Rank the following in order of how good a president you think they'd make

[Donald Ian Rankin]

Biden
Brownback
Clinton
Edwards
Giuliani
McCain
Obama
Richardson
Romney
Thompson

[Hepburn]

1. My Rankings ~~

BEST TO WORST:

Edwards
Obama
Clinton
Biden
Richardson
Brownback
Romney
Ghouliani
Thompson
McCain

[Czolgosz]

2. I almost totally agree with you (but I'd flip Brownback and McCain)

[Hepburn]

3. You know what....

...LOL...I meant to have McCain last....!!

My bad!!

[plusfiftyfive]

4. My rankings

Obama
Richardson
Dodd
Clinton
Biden
Edwards

The rest of the Democrats are bunched together as unlikely leaders with brilliance

That's all I can rank, all others fail to meet the grade..certainly all Republicans.

[dmallind]

5. as listed

5
10
3
2
7
8
4
1
6
9

[plusfiftyfive]

7. Are you a Republican?

Your first 3 choices are Republicans!

[Name removed]

23. Deleted message

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[dmallind]

48. Strange

Then that I'm the one who will vote for the Dem nominee. Will you?

[dmallind]

46. ermmm. One of us screwed up.

Should be Richardson Edwards and Clinton as 1 2 3. I THINK that's the way it was listed! ;-)

[dmallind]

47. And on second look - wasn't me!

The order is indeed as listed.

[MasonJar]

6. My take at this point if Gore does not run is Clinton, Obama, Edwards/

Richardson and the other dems at 4th place. No pug would ever be satisfactory to me after their obnoxious behavior the last 61/2 years so I refuse to even contemplate such a travesty. If it occurs I'm moving out of the country anyway.

[AnotherGreenWorld]

8. 1. Obama

2. Clinton
3. Biden
-- The rest would pretty much be equally bad, but if I had to rank them, this would be it:--
4. Edwards
5. Richardson
6. McCain
7. Rudy
8. Romney
9. Thompson
10. Brownback

[jefferson_dem]

30. I like your rankings but would switch around Edwards and Biden.

By the way, i also dig your handle. AGW is one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite artists. "The Big Ship" is surely some of the most blessed sounds ever put to record...makes me weep (literally) every time.

Welcome to DU :hi: ...

[AnotherGreenWorld]

39. hey, thanks.

I'm a huge Eno fan, too.

[demommom]

9. my rankings:

Biden
Obama
Clinton
Edwards
Richardson
Toss up the Republicans and see who comes down first. The only one
I like even a little bit is Huckabee and he is not on the list.

[jgraz]

10. I added a few choices

Edwards

Kucinich

Obama

Gravel

Dodd

Richardson

Biden

Just about any other Democrat

Clinton

Anyone with a conscience and an IQ above 90

A pile of dogshit

Giuliani, McCain, Romney, Thompson, Brownback (tie)

[NI4NI]

26. LMAO!

I've heard that the term "yellow" or "blue dog" Democrat meant that the person would vote for a "yellow" or "blue dog" before ever voting for a republicker.

In that context alone, I quess I can now consider myself "a pile of dogshit" Democrat."

ROFLMAO!

[Bitwit1234]

29. Clinton where she is and you put OBAMA at the top...

What a joke.

[jgraz]

31. Hey, I put her above the dogshit

What can I say? Her appearance on David Letterman really moved me.

(And, btw, most people in the English-speaking world don't call the third slot "the top". Just an FYI)

[maximusveritas]

11. It's tough to distinguish between the Republicans

They all have the potential to be equally awful, though I dislike Thompson the most at this point.
Out of the Dems, my current ranking of those listed would be
1.Obama
2.Edwards
3.Clinton
4.Richardson
5.Biden

[illinoisprogressive]

12. Obama - the best.

then in order:
the democrats:

Edwards
Richardson
Biden
Dodd
the last 3 I really cannot rate as they fall about even with me. the above would all be good.

republicans:(which I won't vote for)
McCain
Giuliani
Clinton
Romney
Thompson
brownback

[Superman Returns]

13. woa

you'd vote for McCain and Guilaini over Clinton? Surely a mistake, right?

