[Mount Athos]

Bachman ideologically is in my opinion closest to the typical freeper.

But she’s really bad at obeying the Reagan commandment about not attacking other republicans.

[shortstop]

Amazing quiz. Bachman came out on top for me, but Romney and Obama were in a tie for last place.

[apillar]

I got Bachmann, Santorum, and Paul. I think I agreed with Bachmann and Santorum on 6 of 10 issues and Paul on 4 of 10, as expected Obama was at the bottom. I'm not sure how really accurate the quiz is, it seems to take quotes from the various candidates on the issues and on some issues like national defense 2 or 3 of the quotes were so close that there really wasn't any practical difference.

[PapaNew]

Curious: what are the substantive, objective (non-inflammatory) differences between Perry and Bachmann?

[Why So Serious]

Bachmann does break that rule. I will also add that if Reagan was ever wrong about anything that statement was the one he was most wrong about.

Here in Illnois our Governor [before Rodster] was a Republican named George Ryan [ a piece of poo, I might add]. Even with the democratic slime out of Cook County we managed to have a Republican governor from 1977-2003. It was George Ryan [a Republican] that nobody was supposed to say was a piece of poo, because we don't say things like that about other Republicans that caused us to lose that seat.

I will say that unless you have something to say that will expose a candidate for some flaw in their personality that will affect their ability to do the job or represent the party well, then you should just stick to selling yourself. And the only time you should reference another Republican is if you are comparing your record to theirs'.

[jersey117]

That was really cool. I actually ended up with my number 1 pick - Rick Perry.