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Select Smart '08 Front Runners

TOP 3
(100%) 1: Sen. Evan Bayh (D)
(97%) 2: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
(96%) 3: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)

BOTTOM 3
(52%) 23: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
(45%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(45%) 25: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)

Clark met 100% of my criteria. :)

and some notes, to boot:

Top Three:
Clark
Feingold
Kerry

I was surprised to see Biden come in fourth. I could never really support him after his support of the Bankruptcy bill last year.

Bottom three:
Hagel
Allen
Brownback

Gee, what a surprise...all Republicans. :)

Just as a point of interest, Hillary came in #10.

Top 3:

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(90%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(83%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)

Bottom 3:

(28%) 23: Sen. John McCain (R)
(26%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(24%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

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Percent Rank Item
TOP
(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(100%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(91%) 3: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)

BOTTOM
(26%) 23: Sen. John McCain (R)
(24%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(21%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

My dream ticket is Clark-Feingold. My answers resulted in Feingold-Clark.

Warner
Bayh
Richardson

In that order. Almost identical to my quiz results.

Al Gore (100%)
Bill Richardson (95%)
Mark Warner (93%)

...among Democrats, Hillary came in last (78%)

...overall, Sam Brownback came in last (24%)

I got Sen. Feingold 100% followed by Kerry, then Biden.
I am a bit surprised by this, but in some ways not so much. I can remember watching him on C-Span running in his first race for the Senate. They were on the trail with him and I thought to myself, "This guy is someone to watch in the future if he can make it". Since then I have had mixed feelings toward him on various issues but when he stood up and called for a censure of Bush I remembered why I liked him all those years ago. The big question for me is , can he win? I'm not so sure. He's got as good a shot as any Dem so far I guess. I'm still waiting for the Dems to put out the Big Vision Thing for 08. Better be a great vision!

Clark
Kucinich
Feingold
Kerry
Edwards

Bottom 5

Tancredo
Allen
McCain
Brownback
Hagel

Top 3

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(90%) 2: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(88%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information

Bottom 3

(21%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(20%) 24: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(11%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

Top 3:
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(92%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(87%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
Kerry, Biden and Gore were Nos. 4-6 respectively

Bottom 3:
(21%) 23: Sen. John McCain (R)
(13%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(13%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

Kucinich was my number 1 with 100%.

Bottom: Allen, Hagel and Brownback

Mitch Romney was my highest rated Republican. I'm going to have to start paying attention to him.

Hagel, McCain, Brownback at the bottom

Wonder what the difference is? (I put a low priority on "fresh face") Surprised to see Biden ahead of Gore and Edwards. Not surprised that no Dem got lower than 56% (Bayh) and no Repub got higher than 48% (Huckabee).

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(93%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(86%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(86%) 4: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(84%) 5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(80%) 6: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(80%) 7: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information

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(36%) 17: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R) Information
(35%) 18: Gov. George Pataki (R) Information
(28%) 19: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R) Information
(24%) 20: Sen. John McCain (R) Information
(24%) 21: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) Information
(20%) 22: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(17%) 23: Sen. George Allen (

my winners
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(89%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(89%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(87%) 4: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(87%) 5: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information


and the LOSERS
(28%) 20: Sen. John McCain (R) Information
(23%) 21: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(21%) 22: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) Information
(18%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(12%) 24: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(7%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(97%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(86%) 3: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(84%) 4: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(84%) 5: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(96%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(87%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(85%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(83%) 5: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(81%) 6: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information

...

(28%) 22: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(21%) 23: Sen. John McCain (R) Information
(16%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(15%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

Top 3:
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(94%) 2: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(92%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)

Bottom3:
(34%) 23: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(28%) 24: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(20%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

Anyone who respects Hagel for being willing to speak out against the current "administration" should not forget that he's solid Republican.

My top 10
Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(94%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(89%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(86%) 4: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(86%) 5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(82%) 6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(78%) 7: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(77%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(75%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(72%) 10: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information

My bottom 5
(22%) 21: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) Information
(18%) 22: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(16%) 23: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(15%) 24: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(9%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

all the Dems on top, all the Reps on the bottom...

I'll probably vote for whichever Dem wins the nom when it comes to the main election though. B-)

Although I wouldn't vote for a Republican I found it interesting to see which ones are closest to what I'd look for in a candidate.

