Any list should include what their money resources are,
whether they are life long liberals who are republican as an opportunity,
viability is key, there should be some kind of crackpot rating. (ala kookpaul)
Yes, there may be very good candidates on the issues who are just hopeless in terms of mounting a campaign, so many factors have to be taken into account (and we must avoid crackpots like Kurt Bills from Minnesota)
Things seem to be shaping up, but its too early because we don’t know all of the candidates who might run. Obviously if Sarah Palin runs in Alaska, that changes the calculations there dramatically.
Right now, I’m pretty dead set with Arkansas and North Carolina. Louisiana is too murky, and there are ultra-RINOS dominating the races in WV and SD.