MSNBC Rate The Candidate Results so Far

[MadBadger]

Candidate Before the Debate After the Debate
Positive Negative Positive Negative
Sam Brownback 10% 49% 11% 49%
Jim Gilmore 4% 49% 12% 45%
Rudy Guiliani 41% 34% 22% 45%
Mike Huckabee 14% 42% 21% 38%
Duncan Hunter 7% 47% 11% 46%
John McCain 31% 40% 21% 46%
Ron Paul 9% 47% 38% 32%
Mitt Romney 28% 41% 37% 35%
Tom Tancredo 10% 48% 12% 48%
Tommy Thompson 11% 46% 11% 48%


So analyzing this, the important things are that Guiliani dropped 19% in his positive points from before the debate to aftewards and gained 11 points in the negative column. John McCain lost 10% in the positive point section and gained 6 points in the negative column.

The winners were Mitt Romney who gained 9 points in the positive and cut 6 points from his negative ranking. Also Ron Paul gained a whopping 27 points in the positive and cut 15 points in his negative column. So according to the Rate the Candidates, Romney picked up ground, Ron Paul gained the most, and Guiliani and McCain did not do well at all. All the other candidates picked up marginally.

[Colobo]

1. Romney and Paul were the big winners

and Brownback is in line for VP.

[skipos]

2. I am hoping for a Mitt nomination. He'd be the easiest to beat. nt

[iamjoy]

5. Don't Be Too Sure

thousands of fresh faced Mormon youth to canvass for him...

[skipos]

7. Good. 24% of Americans say they wouldn't vote for a Mormon

http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=26611

Mitt wouldn't win MA. He has flip flopped on every position he has ever had. Of the realistic candidates, who would be easier to beat?

[Colobo]

11. Republicans will rally around him

They will "forgive" his Mormonism quite quickly.

[skipos]

14. Sure. But he has to win over more than just Republicans to win the g.e.

Who would be easier to beat (that actually has a chance of winning the nomination)?

[C_U_L8R]

3. The commentators seem to be avoiding Ron Paul

he definately turned heads

[southerncrone]

4. So the winner is Ron Paul by those stats.

He did come off as having the most sense & his responses did not seem "canned". The most genuine of all of these lying sacks of S**t!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. just announced at commercial...

Paul is in the lead! :rofl:

[southerncrone]

9. Chikaboom! Chickaboom! Don't ya just love it!

[bklyncowgirl]

8. Yeah, go Ron Paul! Ugh, Mittens is doing well. burt Rudy G. tanking badly.

I had a feeling they'd like Mittens. I get that sick feeling in my stomach that I get when I watch Bush.

[BlueStater]

10. I had a feeling Rudy would flop on the national stage

He isn't used to this sort of format at all.

[Colobo]

12. He did extremely poorly

which actually surprised me.

[The Count]

16. Didn't surprise me. His mouth is his worth enemy.

[bklyncowgirl]

13. Rudy knows one thing--how to play off ethnic politics in New York City.

He's also a great publicity hound. Aside from that he's the guy who thought Bernie Kerik was such a great police commissioner that he recommended him as head of Homeland Security. Actually, I was hoping for a Giuliani temper tantrum--talk about your unstable people with nuclear weapons!

[patrice]

15. My pet Libertarian is dancing on the couch! nm

[mod mom]

17. VOTE HERE:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436681/