Posted on 01/23/2006 11:19:54 AM PST by pookie18
Right Wing News emailed more than 230 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list 1-5 of the candidates that they would most like to take the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and the 1-5 candidates they'd least like to see as the Republican nominee in 2008. Representatives from the following 58 blogs responded...
Aaron's CC, Absinthe & Cookies, The American Mind, The Anchoress, AtlanticBlog, Atlas Shrugs, Backcountry Conservative, La Shawn Barber, The Baseball Crank, Betsy's Page, BlameBush!, Boi From Troy, Byrd Droppings, Commonwealth Conservative, DANEgerus Weblog, Dodgeblogium, Dr. Sanity, Eckernet, Euphoric Reality, Gateway Pundit, GayPatriot, Generation Why?, GOP Vixen, Guardian Watchblog, Hog Haven, The House of Wheels, Hud's Blog-O-Rama, Inside Larry's Head, Iowa Voice, The Jawa Report, ~Jewels~of~the~Jungle~, Jihad Watch, JunkYardBlog, The Key Monk, Knowledge Is Power, Multiple Mentality, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Newmark's Door, A North American Patriot, The Nose On Your Face, The Patriette, The Patriot Blog!, Peaktalk, Damian Penny, The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill, QandO, Red-State, Right Side Redux, Right Wing News, Isaac Schrödinger, Sister Toldjah, Slobokan's Site Of Schtuff, Solomonia, Stop The ACLU, Suitably Flip, Toys in the Attic, WILLisms, Wuzzadem
All participating bloggers were provided with the following list of potential candidates although they were also allowed to select nominees who were not listed...
George Allen: (Senator, Virginia) Haley Barbour (Governor of Mississippi) Sam Brownback: (Senator, Kansas) Jeb Bush: (Governor of Florida) Dick Cheney: (VP, Wyoming) Bob Ehrlich: (Governor of Maryland) Ernie Fletcher: (Governor of Kentucky) Bill Frist: (Senate Majority Leader, Tennessee) Newt Gingrich: (Former Speaker of the House, Georgia) Rudy Giuliani: (Former NYC mayor) Chuck Hagel: (Senator, Nebraska) Mike Huckabee (Governor of Arkansas) John McCain: (Senator, Arizona) Bill Owens: (Governor of Colorado) George Pataki: (Governor of New York) Tim Pawlenty: (Governor, Minnesota) Condoleeza Rice: (Secretary of State, California) Tom Ridge: (Former Homeland Security Advisor, Former Pennsylvania Governor) Mitt Romney: (Massachusetts Governor) Mark Sanford: (South Carolina Governor) Tom Tancredo: (Congressman, Colorado)
As I mentioned earlier, the bloggers were allowed to make 1-5 ranked selections. Those selections were weighted as follows...
1) Worth 2 points 2 or 3) Worth 1.5 points 4 or 5) Worth 1 point
So, for example, a candidate who received two first place votes (4 points), a third place vote (1.5 points), & and three fifth place votes (3 points), would receive a grand total of 8.5 points.
Also, keep in mind that the scoring cut-off to be included in the lists below was 5 points. If a candidate received less than that, his/her score was not listed.
Here are the selections that were made with the total number of points each candidate tallied following his/her name in parentheses...
Most Desired Nominee For 2008
15) George Pataki (5.5) 15) Mike Huckabee (5.5) 15) Sam Brownback (5.5) 14) Bill Frist (6.0) 13) Bob Ehrlich (7.5) 11) Tim Pawlenty (10.5) 11) Haley Barbour (10.5) 10) John McCain (13.0) 9) Mark Sanford (13.5) 8) Jeb Bush (19.0) 7) Tom Tancredo (19.5) 6) Mitt Romney (24.5) 5) Dick Cheney (26.0) 4) Newt Gingrich (32.0) 3) George Allen (42.0) 2) Rudy Giuliani (58.0) 1) Condoleeza Rice (65.5)
Least Desired Nominee For 2008
14) Rick Santorum (6.5) 12) Tom Tancredo (7.5) 12) Tom DeLay (7.5) 11) Condoleeza Rice (8.5) 10) Tom Ridge (15.0) 9) Newt Gingrich (15.5) 8) Mitt Romney (16.5) 7) Rudy Giuliani (17.0) 6) Dick Cheney (20.5) 5) Jeb Bush (22.0) 4) George Pataki (33.0) 3) Bill Frist (43.5) 2) Chuck Hagel (55.5) 1) John McCain (74.5)
*snickers* Mccain is sure leaps and bounds ahead of his competition.
McCain's #1 in something.
Rice for 2008!
Red6
Least Desired Nominee For 2008
2) Chuck Hagel (55.5) 1) John McCain (74.5)
ROFL!!!!
I find this very surprising and heartening.
