Posted on 04/14/2015 10:28:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
[At the source, the rational is given after each candidate]
The first tier
1. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Sen. – FL) (Last month: 3) (Points: 91)
2. Scott Walker (Gov. – Wisconsin) (Last month: 1) (Points: 88)
3. Jeb Bush (Fmr. Gov. – FL) (Last Month: 3) (Points: 81)
The Second Tier
4. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (Senator – TX) (Last Month: 4) (Points: 73)
5. Bobby Jindal (Gov. – LA) (Last month: 5) (Points: 54)
6. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)(Sen. – KY) (Last month: 8) (Points: 52)
The Third Tier
7. Rick Perry (Fmr. Gov. – TX) (Last month: 7) (Points: 40)
8. Chris Christie (Gov. – NJ) (Last month: 6) (Points: 28)
9. Mike Huckabee (Fmr. Gov. – AR) (Last month: 9) (Points: 26)
The Fourth Tier
10. Carly Fiorina (HP executive) (Last month: N/A) (Points: 15)
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Rubio is NOT “first tier.” How much money does he have in the bank compared to “second tier” Cruz?
Rubio is first tier traitorous turd. At least Bush doesn’t try to pretend that he is something more than he is.
Scott Walker is the only acceptable first tier candidate. Bush and Rubio are both pro-amnesty. I will not work for either, nor will I vote for them.
Cruz is a great “Second Tier” candidate, who needs to be moved up to the first tier. As for Jindal and Paul, they both have flaws (in Paul’s case a major issue in his family), but they are at least acceptable.
The remaining candidates listed are either weak on the campaign trail, weak under pressure, or just unacceptable.
Bullsh!t....
CORRECTED:
The first Tier
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (Senator – TX)
Gov. Scott Walker (Gov. – Wisconsin)
The Maybe Tier
Bobby Jindal (Gov. – LA)
The TURD Tier
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Jeb Bush (Fmr. Gov. – FL)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Rick Perry (Fmr. Gov. – TX)
Gov. Chris Christie (Gov. – NJ)
Mike Huckabee (Fmr. Gov. – AR)
Carly Fiorina (HP executive)
While we are on the Red State website, there is a very informative article there on Scott Walker. I learned a lot.
Walker has denied conceal carry in State buildings, contradicting state law.
Walker is known for taking on unions, but he only targeted unions that didn’t support his election. He gave Public Safety unions a Pass.
He supported Right to Work legislation during the election campaign, then tried to strong arm GOP legislators into dropping it, before finally signing it into law once they passed it over his objection.
He opposed Defunding Obamacare and bypassed the legislature to implement it.
He is currently backing away from Pro-Life Bills on their way to his desk.
He has not supported Traditional marriage and his administration has elected to recognize gay marriages going all the way back to last June.
Walker flip flopped on ethanol, unlike Cruz who faced the citizens of Iowa and made his case for his position.
He is soft on Common Core pushing a bill through that maintained it before the contents of the bill were known.
Best known is that he was for a Path to Citizenship before he was against it.
Scott Walker is hardly the sterling candidate he has been made out to be.
Your tiers are better than theirs.
Amen, brother...
I’ve posted similar and the Walkerbots simply refuse to accept reality.
Cruz...to save America!
All we can do is keep working to inform those who still have open minds. Keep up the good work!
Agreed...Your Tier rankings are correct!
Tiers for fears......My ranking in the personal likeability:
Cruz
Jindal
Perry
Walker
the others........
As far as I see, this is just another way to say get behind the big money. Sorry, but that is a losing game in 2016. I wonder if they totaled Cruz’s recent donations in this poll?
Tells me a lot about “RedState”
The most interesting thing from the article was that Bush’s fundraising has “lagged beneath his initial lofty goals.” I’d love a more detailed explanation of that statement.
We have to give and give big to the NON-ELITIST GOP - as far as I can see there are only 2 guys who deserve money from me:
Cruz (already given)
Walker (not sure yet)
Erik Erickson is pro-Jeb. His site and this ranking is worthless.
- Obese RINO Erick Erickson defends Liz Mair, attacks Ted Cruzhttp://www.mofopolitics.com/2015/03/25/obese-rino-erick-erickson-defends-liz-mair-attacks-ted-cruz/
watched that softball interview with Hannity and Rubio last night and see Rubio sweating like and NBA player, giving rushed and rehearsed answers that were crafted by some handler, and just looking like a total putz to me ....I thought it as awful...but, I can’t stand that lying POS for his amnesty crap so I admit I’m biased ....I’d vote for him over bush ...but, I’d hate myself for doing it and would be tempted to just give up if it was between those two
Cruz and Walker are tops for me as well...
I am not as ready to write off Paul as many on here have...I question the depth and non-linear-thinking of his decisions/actions as well as same for the reactions.
Often the right/wrong vs “what to do about it” (x and y axis) get oversimplified. I don’t see how he can be a RINO AND libertarian (like daddy) at the same time...but maybe so.
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