[plusfiftyfive]

15. I think that poster is SERIOUS!!

Hillary Clinton is NOT William J Clinton!

Somehow this is not getting through to people who support her. OR her gender overpowers every other consideration. This woman does NOT unite and lead America! She's not even looked at as favorably as her husband was when he was lying about sex!

[Superman Returns]

17. ok

but Guiliani a better President than Clinton? that's pushing it.

[plusfiftyfive]

27. I surely don't agree, but heck, this is that poster's opinion!

Giuliani and Clinton both had their opportunity on 9/11 to shine.

One did, the other .....well, let's just say her stories of what happened for HER that day, regarding her daughter, simply aren't credible!

"There is also the lie- well known to most- where Hillary claimed that her daughter Chelsea was in danger on September 11, claiming that her daughter went for a jog down to the towers themselves, and when the planes hit, she saw the buildings right there and was nearly in peril. Too bad again, since Chelsea totally debunked her mother's phony story in a magazine article. She was realy on the other side of the city, and was woken up with a phone call telling her to watch the news- and she never got anywhere near the towers, instead she was staring shocked at the tv screen most of the day."

http://www.thebluesite.com/archives/000527.html

[Colobo]

42. LOL!

[LWolf]

14. Here they are, grouped according to their position with me:

Dennis Kucinich



Edwards
Richardson
Gravel




Biden
Dodd



Clobama and the Republicans

[slick8790]

16. My choices

Edwards
Obama
Biden
Richardson
clinton
Romney
McCain
Thompson
Guiliani

[Superman Returns]

18. my list

Obama
Clinton
Biden
Richardson
Dodd
Edwards
McCain
Romney
Guilaini
Thompson
Brownback

[plusfiftyfive]

19. So why did you include Republicans?

Because you are basing this upon standing in polls, or are you rating Giuliani above Obama because you REALLY think he's better for America than Obama?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

21. I included them to rub people's noses in the fact that they have to vote Democrat

I wanted to force people who are saying "I won't vote for X" (usually Clinton, sometimes Obama or Edwards or one of the other candidates) from doing what post 14 is doing and saying "X is no better than the Republicans", and force them to come right out with the more obviously absurd "X is no better than Giuliani/Romney/McCain etc.

All sorts of things that look feasible in the abstract become absurd when you think about what they mean in the real world. Not helping the Democratic candidate win is one of them.

[Catchawave]

20. 1. Edwards

2. Rest of the Dem field, doesn't matter to me, all great people!

3. Huckabee...would be at the top of my GOP list :)

4. Rest of the GOP field can take a hike (bleagghh)

[SteveG]

22. my thoughts

Biden
Richardson
Clinton
Edwards
Obama

Any of the Democratic candidates would be better than any of the Republicans. Biden and Richardson have the most experience in foreign policy and for that reason I place them above the rest of the Democratic candidates.

McCain
Romney
Thompson
Giuliani
Brownback

[SaveElmer]

24. Well...I wouldn't be supporting Hillary if I didn't think she would be the best President...so

Hillary
Biden
Richardson
Obama
Edwards
Brownback, Guiliani, McCain, Romney, Thompson (I think they would all suck equally!!!)

[LBJDemocrat]

25. My ranking (First: Edwards; Last: Thompson)

Edwards
Biden
Richardson
Obama
Clinton
Giuliani
Romney
McCain




Thompson.

Thompson is in a league of his own. He's like a copy of Bush, with absolutely no principles.

Like catchawave, I think the least worst Republican is Huckabee. I think so simply because he's a fair trader.

[Bitwit1234]

28. OK

Edwards
Clinton
Biden
Obama

[jgraz]

32. Hey, you put Biden at the top!!

:P

[TwilightGardener]

33. Obama, Ewdards and Clinton at the top, Giuliani, Huckabee and Thompson at the

very very bottom. Those three make me puke.

edit to add: If Bloomberg or Hagel ran, they'd be right behind the big Dem three--I actually think they'd make pretty good Presidents.