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(94%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(91%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(91%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
(90%) 5: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(84%) 6: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
(83%) 7: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(83%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D)
(80%) 9: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)
(78%) 10: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)
(63%) 11: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
(58%) 12: Sen. Evan Bayh (D)
(54%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
(52%) 14: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
(47%) 15: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)
(41%) 16: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
(37%) 17: Gov. George Pataki (R)
(35%) 18: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R)
(26%) 19: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R)
(22%) 20: Sen. George Allen (R)
(22%) 21: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R)
(19%) 22: Sen. John McCain (R)
(14%) 23: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(11%) 24: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(1%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

1, Gore 100%
2, Bayh 94%
3, Kucinich 90%


1, Brownback 23%
2, Tancredo 27%
3, Hagel 35%

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(95%) 2: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(92%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(92%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(84%) 5: Sen. Evan Bayh (D) Information
(77%) 6: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(76%) 7: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(76%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(76%) 9: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information

and 4th was Clark - and of this group I lean strongly toward Clark, but I do love Feingold.

With Feingold at 100% Well, he is my senator (and formerly state senator) after all.

Rank Item
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(94%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(88%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(85%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(81%) 5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(80%) 6: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(78%) 7: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(77%) 8: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(75%) 9: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(74%) 10: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(71%) 11: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information
(61%) 12: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D) Information
(59%) 13: Sen. Evan Bayh (D) Information
(47%) 14: Gov. Mitt Romney (R) Information
(44%) 15: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) Information
(39%) 16: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) Information
(37%) 17: Gov. George Pataki (R) Information
(37%) 18: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R) Information
(35%) 19: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R) Information
(30%) 20: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) Information
(26%) 21: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(24%) 22: Sen. John McCain (R) Information
(23%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(15%) 24: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information
(11%) 25: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information

:bounce: :kick:

and in that exact order... :toast:

TC

LOL!

TC

Top 3
100% Clark
89% Kucinich
88% Biden

Where did Biden come from? Well I guess he does assimilate a lot of Clark's policies and issues.
In '04 Clark and Kucinich were my top two. Would have been Kerry in third. He came in fourth at 85%.
My second favorite to Clark for '08 came in fifth, Feingold at 84%.

Bottom 3
15% Tancredo
7% Hagel
6% Brownback

Surprised Hagel lower than others.

Bottom Dem
61% Richardson

Except a shock that Tancredo made over 10% - shudder.

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(97%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(94%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D)

(13%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(11%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(9%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

Feingold
Kucinich
Kerry
Clark
Edwards
Biden
Gore

I do not care who is on the bottom.

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(92%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(89%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(89%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(85%) 5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
(81%) 6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(79%) 7: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D)
(78%) 8: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
(78%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)
(73%) 10: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)

I'm a bit dissapointed that Hillary Rodham-Clinton only came 10th as I thought she'd be much higher. Maybe it's because I'm a guy. I'm also surprised the Wesley Clark came out so high as I thought he was more conservative.

Many people assume he's a conservative, because of his background, but he's a solid Liberal. Solid!

TC

(Showing just the Democrats, because I would never vote for a Republican....)

Top Three:

(100%) 1: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information <<<<<---- 100%!!!!
(91%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(88%) 3: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information

(87%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(82%) 5: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(81%) 6: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(80%) 7: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(75%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(74%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(72%) 10: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D) Information
(71%) 11: Sen. Evan Bayh (D) Information
(71%) 12: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information
(65%) 13: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information

I will now go back to faithfully supporting Wes Clark, thank you!

TC

I don't know much about Vilsack, but I am curious as to how he is similar to Clark. Anyone? I am sure many DUers don't like Vilsack only because he is DLC and don't care about the details, so I'd like to hear from someone who actually knows about him.

100% Clark
93% Gore
89% Kucinich

Kucinich Surprised me but I am not at all disappointed.

(100%) 1: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
( 98%) 2: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
( 93%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D)
( 92%) 4: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
( 92%) 5: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) <-- huh?
( 92%) 6: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
( 91%) 7: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)

Then it got weird
( 63%) 14: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
( 58%) 15: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
( 55%) 16: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R)

And then it got reassuring again
( 23%) 23: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)
( 22%) 24: Sen. George Allen (R)
( 20%) 25: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)

But Dodd, Jeeze Louise, I guess character matters more than issues (altho I'm very pleased with my top two choices.)

:yoiks:

Must be good on some other issues but he loses out with me for his support for the Iraq war and that Bankruptcy Bill.

