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Issue	Immediacy	Negativity	Changeability
				Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	Romney	Thompson
1- Electablity-Any R is better than a D	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable	8	5	10	8	5
2- Illegal Immigration	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable	2	2	0	10	10
3- War Iraq & on terror	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable	10	8	10	10	10
4- SCOTUS appts	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable	10	5	2	10	10
5- Guns & 2nd Amend	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable	0	10	10	8	10
6- Business/infl/rec	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable	10	8	10	10	10
7- Lower Taxes	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable	10	2	2	10	10
8- Iran	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable	10	5	10	10	10
9- Pro-Life	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable	0	10	10	5	10
10- Gov Healthcare	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable	10	5	5	5	10
Top 10 Total				70	60	69	86	95
11- Soc Sec-Privatize	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable	10	8	10	10	10
12- Internet Tax	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable	10	0	10	10	10
13- Kyoto Treaty	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable	10	8	10	10	10
14- Global Warming	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable	0	0	0	0	10
15- Energy Indy	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	8	8	5	10	8
16- ANWAR Drilling	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	5	10	0	10	10
17- Globalism & Free Trd	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	2	8	10	10	10
18- Tax Reform	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	10	10	5	10	9
19- Gay Rights	Serious	Powerful	Unchangeable	0	10	5	5	8
20- CFR & 1st Amend	Serious	Powerful	Changeable	0	0	0	10	5
Top 20 Total				125	122	124	171	185
21- School Vouchers	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	10	10	10	10
22- Guantanamo	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	0	0	10	10
23- Waterboarding	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	0	0	10	10
24- Death Penalty	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	10	10	10	10
25- Tort Reform	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	8	5	10	5
26- Federalism	Serious	Strong	Changeable	5	8	5	8	10
27- Crime	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	8	10	10	10
28- Affirmative Action	Serious	Strong	Changeable	5	8	5	8	0
29- Military Strength	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	10	10	10	10
All Issues Total				205	184	179	257	260
			Conservative= 10
			Conservative to Moderate= 8
			Moderate or Unreliable=5
			Moderate to Liberal= 2
			Liberal= 0

Jim Rob

If Fred or Hunter don't "make it" and it becomes necessary to vote while holding my nose and puking, I tried to devise a rational way to determine which RINO would make me puke the least.

I identified my top 29 issues and prioritized them based on:

How immediately they could impact the nation-
Immediate, Urgent, Serious
The power of their negative impact-
Devastating, Powerful, Strong and
Once implemented could they ever be changed-
Unchangeable, Changeable.

It seemed rational that issues like being conquered by illegal immigrants or losing the war, being more immediate, potentially negative and unchangeable, were more critical than even important issues like Gay Rights or Healthcare. Therefore issues that are more immediate, more negative and that were relatively unchangeable were more highly prioritized.

I spent yesterday analyzing the candidates quotes and votes from several sources including http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm, and made some judgments about their level of conservatism. Taking into consideration the "If their lips are moving, they're lying" factor, I marked a candidate lower if I thought their stated position was shaded like with Huckabee on Taxes, McAmnesty on Immigration, Romney on Gay Rights or Giuliani on Guns.

The ranking scale range is:

Conservative = 10
Conservative to Moderate = 8
Moderate or Unreliable = 5
Moderate to Liberal = 2
Liberal = 0

I separated and subtotaled the top 10 and the top 20 from the total to see how the candidates compare on the most important issues as opposed to the total.

No one scores as high as FRed.
In order they rank, The Flipper, Juilie Anne, the Hickster and McAmnesty.
Romney may be the "Best of the Worst". Especially on critical top 10 issues.

Issue	Immediacy	Negativity	Changeability
				Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	Romney	Thompson
1- Electablity-Any R is better than a D	Imminent	Devastating	Unchangeable	8	5	10	8	5
2- Illegal Immigration	Imminent	Devastating	Unchangeable	2	2	0	10	10
3- War Iraq & on terror	Imminent	Devastating	Unchangeable	10	8	10	10	10
4- SCOTUS appts	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable	10	5	2	10	10
5- Guns & 2nd Amend	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable	0	10	10	8	10
6- Business/infl/rec	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable	10	8	8	10	10
7- Lower Taxes	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable	10	2	2	10	10
8- Iran	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable	10	5	10	10	10
9- Pro-Life	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable	0	10	10	5	10
10- Gov Healthcare	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable	10	5	5	5	10
Top 10 Total				70	60	67	86	95
11- Soc Sec-Privatize	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable	10	8	10	10	10
12- Internet Tax	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable	10	0	10	10	10
13- Kyoto Treaty	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable	10	8	10	10	10
14- Global Warming	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable	0	0	0	0	10
15- Energy Indy	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	8	8	5	10	8
16- ANWAR Drilling	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	5	10	0	10	10
17- Globalism & Free Trd	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	2	8	10	10	10
18- Tax Reform	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable	10	10	5	10	9
19- Gay Rights	Serious	Powerful	Unchangeable	0	10	5	5	8
20- CFR & 1st Amend	Serious	Powerful	Changeable	0	0	0	10	5
Top 20 Total				125	122	122	171	185
21- School Vouchers	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	10	10	10	10
22- Guantanamo	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	0	0	10	10
23- Waterboarding	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	0	0	10	10
24- Death Penalty	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	10	10	10	10
25- Tort Reform	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	8	5	10	5
26- Federalism	Serious	Strong	Changeable	5	8	5	8	10
27- Crime	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	8	10	10	10
28- Affirmative Action	Serious	Strong	Changeable	5	8	5	8	0
29- Military Strength	Serious	Strong	Changeable	10	10	10	10	10
All Issues Total				205	184	177	257	260
			Conservative= 10
			Conservative to Moderate= 8
			Moderate or Unreliable=5
			Moderate to Liberal= 2
			Liberal= 0