[jumptheshadow]

34. Edwards

Anybody else would be a disappointment.

Any of the Republicans would be a disaster but Giuliani would be the worst possibility and the person most likely to push us into a police state.

[Colobo]

43. Obama's presidency will make you proud. You'll see.

[Adelante]

35. .

Obama
Clinton
Dodd
Richardson
Biden
Kucinich

Nobody else in the field.

[Release The Hounds]

36. .

Obama
Edwards
Biden
Richardson
Clinton
Giuliani
McCain
Thompson
Brownback
Romney

[NastyRiffraff]

37. Here's mine...

And no, I won't vote for a Republican!

Edwards
Obama
Clinton
Biden
Richardson

Brownback, Giuliani, McCain, Romney, Thompson...all would be nightmares.

[onewholaughsatfools]

38. sorry none of the above

what the hell is this, you put up idiots and ask an intelligent person to respond as if that is only the ones available to be elected. forgive me but this is simply bullshit.........

[Donald Ian Rankin]

50. The next president of the US will be one of those ten people.

With a probability well above 95%, and that's a cautious estimate.

Actually, it's probably possible to narrow it down to about 8 or fewer of those - none of the Democrats except Clinton, Obama and Edwards has a realistic chance.

They are not the only ones available to vote for, of course, but they *are* the only ones available to be elected.

[Apollo11]

52. My answer to that :

"PAGING AL GORE !!"

:kick:

[Irreverend IX]

40. Ranking:

Richardson
Edwards
Biden
Obama
(Any Democrat but...)
Clinton
(Run of the mill Republicans)
McCain
Giuliani

Kind of hard to decide whether McCain or Giuliani would be worse. McCain's pretty much blown all his fuses, and I suspect he would just shuffle from photo op to photo op let the neocons take the driver's seat in his presidency. Giuliani is a thug and would probably dismantle what few Constitutional protections we have left shortly after taking office.

[Colobo]

Dupe!

[Colobo]

41. My Rankings

1) Obama
2) Edwards
3) Richardson
4) Clinton
5) Biden
6) McCain
7) Romney
8) Brownback
9) Thompson
10) Giuliani

[Midwestern Democrat]

44. As I see it:

1) Edwards
2) Obama
3) Richardson
4) Biden
5) Clinton

I would never vote for any of these men, but can rank them from least offensive to most offensive:

6) McCain
7) Romney
8) Giuliani
9) Thompson
10)Brownback

[demommom]

45. kick

[1932]

49. Edwards........Obama...... ................... ...................... ......the other dems.... .....

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[Apollo11]

51. Al Gore then Wes Clark

From the names on your list I would say John Edwards.

I like Obama for the VP slot in 2008, then Prez in 2016.

But an Edwards-Obama ticket looks unlikely at this point.

:kick:

[texanshatingbush]

53. I think Hil & Obama would lose it for the Dems....

Maybe it's just because I live in a red state, but I am constantly aghast at the number of "informed" and "smart" people I know who foam at the mouth when Hil is mentioned. I think the Democratic Party would find yet another way to lose if they nominated her as our candidate.

Alas, in my red state, there are vast numbers of citizens who, foaming at the mouth all the way to the polls, would NOT vote for either Hillary Clinton or for a black man for president. In fact, I expect to see a lot of crossover voting at primary time, with Publicans voting in the Dem primaries just to ensure that either Hil or Obama win Dem primary elections, thereby ensuring Dem candidate defeat in November.

Crossover voting is how we wound up with Joe Liberman, remember?

Altho' he's put his foot in his mouth a number of times, I think Biden has the background to be the best President. I also like Edwards because he understands the "two Americas" and relates well to people.

[cd3dem]

57. well the dems asked for Reagan b/c they didn't think he could win...

so to those of you who believe this nonsense... bring Hillary on!!!!!