My top three

Feingold
Kucinich
Kerry

Bottom three

Brownback
Tancredo
Hagel

Hagel surprises me since he's not that big a nut job as the other two are. Perhaps he's GOP's stealth candidate? The Dems may have to worry about someone like him.

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(94%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(90%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)

(17%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R)
(13%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(7%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

HAHA Sammyboy! THIS is why you get so many letters from me.

Post #32 should be from demswin06,not killerbush,We use the same computer and I didn't switch to mine web page.:argh:

Kind of confirms my 2004 vote.

Top 3:
1.Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
3: Sen. John Kerry (D)

Bottom 3 (Democrats):

11: Sen. Evan Bayh (D)
12: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)

Top 3 (Republicans):
14: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
15: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
16: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)

23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)


(a note: Wes Clark, who is my current top choice for '08 came in #4)

I am satisfied I guess would have prefered Clark to Kuchinich

I have no illusions about the fact that I agree most with Feingold and Kucinich. I think Clark is a better Presidential candidate than them, but I'd have absolutely no problems with voting for either of them.

Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(91%) 2: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(87%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(83%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(80%) 5: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
(79%) 6: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)

Worst -
(29%) 20: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R)
(29%) 21: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(25%) 22: Sen. John McCain (R)
(24%) 23: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(19%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

suprised to see Biden come in 3rd on mine. Sometimes he really pisses me off, but there was a time I loved the man.

(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(98%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(95%) 3: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(93%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(91%) 5: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information

The ideological differences are more worth our consideration.

In the primaries, I'll go with preferred Democrats. I'll support the ticket against the GOP, even if it's Hagel for their side, even if he is not quite as bad as McCain and Frist. I still am not hogwild about Hagel. And I don't consider him 'blue.'

With Hagel, Allen, and Brownback bring up the way rear -- even less surprising.

Neat little dividing line between my #13 and #14, though -- everything 13 or above is a Democrat, and everything 14 and below is a Member of the Party of Satan. I guess that's not too surprising, either...

(100%) Russ Feingold
(96%) Dennis Kucinich
(87%) John Kerry
(85%) Wesley Clark

I've gone back and fooled around with the results on some questions and basically Feingold always remains at the top but the other 3 are about even. If I place a high priority on never having served in congress, then Clark goes to second with 95%.

(18%) Tom Tancredo
(16%) Chuck Hagel
(8%) Sam Brownback (I guess we agree that murder should be illegal)

90% or better
(100%) 1: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(94%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(93%) 3: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(91%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)

40% or less
(37%) 19: Sen. John McCain (R)
(36%) 20: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R)
(28%) 21: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R)
(28%) 22: Sen. George Allen (R)
(22%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(14%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(13%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

I'm surprised that Hagel came out so low for me. Guess I thought he was more moderate than he is. I'll have to remember that. Not that I expect to vote for him for anything ever.

Another surprise. With one exception, every Dem scored higher than every Repub. But the exception? Bill Richardson came out lower than Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani. Whooda thunk?
(71%) 13: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
(66%) 14: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
(66%) 15: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
Richardson may be worse than I thought. I'll remember that too.

and your bottom three are my bottom three.

:toast:

TC

:toast:

Another interesting thing I just found:

The top three Democrats (and top three overall) for all respondents so far are:
#1 23.9% Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Informati
#2 10.6% Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
#3 10.3% Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
Note to self... I gotta write them about WKC not being an ex-general. He's a retired general, godammit.

And the top three Repubs are:
#4 8.3% Sen. George Allen (R) Information
#5 6.7% Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
#7 3.9% Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R) Information

Al Gore came in #6.

WAY down the list came media front-runners Clinton (#17) and McCain (#23)

here's my top 7, yall:

(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(97%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(95%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(91%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(85%) 5: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(84%) 6: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(81%) 7: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information

and bottom 7:

(33%) 19: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R) Information
(30%) 20: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(27%) 21: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) Information
(23%) 22: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(18%) 23: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(13%) 24: Sen. John McCain (R) Information
(11%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information


That sound you hear is this populist yellow dog howling at the moon.

Top two didn't surprise me but Clark surprises me.

I would have switched the positions of Clark and Feingold. I love Kucinich but know in my heart that this country will never elect him to a national level office.

Interesting, seeing as how I never paid much attention to Kucinich in the past. But he rated 100% with me. Feingold 97%, then Gore with 93%.

