Rate The Candidates

[ECW]

How would you rate the candidates of each party?

Copy off the following list of announced and unannounced candidates and then rate them from 10 (would surely vote for this person if they were the candidate of the party) to Zero (would never vote for this person if they were the candidate of the party). In the interests of bipartisanship, pick a candidate from the other party you would vote for if your party nominated the worst person.

Democrats
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
Christopher Dodd
Joe Biden
Al Sharpton
Al Gore
Bill Richardson
John Kerry
Wesley Clark
Dennis Kucinich
Tom Vilsack

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani
John McCain
Sam Brownback
Duncan Hunter
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
Chuck Hagel
George Pataki
Tommy Thompson
Jim Gilmore
Mike Huckabee
George Allen

[ECW]

Democrats
Barack Obama - 10
Hillary Clinton - 9
John Edwards - 10
Christopher Dodd -4
Joe Biden -2
Al Sharpton -0
Al Gore - 9
Bill Richardson - 6
John Kerry -3
Wesley Clark -8
Dennis Kucinich -7
Tom Vilsack -7

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani - 5
John McCain - 4
Sam Brownback - 3
Duncan Hunter - 2
Mitt Romney - 2
Newt Gingrich -0
Chuck Hagel - 7
George Pataki - 2
Tommy Thompson - 2
Jim Gilmore - 1
Mike Huckabee - 2
George Allen -0

[piratemonkey]

I mostly agree with ECW's ratings.

Democrats
Barack Obama - 10
Hillary Clinton - 7
John Edwards - 10
Christopher Dodd -5
Joe Biden -5
Al Sharpton -0
Al Gore - 7
Bill Richardson - 6
John Kerry -2
Wesley Clark -8
Dennis Kucinich -5
Tom Vilsack -5

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani - 5
John McCain - 2
Sam Brownback - 4
Duncan Hunter - 2
Mitt Romney - 2
Newt Gingrich -3
Chuck Hagel - 6
George Pataki - 2
Tommy Thompson - 2
Jim Gilmore - 1
Mike Huckabee - 2
George Allen - macaca

[NortheastCynic]

Democrats:
Hillary Clinton: 0 [if only we could use negative numbers]
Barrack Obama: 0 [if only we could use negative numbers]
John Edwards: 3
Christopher Dodd: 4
Joe Biden: 2
Al Sharpton: 0
Al Gore: 1
Bill Richardson: 4
John Kerry: 0
Wesley Clark: 2
Dennis Kucinich: 0
Tom Vilsak: 3

Republicans:
Rudy Giuliani: 8
Ron Paul: 10
Sam Brownback: 0
Duncan Hunter: 2
Mitt Romney 2
Newt Gingrich: 3
Chuck Hagel: 1
George Pataki: 0
Tommy Thompson: 0
Jim Gilmore: 0
Mike Huckabee: 0

-NC

[NortheastCynic]

Ohh, I forgot John McCain.

John McCain: 0

-NC

[Guitarmitch]

Democrats
Barack Obama - 5
Hillary Clinton - 0
John Edwards - 0
Christopher Dodd - 5
Joe Biden - 0
Al Sharpton - 3
Al Gore - 0
Bill Richardson - 6
John Kerry - 1
Wesley Clark - 5
Dennis Kucinich - 0
Tom Vilsack - 3

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani - 8
John McCain - 4
Sam Brownback - 4
Duncan Hunter - 2
Mitt Romney - 9
Newt Gingrich - 10
Chuck Hagel - 1
George Pataki - 2
Tommy Thompson - 1
Jim Gilmore - 1
Mike Huckabee - 5
George Allen - 6

[MAP2010.wireless]

Democrats
Barack Obama - 10
Hillary Clinton - 10
John Edwards - 10
Christopher Dodd -4
Joe Biden -2
Al Sharpton -0
Al Gore - 11
Bill Richardson - 6
John Kerry -(-10)
Wesley Clark -8
Dennis Kucinich -(-20)
Tom Vilsack -7

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani - 5
John McCain - 5
Sam Brownback - 5
Duncan Hunter - 5
Mitt Romney - 5
Newt Gingrich -5
Chuck Hagel - 5
George Pataki - 5
Tommy Thompson - 5
Jim Gilmore - 5
Mike Huckabee - 5
George Allen -5

[MAP2010.wireless]

Democrats
Barack Obama - 10
Hillary Clinton - 10
John Edwards - 10
Christopher Dodd -4
Joe Biden -2
Al Sharpton -0
Al Gore - 11
Bill Richardson - 6
John Kerry -(-10)
Wesley Clark -8
Dennis Kucinich -(-20)
Tom Vilsack -7

Republicans
Pendergraft -20
Rudy Giuliani - 5
John McCain - 5
Sam Brownback - 5
Duncan Hunter - 5
Mitt Romney - 5
Newt Gingrich -5
Chuck Hagel - 5
George Pataki - 5
Tommy Thompson - 5
Jim Gilmore - 5
Mike Huckabee - 5
George Allen -5

[Buck Laser]

Democrats
Barack Obama --10
Hillary Clinton --10
John Edwards --8
Christopher Dodd --4
Joe Biden --2
Al Sharpton --4
Al Gore --10
Bill Richardson --9
John Kerry --1
Wesley Clark --7
Dennis Kucinich --8
Tom Vilsack --4

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani --8
John McCain --2
Sam Brownback --1
Duncan Hunter --0
Mitt Romney --8
Newt Gingrich --0
Chuck Hagel --10
George Pataki --1
Tommy Thompson --1
Jim Gilmore --?
Mike Huckabee --1
George Allen --10:P
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[sbannon]

I think it only fair to add some minor qualifying remarks with some of my ratings:

Democrats
Barack Obama - 5 (too little really known about him yet)
Hillary Clinton - 6 (maybe too much is known about her already)
John Edwards - 9
Christopher Dodd - 0
Joe Biden - 0
Al Sharpton - 4
Al Gore - 10
Bill Richardson - 6
John Kerry - 0
Wesley Clark - 9
Dennis Kucinich - 5
Tom Vilsack - 2

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani - (-10) (the creep blamed the troops for one of the administration's planning failures in Iraq, that's all I needed on him)
John McCain - 0 (sell-out)
Sam Brownback - 4
Duncan Hunter - 4
Mitt Romney - 3
Newt Gingrich - 0 (too "revolutionary")
Chuck Hagel = 10
George Pataki - 6
Tommy Thompson - 0
Jim Gilmore - 0 (too inclined to legislate "favorable" behavior which ='s bigger government by expanding the government's role in individual's private lives)
Mike Huckabee - 0
George Allen - 0