Rate the level of hackishness from these posters from 1-10.

[Eraserhead]

BRTD
J.J.
ghostmonkey
GoldenBoy
ChrisfromNJ
Angry Weasel
Keystone Phil
Eraserhead
Lunar
Aizen
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso)
jfern
Sam Spade
WalterMitty
AHDuke99
Turner22
opebo
jamespol
The Mikado
Xahar
Conan

10 is as hackish as one can be while 1 is a certified non-hack.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

BRTD: 5
J.J.: 3
ghostmonkey: 10
GoldenBoy: 6
ChrisfromNJ: 9.5
Angry Weasel: 3
Keystone Phil: 3.5
Eraserhead: 3
Lunar: 1.5
Aizen: 2.5
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso): 3
jfern: 4.5
Sam Spade: 4
WalterMitty: 10 Hillary, 5 non-Hillary
AHDuke99: 6
Turner22: 4.5
opebo: 3.5
jamespol: 10

[Associate Justice PiT]

BRTD: 6
J.J.: 5
ghostmonkey: 10
GoldenBoy: 8
ChrisfromNJ: 10
Angry Weasel: 4
Keystone Phil: 3
Eraserhead: 3
Lunar: 1
Aizen: 3
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso): 9
jfern: 10
Sam Spade: 1
WalterMitty: 6
AHDuke99: 5
Turner22: 4
opebo: 8
jamespol: 10

[The Mikado]

You didn't include me. 

[Eraserhead]

You didn't include me. 

I added you. Feel better?

[exopolitician]

BRTD - 5
J.J. - 5
ghostmonkey - 8
GoldenBoy - 7
ChrisfromNJ - 6.5
Angry Weasel - 4
Keystone Phil - 3
Eraserhead - 3
Lunar - 1
Aizen - 2
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso) - 2
jfern - 4
Sam Spade - 3
WalterMitty - 5
AHDuke99 - 6
Turner22 - who?
opebo - 5
jamespol - offthecharts
The Mikado - 0?

[The Mikado]

You didn't include me. 

I added you. Feel better?

Much. 

BRTD-Depending on his mood, around 3 or around 6.  He can be quite a good analyst when he tries.
J.J.-7.5.  Now, mind you, he might be right about this election's result.  However, his amazing ability to spin literally any movement in any poll in any direction as good news for John McCain is aggravating.
ghostmonkey-10.  No explanation needed.
GoldenBoy-7.  He refuses to even admit the possibility that McCain could lose one of the closest states in the country.
ChrisfromNJ-10.  No explanation needed.  I don't think he'd deny being a hack.
Angry Weasel-3.5.  He's very reasonable, and even slightly prone to panic.
Keystone Phil-3 in threads about 49 states, 8 in threads about PA.
Eraserhead-4-6.  He's become much less hackish.
Lunar-1 when he wants to be, 5-6 when he doesn't.
Aizen-I'm honestly not sure how much of his act is an act, so I can't answer.
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso)-3-5 depending on the thread.
jfern-9.  He can, deeply unwillingly, recognize bad news for his candidate, which prevents him from hitting 10.
Sam Spade-2.5.  The main thing preventing him from hitting 1 is his stubbornness and his seeming belief that he has a monopoly on poll analysis.
WalterMitty-8.5.
AHDuke99-2.  He's occasionally aggravating, but quite reasonable and conservative with his predictions.
Turner22-NA
opebo-1  If there's one fault I wouldn't attribute to opebo, it's being a Democratic Party hack.
jamespol-Take it up to 11.
The Mikado-3-5, depending on my mood.

[Хahar 🤔]

Me! Me!

Or else I won't answer the thread.

[Eraserhead]

Me! Me!

Or else I won't answer the thread.

Sigh...

You have been added, child.

[Хahar 🤔]

Me! Me!

Or else I won't answer the thread.

Sigh...

You have been added, child.

Hurrah!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

BRTD - I recuse myself.
J.J. - 9.5
ghostmonkey - 10
GoldenBoy - 9
ChrisfromNJ - 8
Angry Weasel - 8
Keystone Phil - 7.5
Eraserhead - 6
Lunar - 4
Aizen - 5
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso) - 9
jfern - 8.5
Sam Spade - 2
WalterMitty - 8, though not a hack for any party in particular
AHDuke99 - 9
Turner22 - who?
opebo - 3
jamespol - LOL
The Mikado - 3
Xahar - 6

[Eraserhead]

I added Conan for obvious reasons.