I'm surprised no one put Mike Pence in there.
He has disgusted us.
He is near Kerryesque in how he plays the media circut, waffels on issues and is PC. Not someone I'd support even if he has a (R) behind his name.
Red6
More feel good news concerning McCain...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060123/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_campaign_finance
Supreme Court Sidesteps Campaign Finance By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court should take a new look at a challenge to federal restrictions on political advertisements, delaying a major ruling on the constitutionality of ad limits until after this year's elections.
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Justices could have used the case, brought by an anti-abortion group, to spell out when so-called grass-roots ads are allowed at election time.
Without dealing with that issue, the court overturned a decision that barred Wisconsin Right to Life from broadcasting ads that mentioned a senator during his 2004 re-election campaign.
In an unsigned opinion, justices said that the Supreme Court's 2003 ruling upholding a federal campaign finance law left the door open for future challenges that the law, in practice, violated free-speech rights.
"This could be an important first step toward undermining (the 2003 ruling) without overruling it," said Richard Hasen, an election law expert at Loyola Law School.
The case now returns to a three-judge federal panel in Washington, although it could be back before the Supreme Court later this year.
"It is certainly our hope this can be dealt with promptly so that now, not only we will know, everyone will know what type of lobbying ads are permitted," said James Bopp Jr., the attorney for the Wisconsin group.
Wisconsin Right to Life had challenged the part of the 2002 campaign finance law that bans the use of corporate or union money for ads that identify federal candidates two months before a general election. The group's ads named Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., who was up for re-election, and the state's other senator.
The commercials urged people to call the senators and ask them to oppose Senate filibustering of President Bush's judicial selections. Feingold co-authored the campaign finance law with Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz.
The appeal had given the Supreme Court its first opportunity to review the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law in practical use. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement could leave the court split 4-4 on the law, because she was the deciding vote in the 2003 ruling.
O'Connor was on the bench Monday possibly for the last time. The court is taking a monthlong break.
New Chief Justice John Roberts announced the decision, which was not signed and was unanimous.
The case is Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission, 04-1581.
Tommy FRANKS
Rice just stated a few days ago shes absolutely not interested in pres or veep. She wants Paul Tagliabue's job.
I'm still hoping Tommy Franks runs with Condi as VP
So...the top choice for the GOP is pro-choice and never sought elective office, and continually swears that she is not running. She is followed by a pro abortion, pro gay, anti-gun northeastener.
If that's our frontrunners, then I hate to see the also-rans.
My problem is that if it's McCain v. Hillary, I'll just have to hold my nose & vote for him as the lesser of 2 evils ;-(
Too bad she really doesn't seem to be interested...
If I'm reading this right, Rice and Guilliana are #1 and #2 most favored and McCain is #1 least favored. I certainly agree with the McCain score. No way on Condaleeza Rice. She's a pretty lady but she's an establishment tool and NO THREAT to islamofascists. No one's going to take her serious. I say no dames in the oval office.
Condi for pres. is not heartening to me. These supposed right-of-center bloggers are a misnomer, they must be left of center. The only thing conservative about Condi is her foreign policy. She is not a true conservative. George Allen is the one we want. He is conservative on social issues which Condi is not.
Rudy is in second, but he's quite liberal, in spite of his popularity. His stances on abortion didn't matter when he was mayor of NYC, but they will when it's time to appoint another SCOTUS Justice.
George Allen is next in line.
Most Desired Nominee For 2008
1) Condoleeza Rice (65.5)
2) Rudy Giuliani (58.0)
3) George Allen (42.0)
4) Newt Gingrich (32.0)
5) Dick Cheney (26.0)
6) Mitt Romney (24.5)
7) Tom Tancredo (19.5)
8) Jeb Bush (19.0)
9) Mark Sanford (13.5)
10) John McCain (13.0)
11) Tim Pawlenty (10.5)
11) Haley Barbour (10.5)
13) Bob Ehrlich (7.5)
14) Bill Frist (6.0)
15) George Pataki (5.5)
15) Mike Huckabee (5.5)
15) Sam Brownback (5.5)
Least Desired Nominee For 2008
14) Rick Santorum (6.5)
12) Tom Tancredo (7.5)
12) Tom DeLay (7.5)
11) Condoleeza Rice (8.5)
10) Tom Ridge (15.0)
9) Newt Gingrich (15.5)
8) Mitt Romney (16.5)
7) Rudy Giuliani (17.0)
6) Dick Cheney (20.5)
5) Jeb Bush (22.0)
4) George Pataki (33.0)
3) Bill Frist (43.5)
2) Chuck Hagel (55.5)
1) John McCain (74.5)
Why the author didn't do this, I don't know...
I don't think we'll really know until after the 2006 election. I don't believe Dr. realizes how popular she is and it's very hard to thwart destiny.
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