My worst three were:
Hagel (23%)
Tancredo (8%)
Brownback (duh, 4%)

Rank Item
(100%) 1: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(93%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(90%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(88%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information

1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
3: Sen. John Kerry (D)
4: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
7: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
8: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
9: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D)
10: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)

I thought 100% was the max?

Top 3

110% President Al Gore
100% Former Vice President Albert Gore
99.9999999999% Just Al Gore

Bottom 3

2% Zell Miller
1% Any Democratic Candidate opposing Al Gore in the primaries.
0% Any Repbulican Candidate opposing Al Gore in the general election.

Health care is number one Democratic voter issue. Why was that not the first thing that was asked about?

Where was the deficit? Democratic voters want to hear about what we are doing about the deficit.

Where are jobs? Democrats care about jobs.

Forget taxes and gun control and gays---this is what the GOP wants to talk about.

Democrats, GET A CLUE! If you choose your candidates based upon how much they talk about GOP issues, you will lose election after election. Bill Clinton won because he talked about Democratic issues.

Get a candidate who talks health care, jobs, deficit--and ending stupid foreign wars by following the advise of US military leaders (something Bush & Co. are not doing) and enlisting the cooperation of the UN. That is the winning ticket.

Why is it so hot in here? And who owns this pigeonhole?

Kind of strange really, having Biden in there.

Go Russ!!! Biden #4? I don't think so
Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(98%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(87%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(85%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
(83%) 5: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D)
(79%) 6: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)
(78%) 7: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(75%) 8: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
(72%) 9: Sen. Evan Bayh (D)
(70%) 10: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(70%) 11: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
(70%) 12: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)
(67%) 13: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
(58%) 14: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
(57%) 15: Gov. George Pataki (R)
(55%) 16: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
(50%) 17: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R)
(49%) 18: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)
(43%) 19: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R)
(42%) 20: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(39%) 21: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R)
(39%) 22: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(37%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R)
(37%) 24: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)
(35%) 25: Sen. John McCain (R)

I listed about 1/3 of the issues as unimportant, however. I don't really give a rat's ass about gun control this year. :shrug:

My bottom 3:
(22%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(21%) 24: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)
(17%) 25: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)

my original score was 100% Feingold and then I changed my position on gun control to see what would happen and then all of a sudden I was 100% Hagel and only 24% Feingold

50% very high for all the liberal positions. But would never vote for her.
my top 3 feingold, kucinich, clark
botton Tancredo, Hagel, Brownback

Top 3:
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(96%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(85%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information

Bottom 3:
(25%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(21%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(11%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

Makes total sense to me!

(100%)1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(97%) 2: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(92%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(90%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
(87%) 5: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(85%) 6: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)

General Clark is #6 for me because he is not for pulling out of Iraq right now? I think? I am for leaving...Otherwise he is very high up on my list.

On the list of each "candidate" with his or her positions, http://selectsmart.com/08frontrunners.html they have Clark as strongly supporting no time line for withdrawal. Well, that's true as far as it goes, but if I recall, the question further modified that response with the words "stay the course," which definitely NOT Clark's position. And for the opposite response, plan now to redeploy US forces, they show Clark as strong opposed, and that's definitely not true as well. He has proposed redeploying, altho not out of theater, and most certainly wants to plan for it, since he has said the window will close soon.

Anyway, I answered that question "neither," gave it a high priority, and I still came out with Clark as my #1 with 100%. So I'm really not sure what's up with that.

I know anything about. (Examples - Gore has no position or in the middle on civil liberties - Did someone who looked like him give that speech. )

They completely mistake Kerry's position on war - listing him as a hawk. It's not the IWR, because they have Edwards as a Dove. (In reality, Edwards was the most hawkish of the 2004 Democrats - he was for the war even in late 2003. From their own comments, Edwards may well have gone to war if he was President (though he now agrees it was wrong) - it was not just WMD per interviews in 2003. Kerry in early 2004 publicly called for Bush not to go to war and (even before it was known the war was a disaster) said that he would not have gone to war. It is insane to look over Kerry's 35+ years in the public eye and label him a hawk. I'm not sure who would disagree more the RW (who think hawk is good) or Kerry's friends and family.

I think the quiz may actually use them better than the chart suggests. For example, I came out 100% Kerry - which is actually pretty true. I was very pleasantly surprised reading more about him in 2004, as I didn't know many of his positions in 2003. In this case, I took neither on the war question - as both alternatives were written in a too extreme way. So, they likely but both "oppose" and "approve" in the default neither, placing only the "strongly" wording for the 2 other answers.