[Franzl]

BRTD 8
J.J. 7
ghostmonkey 10
GoldenBoy 9
ChrisfromNJ 9
Angry Weasel 3
Keystone Phil 7
Eraserhead 7
Lunar 2
Aizen 6
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso) 9
jfern 10
Sam Spade 2
WalterMitty 6
AHDuke99 5
Turner22 ?
opebo 3
jamespol 10
The Mikado 3
Xahar 4
Conan 9

10 is as hackish as one can be while 1 is a certified non-hack.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

BRTD - 8 on average
J.J. - 7 (my good friend is the Spinmeister General sometimes)
ghostmonkey - 10
GoldenBoy - 10
ChrisfromNJ - 10
Angry Weasel - 3
Keystone Phil - 5  (if it involves Santorum - 10 )
Eraserhead - 6
Lunar - 6
Aizen 7
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso) - 3
jfern - 9
Sam Spade - 2
WalterMitty - 2
AHDuke99 - 9
Turner22 - ?
opebo - 1 max
jamespol - 10
The Mikado - 3 (not just because he says he's a 3)
Xahar - 5
Conan - ?

[JSojourner]

Only the ones I am well acquainted with...

BRTD - 7
J.J. - 10+ lately; usually 6
ghostmonkey - 11
GoldenBoy - ?
ChrisfromNJ - 10+ lately; usually 5
Angry Weasel - 5
Keystone Phil - 7
Eraserhead - ?
Lunar - 5
Aizen - ?
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso) - ? (Too interested in his wx. reports to look at other posts! LOL)
jfern - 7
Sam Spade - 1
WalterMitty - 10 whenever Obama comes up.  Otherwise, 2
AHDuke99 - 1 when making a map; 7 or 8 otherwise.
Turner22 - ?
opebo - ?
jamespol -  "Negative attention is better than no attention at all."

[Person Man]

BRTD - 6 (pretty hackish, but has a unique and credible perspective)
J.J. - 8
ghostmonkey - 11
GoldenBoy - 7
ChrisfromNJ - 6
Keystone Phil - 7
Eraserhead - 4
Lunar - 4
Aizen - 3
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso) - 6.5 (Pretty level-headed, but is obsessed with the 40-year long morning that is the Morning in America...not to mention the 80s, its cultural pinnacle
jfern - 6
Sam Spade - 6
WalterMitty - 6
AHDuke99 - 6
Turner22 - ?
opebo - 6 (Unique perspective, a bit hackish, but like BRTD, he is still credible)
jamespol -  10

[jamestroll]

Guys, I ain't no ideological hack. I am very centrist ideologically, I just happen to have passionate support for Shrillary.

However, I truly hate McVain, Obama, Palin and Biden!

[Hash]

BRTD: 8
J.J.: 6
ghostmonkey: 10
GoldenBoy: 9
ChrisfromNJ: 10
Angry Weasel: 7
Keystone Phil: 6
Eraserhead: 8
Lunar: 2
Aizen: 7
McCainforPrez (Mike Naso): 7
jfern: 9
Sam Spade: 3
WalterMitty: 6 (up to 10 with Hillary)
AHDuke99: 9
Turner22: 7
opebo: 8
jamespol: 10, for lack of higher value.
The Mikado: 2
Xahar: 3
Conan: 8

[Lunar]

Lunar-1 when he wants to be, 5-6 when he doesn't.

Best answer on me so far.

[Ronnie]

Lunar-1 when he wants to be, 5-6 when he doesn't.

Best answer on me so far.

He's a libertarian, people!  It's hard to be a libertarian hack when there's hardly a decent population to compare one to.

...Other than the Ron Paul hacks.

[Lunar]

And Ayn Rand objectivists.

But being a hack has nothing to do with ideology.  See Hillary hacks who hate Obama.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

I think it's funny all of the 10 ratings I got, considering this:

https://uselectionatlas.org/PRED/SENATE/2006/pred.php

[??????????]

I think it's funny all of the 10 ratings I got, considering this:

https://uselectionatlas.org/PRED/SENATE/2006/pred.php

A prediction isn't an analysis.

[Ronnie]

And Ayn Rand objectivists.

But being a hack has nothing to do with ideology.  See Hillary hacks who hate Obama.

You're a wannabe, that's what you are!

But you have no courage to put your economic score in the negatives.

[Keystone Phil]

I think it's funny all of the 10 ratings I got, considering this:

https://uselectionatlas.org/PRED/SENATE/2006/pred.php

I predicted almost every Senate race correctly and I'm sure you'd still call me a hack.

And saying that my Santorum prediction makes me a partisan hack isn't going to float since my predictions against the other GOP candidates at least cancels it out.