I think they are afaid of her!!!!

[Jesse Hemingway]

54. Not a valid list missing the only real leader

1.) Dennis Kucinich
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)
7.)
8.)
9.)
10.)
11.)
12.)
13.)
14.)
15.)
16.)
17.)
19.)
20.) John Edwards
21.)

[jillan]

55. Obviously

1 - Biden
2 - Dodd
3 - Clinton
4 - Edwards


The worst would be Guliani.
I think he would be worse than bsh....

[demommom]

56. kick

[sendero]

58. Ok....

Edwards
Obama
Biden
Richardson
Clinton
McCain
Romney
Thompson
Brownback

[seasat]

59. I'll throw mine in FWIW

Richardson
Obama
Clinton
Biden
Edwards

Next which Repugs are least insane

McCain
Romney
Thompson
Giuliani
Brownback

[Netbeavis]

60. here is goes....

From worse to best. This is about performance and not political views or ideology.

Thompson (lazy, mails it in)
Guiliani (egomaniac)
McCain (old & spent)
Romney (everything about him changes in the breeze minus his hair)
Obama (Tired of the cheerleader routine, he hasn't given me anything to rank him higher)
Brownback (competent)
Biden (competent)
Edwards (coin flip between Edwards & Clinton being #2 & #3)
Clinton
Richardson (seasoned veteran on both domestic and international affairs)


The gap between the first few is really small, but once you hit Romney, the gaps get bigger than Guiliani's make-up kit.

[saltpoint]

61. This is a really hard question. For the Republicans on the list, I'd

say Brownback would be the best executive (if an ideologicaly repulsive one); and after that there's a sharp dropoff in the elemental skills for excutives. McCain's a hothead -- very volatile. Romney's a vampire, a creep, a throwback, a cross between a Norman Rockwell figure and a David Lynch character. Giuliani's a thug.

So for the Pukes, I'll go with Brownback as the best of a horrible field, and everyone else even worse.

For Dems, I think Edwards, Biden and Obama would be the most inspired officials in the job, with Dodd next, then Richardson, then Sen. Clinton, then Kucinich, then Gravel. This is strictly on executive temperament and not an ideological alignment or ordering.

The order for me is different when you use Issues as the criteria, or inclination toward progress judicial appointments, or command of language, etc.

[bklyncowgirl]

62. How good a president--not "can they win" or "do I like t hem" Richardson, Biden, Obama, Edwards

Richardson has the foreign policy experience and has been an effective and innovative governor.

Biden has forgotten more about foreign policy than most of these other guys have ever learned. This of course did not stop him from voting for the Iraq war. I also don't care for his pushing for the bankruptcy bill so I' don't care much for him but I think he could be effective.

Obama seems a great guy and is charismatic as all hell, but the question is can he manage things and make things happen. I actually like the way he's run his campaign--it bodes well for him, but I'd like to see a bit of experience in his past.

Clinton would be an effective candidate but I don't know about her management skills. She did not do a great job on health care.

Edwards, nice guy but I don't see where he's demonstrated management skills on a large scale.

As for the Republicans:

Romney--this man would sell his own mother to a Chinese slave labor camp if it would get him votes but he was a semi-successful governor of Massachusetts and may be a decent manager--at least he says he is.

McCain--Even if he gets elected, McCain has managed to alienate both Republicans and Democrats alike. This old warhorse is ready to be hauled off to the glue factory. On the plus side he does know foreign policy--at least from a hawkish right winger perspective.

Thompson--no longer running but probably a step above Brownback and anybody is better than Giuliani--a man who would alienate everyone in sight within a few short months.

[ProudDad]

63. ???

Kucinich




<the also rans>

[ariesgem]

64. Obama

Edwards
Clinton
Richardson
Biden
Romney
Thompson
Brownback
McCain
Giuliani

[XemaSab]

65. It's easy to confuse liking someone

with thinking they would make a good president.

I think of those choices Obama would be the best president, followed by Richardson. But I still have an open mind about it. :D