But the table likely needs to be fixed - I only scanned part of Kerry and Gore. Then looked across at the others on the 2 war ones - I used Edwards as an example, not to pick on him -but because I had looked at his positions in 2003/2004.

Top Six

1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
2: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
4: Sen. John Kerry (D)
5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)

Bottom Six

20: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R)
21: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R)
22: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
24: Sen. George Allen (R)
25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

What I'm Afraid Will Happen

9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)
10: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)
11: Sen. Evan Bayh (D)
12: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
14: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
15: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)
16: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
17: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R)
18: Gov. George Pataki (R)

Sorry... Not too thrilled with the smarmy center.

:shrug:

100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold
(93%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich
(85%) 3: Sen. John Kerry
(84%) 4: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark
(83%) 5: Sen. Joseph Biden

(100%) 1. JOHN KERRY
(96%) 2. Dennis Kuchinich
(94%) 3. Joe Biden

bottom:

(16%) 25. Brownback
(22%) 24. Tancredo
(25%) 23. Hagel

I agree with Kerry being my favorite - I never considered either Kuchinich (who does share some of Kerry's positions - but they are very different). The things I dislike about Biden apparently weren't given enough weight.

I do agree that number 25 and 24 are pretty bottom of the barrel

Overall, I guess it's not that bad. 4,5 and 6 were Feingold, Gore and Clark - all of whom i would prefer to 2 and 3

That said - there are tons of errors in the table they use. Examples:
1) Gore - has an "unknown view" for decreasing civil liberties - I kind of remember a landmark speech there.

2) Kerry - has supports premptive war (which he definitely doesn't), and that he is Hawkish (which might surprise both the RW and his wife)- quick to start a war. I would say this was a misunderstanding of the IWR - but they have Edwards as the opposite. From interviews in 2004, Edwards was far more hawkish and was for the was through at least most of 2003. Kerry spoke out before it. Also, Kerry has a very long history - from all his statements going back to college he deserves the label he was once given of "tough dove". It's clear from Kerry's statements in March 2003 that he would not have gone to war. Edwards might have - as he said on Hardball in late 2003 that he was for it for reasons other than WMD.

I guess I'm a Clarkie with a lot of "GREEN" traits! LOL

(funny that a Four-Star General and Dennis K. have so much in common.)

concerned with what "their political strategists" say, it is a very unbalanced and unappealing list of wannabees. The DLC can keep all of them as far as I am concerned.

Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(86%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(86%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(84%) 4: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(83%) 5: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(80%) 6: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(80%) 7: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information
(75%) 8: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(73%) 9: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(70%) 10: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(69%) 11: Sen. Evan Bayh (D) Information
(60%) 12: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(58%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D) Information
(47%) 14: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) Information
(47%) 15: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) Information
(47%) 16: Gov. Mitt Romney (R) Information
(41%) 17: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R) Information
(38%) 18: Gov. George Pataki (R) Information
(32%) 19: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) Information
(30%) 20: Sen. John McCain (R) Information
(29%) 21: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(27%) 22: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(27%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(26%) 24: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R) Information
(20%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

Looks about right. Feingold on top and zero Rs ahead of Ds.

Top 3

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold
(90%) 2: Sen. John Kerry
(88%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich

Bottom 3

(65%) 11.Gov. Bill Richardson
(61%) 12: Sen. Evan Bayh
(55%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner

This is, of course, just by position and not other criteria. I think that in reality, my top three choices would be Clark, Edwards and Feingold. Clinton and Bayh would both be lower on my list Warner.

Thanks for posting. It confirmed my choice:)

Although the questions were slanted such as:


I support full rights for LGBTs including marriage rights. Civil unions is a form of second class citizenship.

And there was also the question about reducing the deficit and the Concord Coalition in the same category. I think Concord, which gave us Warren Rudman and Paul Tsongas, has outlived its usefulness.

Here are my top 5 and bottom 5:



I don't know why Biden came in sixth, because Biden supports the war and Bush's stay the course, both of which are anathema to me.

The survey is slanted in favor of a moderate position on most issues.

100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(93%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(92%) 3: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)

How surprising, lol.

I'd chew my hand off before voting for the bottom three.


(100%)1: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(87%) 2: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(87%) 3: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information
(83%) 4: Gov. Mitt Romney (R) Information (Unbelievable!)

