAP
Thompson
ANOTHER HUGE GAP
Cancer
The Communist Party
HIV-AIDS
VERY HUGE GAP
Huckabee

[Joe Republic]

1. (LARGE GAP)
2. The rest.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Thompson
Giuliani
McCain
Romney
Huckabee


Hunter
Biden
Edwards
Richardson
Dodd


Paul
Obama
Gravel


Kucinich
Tancredo
Clinton

[TomC]

Richardson
Clinton
Biden
Obama
Dodd
GAP
Edwards
Giuliani
Ron Paul
McCain
Gravel
Kucinich
Romney
Huckabee
Thompson
Tancredo
Hunter

[bgwah]

1) Obama
2) Edwards
3) Richardson


***will probably vote third party***


4) Clinton













5) Ron Paul
6) Rest of the Terrorists/Republicans

[© tweed]

Gravel

Kucinich




Obama

[Brandon H]

Is there really a point to doing this?

Paul

Tancredo
Hunter

Brownback
Huckabee


McCain
Romney
Thompson



Giuliani
All the Democrats

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's time for another one of those. Rank candidates in order of preference for being president (not candidate) and combine for both parties.

My current ranking is:

McCain
Guliani
Richardson
Clinton

Obama
Edwards
Romney
Huckabee
Thompson

Mine would be:

Obama
Edwards
Richardson
Paul
Hillary
every other Republican who isn't Paul or Tancredo
Tancredo

I was gonna do a rant on the absurdity of accusing other posters of belonging to another party, but I'll refrain.

For those with the ability and interest in thinking I will note though that my list is affected by my belief that the Democrats will be having Congress for at least 4 years to come (technically 5) and probably longer. I'd prefer a moderate Republican president to balance that out. Hence, Republicans are getting somewhat higher rankings than they would otherwise.

yes, maybe if we had Lincoln Chaffee as President with a Democratic Congress things wouldn't be so bad. But there aren't any moderates running.

[Meeker]

Biden
Dodd
Edwards
Clinton
Richardson
Obama


McCain
Huckabee
Kucinich
Thompson
Giuliani
Hunter
Romney

Gravel
Keyes
Tancredo
Paul

[Eraserhead]

Biden
Dodd
Edwards
Clinton
Richardson
Obama


McCain
Huckabee
Kucinich
Thompson
Giuliani
Hunter
Romney

Gravel
Keyes
Tancredo
Paul

If Biden is your first choice then why isn't he the one in your sig?

[Meeker]

Biden
Dodd
Edwards
Clinton
Richardson
Obama


McCain
Huckabee
Kucinich
Thompson
Giuliani
Hunter
Romney

Gravel
Keyes
Tancredo
Paul

If Biden is your first choice then why isn't he the one in your sig?

Because I think Dodd would be the better nominee.

[Eraserhead]

Biden
Dodd
Edwards
Clinton
Richardson
Obama


McCain
Huckabee
Kucinich
Thompson
Giuliani
Hunter
Romney

Gravel
Keyes
Tancredo
Paul

If Biden is your first choice then why isn't he the one in your sig?

Because I think Dodd would be the better nominee.

In what way?

[Meeker]

Biden
Dodd
Edwards
Clinton
Richardson
Obama


McCain
Huckabee
Kucinich
Thompson
Giuliani
Hunter
Romney

Gravel
Keyes
Tancredo
Paul

If Biden is your first choice then why isn't he the one in your sig?

Because I think Dodd would be the better nominee.

In what way?

Biden can be prone to gaffes and I think his personality and some other baggage he has in his past would make a general election with him difficult. I've found he's also deeply disliked by a lot in the party just because of his personality and so we could have unity issues.

[Inverted Things]

1. Dennis Kucinich

2. Ron Paul
3. Mike Gravel

4. ANY third party candidate

5. The rest

[Erc]

Please kill me.  I've actually put Fred Thomspon in the pole position.  I have to retract my Robert Ritchie comparison since Fred put forward a real plan on social security.  I am rewarding him for it, as it showed more guts and more depth than anything I've seen from anyone so far.  I'm sure that since his social security plan is sensible, he'll lose millions vote over it.  But I will reward him for it.

What is his position on Social Security?  (too lazy to look it up, and it deserves to be on the forum somewhere)