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)
Is he?
Did he win? ;-) If a conservative doesn't get the nomination, I'd still rather see a Republican administration...unless Zell Miller is the Democrat nominee...
I understand your point, but you've missed mine. Condi is well liked, but her topping in this poll has more to do with what she represents. A continuation of Bush and strength in WOT. Much as Bush 41 represented a continuation of Reagan more then affirmation of 41.
I'm not arguing the plus and minuses of a possible Condi candidacy. I'm merely pointing out this polling of "center right" blogs is proof positive the base that decides these primaries wants 1) Bush Doctrine contiued 2) Conservatism.
Whereas they don't want 1) A Maverick 2) lack of Spine 3) Liberal.
And, I think most of us are agreed we don't have an ideal candidate. So far I spend most of my time writing off people then putting them in a "not so perfect" category for consideration.
I don't understand how Giulani gets up there when he isn't even a conservative. I think there is some group denial about where he stands on the issues.
Well, I guarentee I will not vote for McCain.
Your pluses for McCain are negatives. Al Quida Bill of Rights. NSA hearings. Constant undermining of Rumsfeld. betrayal of the fourteen judge pact which is of immense interest to pro-lifers. Embryonic stem cell funding. Flirting to be Kerry's VP
NO.
MSM loved him in 2000, N.H. northeasterners voted for him, he lost. That alone isn't an asset, because conservatives control most primaries and the selection process.
The GOP establishment will do as it pleases, but the base doesn't follow like sheep when they say jump. Witness '92 and Miers.
I will conclude with one thought. The Dems chose Kerry because they thought he could win on an anti-Bush momentum. They lost. Choosing a candidate to ride an anti-Hillary train to victory is a losing strategy, if, infact, she's even nominated. You have to give people a reason to vote for you. McCain is despised by this base.
If the group is in denial, I'd be surprised. They're all knowledgeable right-wing bloggers...
"Whereas they don't want 1) A Maverick 2) lack of Spine 3) Liberal."
Well if that is an accurate reading of the bloggers' anti-favorites, then, not all the news is bad.....
Easy, a lot of the base wants a proven leader in wartime crisis. Period.
None of the others on the list light our fire yet, but there is still time for that and Riudy won't last. Condi might be a great VP candidate.
I really don't see a lot of strength in the Republican bench. There isn't a Reagan out there spending time in the wilderness. Looking at the 2004 convention speakers, the best Republican was Zell Miller - and he's a Democrat.
Good for you. Plenty of us would not vote for either one which means a win for Hillary. Hillary = EVIL; McCain = EVIL and CRAZY.
9/11, WOT, one of the few reliable allies of the administration on this front against the MSM.
That's why.
There is no denial, Rudy ranking up there merely underscores how seriously the base takes the Bush Doctrine and WOT and expects the future nominee to mimic it.
Doesn't mean he'll win the primary. pro-Life vote is strong. Only means they want prospective nominees to mimic Bush and Rudy on this issue.
It's good to see that Chuckie Hagel is getting some of the criticism he deserves, but he needs a lot more. Let's all pitch in.
Hagel would be a far worse president than Giuliani or even McPain, but he doesn't get nearly the amount of criticism from conservatives that Giuliani and McPain get. Read some of the stuff that Hagel's said. It's scary. Sometimes I think Chuckie Hagel is further left than that other Chuckie, Chuckie Schumer.
If it was McPain vs. Hillary in 2008, I would very reluctantly vote for McPain. If it were Hagel vs. Hillary, I'd vote third party.
I'm right with you.............LOL.
He did. The poster fell victim to the html gremlins.
How moderate of him...
You just nailed it. The people who top the "desired" list are people perceived as unequivocally prepared to wage war. The people who top the "undesirable" list are people who are perceived as having not been stalwart Bush supporters, or people who are simply not forthright.
That may not represent the views of Republicans in general, it is after all a poll of bloggers. But I suspect it does, indeed, represent a good sample of rank-and-file opinion.
Anyone pushing McCain as being the only one who can beat Clinton, should take this into account. He can't beat Clinton if he can't get his own party to the voting booth. Remember Dole.
George Allen in '08!
See my sig line. Think of not voting and allowing one term of Hitlery as "tough love"-- before the GOP has slid too far down the slope, right behind the Dems, on its present course.
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