(31%) 22: Gov. Mike Huckabee(R) Information
(10%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information (Absolutely shameful)
(8%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

Top 3:

1. Feingold (100%)
2. Al Gore (99%)
3. John Kerry (99%)

Nice to confirm I'm still angry about 2000 and 2004.

Bottom 3:

23. George Allen (24%)
24. Tom Tancredo (15%)
25. Sam Brownback (13%)


Other notables

8. Hillary Clinton (87%)

Highest Republican

14. Mitt Romney (53%)

Lowest Democrat

13. Bill Richardson (70%)

Imagine that.

What's interesting, is the bottom of my Dem deck though: Bayh and Warner.

:D

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(87%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(87%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(84%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(80%) 5: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(79%) 6: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(73%) 7: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(72%) 8: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(72%) 9: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(70%) 10: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information


How I'd rate them.

1. Russ Feingold is #1 and right now he's my first choice.

2. Gore is down in the survey as strongly pro free trade (I wonder if he's modified these views lately)and I think it's been a disaster. Gets a boost from me on experience bringing him up to #2. If he moderates that Free trade position, he's my #1.

3. Kerry's been a much stronger critic of the war lately. I supported him in 04 and would be happy to support him again but he's not my first choice. I'd love to think he's learned alot from his mistakes and has a fire that he didn't show in 04 but who knows.

4. Richardson: I like the idea of the Democrats nominating a westerner. He's got the foreign policy credentials. His being Hispanic who's tough on immigration is a plus. Claiming he was a top prospect for a major league baseball team when he really wasn't is a minus. He could go up or down depending on his foreign policy views.

5. Wes Clark has the security and foreign policy credentials--lacks political experience. If he comes out of the gate more polished than last time he could move up.

6. I like John Edwards a great deal but my criticism of him is the same as in 2004--Lack of experience.

7. If agreeing with the guy on the issues were the only thing that mattered Kucinich would be my #1.

8. Biden: MBNA vote

9. Vilsack: Why?

I come out 100% Feingold, 92% Kucinich.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but my studied principles have never hurt me.

Top 3
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(94%) 2: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(89%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)

Bottom 3
(17%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(17%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(10%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

93 Kucinich

86 Kerry and Biden

84 Clark

82 Edwards

81 Gore

And downward from there.

I came up with the leader I expected and #2 wasn't a surprise, but #3 was. 100% Feingold, 89% Kucinich and 87% Biden.

(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(97%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(94%) 3: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(94%) 4: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(89%) 5: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(84%) 6: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(83%) 7: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(77%) 8: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information


Huckabee and Romney are top Rs.

Top 3

(100%)1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(92%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(88%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) - I don't care for this one.

Bottom 3

(23%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R)
(23%) 24: Sen. John McCain (R)
(11%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

1. Feingold
2. Dodd
3. Clark

I would have guessed Clark, but not the other two, figuring my free trade inclinations would have skewed the rankings.

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I'll go with my 'dream' team...Clark/Feingold or Feingold/Clark.

By the way, Clark is not an EX general...he is a retired general. General officers are always subject to recall to active duty.

Interesting to note how well the DLC Dummies did on this poll.

(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(100%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(90%) 3: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(90%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(87%) 5: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(87%) 6: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(84%) 7: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(79%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(73%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(73%) 10: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information
(68%) 11: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(63%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D) Information

(100%)1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(88%)2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(78%)3: Sen. John Kerry (D)

(23%)23: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information
(20%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(14%) 25: Sen. John McCain (R) <-------------------

(100%) 1: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(100%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(99%) 3: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(98%) 4: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(95%) 5: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(95%) 6: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information
(93%) 7: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D) Information
(90%) 8: Sen. Evan Bayh (D) Information
(89%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(88%) 10: Gov. Bill Richardson (D) Information
(86%) 11: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(85%) 12: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(79%) 13: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information

Edit: It gave me 2 "100%" matches, how does that work??? I'm also surpised how many I have above a 90% match...and how did Hillary get up there so high? I'm wondering what the programmers methodology was for this.

Too many had black and white answers, like the immigration one for example.

That's okay, I know how to pick who I want to vote for for president.

Too many questions asking the same thing about the war. Separate categories for former v. current members of congress is too specific to make it a useful question. What's the point of asking if someone has run before? No one is going to answer that unless they have a specific choice in mind. Bad question.

