There's no perfect candidate, but I'm certainly not going to strain at a gnat (most Republicans) and swallow a camel (Democrats).
So here is how I rate the candidates between 1 and 10 with 10 being almost perfect.
Duncan Hunter - 9
Fred Thompson - 8
Mike Huckabee - 6.5
Ron Paul - 6
Mitt Romney - 5.5
John McCain - 4
Ruddy Giuliani - 1.5
Hillary - .5
Obama -1
Edwards - 0
Richardson - 1
How do you rate them?
Rating Candidates
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by leesw, Jan 2, 2008.
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Mike Huckabee - 6
Ron Paul - 4
Fred Thompson - 3
John McCain - 3
Ruddy Giuliani - 1.5
Mitt Romney -1
Duncan Hunter - unknown
Richardson - unknown
Obama - 1
Edwards - 1
Hillary - 0
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Ron Paul: 9
Alan Keyes: 5
Duncan Hunter: 4
Fred Thompson: 3
Mike Huckabee: 2
John McCain: 2
Mitt Romney: 1.5
Rudy Giuliani: 1 -
Huckabee 7
Paul 7
Thompson 6
McCain 5
Hunter 5
Romney 0
Giuliani 0
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(Republicans)
Paul 9
Thompson 7
McCain 5
Keyes 5
Romney 2
Huckabee 0
Giuliani 0
(Democrats)
Edwards 3.5
Richardson 3
Obama 0
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I'll rate them way, on a scale of 1-100.
Under no circumstances would I ever even consider voting for anyone whom I could not rate at least a 35, for either President or Vice President, at least. In that case, I would likely stay home, and I have missed exactly one primary election (and that was when I was not released from the hospital when I had been hospitalized for a week and was released that day, until too late to reach the polling place) and no general elections in 41 years, since I was old enough to vote.
Democrats:
Sen. Barack Obama -- 46.5
Sen. John Edwards --- 54.6
Gov. Bill Richardson -- 60.1
Sen. Hillary Clinton --- 60.2
Rep. Dennis Kucinich - 61.1
Sen. Chris Dodd ------ 63.7
Sen. Joe Biden ------- 65.1
Sen. Mike Gravel ----- 77.7
Republicans:
Gov. Mike Huckabee -- 52.4
Amb. Alan Keyes ----- 57.4
Rep. Duncan Hunter -- 59.7
Gov. Mitt Romney ---- 60.9
May. Rudy Giuliani ---- 63.7
Sen. Fred Thompson-- 65.4
Sen. John McCain ---- 71.4
Rep. Ron Paul -------- 72.4
That is how I would rate the eight 'officially announced' candidates of the Democrat and Republican parties, on one scale.
However, when I have seen them speak on TV, I would say that to me, Sen. Fred Thompson appears to stand a head above the other 15 candidates of both the major parties.
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Here is my rating based on the possibility that I would vote for them in the general election on a scale of 1-10(10 meaning a definite vote for):
Ron Paul 10
Fred Thompson 8
All other Republican and Democratic presidential candidates 0 -
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Not an american but if I was it would be
Obama 8
Huckabee 6
McCain 4
Clinton 4
Romney 3
Guiliani 3
Edwards 3 -
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