The Occasional Observer

Overall:

1. Mitt (best combination of pro-life, executive competence, electability)

2. Huck (trust solidly on social issues; life story consistent with his values; fair tax proponent; effective, likable campaigner)

3. Tank (from taxes, to trade, to immigration, to social issues, no one is more solid in their ideology; too bad so many think he's a nut with crazy eyes)

4. Brownback (trust completely on social issues, AWOL on immigration)

5. Rudy (best track record as an elected official in the field; however, pro-choice Republican impossible to support; anyone else not want to double down on Bush-doctrine foreign policy?)

6. Fred (seems to have his heart in the right place, but who knows, since he's not actually campaigning. Come back to me after he announces and actually has a platform. He still won't have a resume.)

7. Hunter (See my comments on Rudy re: Bush Doctrine; Dunc is great on life issues, trade issues, and inspires confidence that he could handle the crisis scenario)

8. McCain (2000 should've been his time)

9. Tommy (drop out now please before you make yourself look any worse)

10. Paul (glad someone is out there stirring the pot on foreign policy; tired of his "defender of the Constitution" mantra, like all the other candidates are waiting to enforce martial law)


Ideology:

1. Tom Tancredo
2. Mike Huckabee
3. Sam Brownback
4. Mitt Romney
5. Fred Thompson
6. Duncan Hunter
7. Tommy Thompson
8. Ron Paul
9. John McCain
10. Rudy Giuliani

Executive Competence/Temperament:

1. Mitt Romney
2. Rudy Giuliani
3. Tommy Thompson (w/ heavy deference to track record)
4. Mike Huckabee
5. John McCain
6. Duncan Hunter
7. Tom Tancredo
8. Sam Brownback
9. Fred Thompson
10. Ron Paul

Electability:

1. Rudy Giuliani
2. Fred Thompson
3. Mitt Romney
4. John McCain
5. Mike Huckabee
6. Sam Brownback
7. Duncan Hunter
8. Tom Tancredo
9. Tommy Thompson
10. Ron Paul

All rankings based on the FRGI (Fredo Round Gut Index), with apologies to Dick Vitale