My results were not surprising except for the Biden thing. Edwards is my third choice after Russ and Dennis.

(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(93%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(86%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(85%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(82%) 5: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information
(79%) 6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(78%) 7: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D) Information
(78%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Information
(77%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) Information
(69%) 10: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) Information

Top 3:
Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(99%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(95%) 3: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)

Bottom 3:

(19%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R)
(15%) 24: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(7%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

(100%)1: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(98%) 2: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(94%) 3: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(93%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(88%) 5: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
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(66%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D) (lowest Dem)
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(16%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(10%) 24: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)
(7%) 25: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)

Top: Feingold, Kucinich, Kerry
Bottom: Frist, Allen, Brownback Ha Ha Ha

<http://selectsmart.com/plus/plus_top.php?client=08frontrunners>

Seems Sen. Feingold comes out on top out of over 2600 hits.

Is that as far as I can tell it doesn't take into account electability. It's a good way of telling which politician shares most of your views, but not of telling which politician is most likely to be able to advance them.

I'd far rather support a politician I agreed with 75% of the time but who was likely to win than one I agreed with 90% of the time but wasn't.

This is why I have reservations about Feingold, who the quiz suggested I support, for example - I think he'd make an excellent president, but I'm not convinced he'd make a good presidential candidate.

Top 3:

(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(90%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(86%) 3: Sen. John Kerry (D)

Bottom 3:

(15%) 23: Sen. George Allen (R) Information
(13%) 24: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(7%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

I would like to see other parties represented in the selector, to give more accurate results.

Still, I could vote for a Kucinich/Feingold ticket. ;-)

Top 3
(100%) Clark
(92%) Kucinich
(89%) Feingold


Bottom 3
(21%) McCain
(12%) Brownback
(5%) Hagel

Clark 100%!

Top:
(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(95%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(93%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information

Bottom:
(24%) 23: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Information
(18%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) Information
(13%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) Information

1- It didn't give option of potential candidate having been a VP or having military experience like Eisenhower.

2- Neither option for Social Security is best when it included privatization for one and raising retirement age in the other. If it had been Consider other options but not privatization I might had considered that as my answer.

3- I had a problem with the Death Penalty question. I probably would support the death penalty but I would want to make sure that they are guilty and the punishment fits the crime. I just don't trust juries (people) to make the decision as to who is guilty when too many times the police, the prosecutors and the court system is rigged.

4- How can they include someone like Rice who probably hasn't had her views known?

Based on the quiz results I received I would then have to strip out all Senators & Reps and Rice because Senators & Reps have never won as President. I don't recall if a Mayor has won without being VP or Gov or Military Hero.

The only way I see a Senator winning election is if the opponent is also a Senator. (Unless the Republicans screw themselves really bad and the voters refuse to vote for them.)


(85%) 6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(84%) 7: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(78%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)
(72%) 11: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
(60%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
(48%) 14: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
(46%) 15: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)
(42%) 16: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
(39%) 17: Gov. George Pataki (R)


MY RESULTS
(100%) 1: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
(93%) 2: Sen. Russ Feingold (D)
(92%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
(89%) 4: Sen. John Kerry (D)
(85%) 5: Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D)
(85%) 6: Ex-VP Al Gore (D)
(84%) 7: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D)
(80%) 8: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D)
(78%) 9: Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)
(76%) 10: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D)
(72%) 11: Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
(61%) 12: Sen. Evan Bayh (D)
(60%) 13: Ex-Gov. Mark Warner (D)
(48%) 14: Gov. Mitt Romney (R)
(46%) 15: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R)
(42%) 16: Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
(39%) 17: Gov. George Pataki (R)
(32%) 18: Sec. Condoleezza Rice (R)
(31%) 19: Ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (R)
(22%) 20: Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R)
(21%) 21: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)
(18%) 22: Sen. George Allen (R)
(18%) 23: Sen. John McCain (R)
(13%) 24: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R)
(8%) 25: Sen. Sam Brownback (R)

(100%) 1: Sen. John Kerry (D) Information
(97%) 2: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) Information
(93%) 3: Sen. Joseph Biden (D) Information
(87%) 4: Ex-VP Al Gore (D) Information
(86%) 5: Sen. Russ Feingold (D) Information
(75%) 6: Ex-Gen. Wesley Clark (D) Information

met 100% of my criteria.

I would have been offended by the quiz otherwise. Now I think it's a fine quiz.