... but the third candidate was *just right*

[rone]

I like SelectSmart because it takes the guesswork out of choosing the lesser evil.  Or something.

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate  (100%)
2. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended)  (82%)
3. Dennis Kucinich  (77%)
4. Barack Obama  (75%)
5. Joseph Biden  (72%)
6. Hillary Clinton  (70%)
7. John Edwards  (67%)
8. Mike Gravel  (67%)
9. Al Gore (not announced)  (66%)
10. Bill Richardson  (66%)
11. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton)  (64%)
12. Christopher Dodd  (62%)
13. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended)  (56%)
14. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run)  (54%)
15. Ron Paul  (54%)
16. Elaine Brown  (40%)
17. Mike Huckabee  (36%)
18. Alan Keyes  (28%)
19. John McCain  (23%)
20. Chuck Hagel (not running)  (21%)
21. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run)  (21%)
22. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani)  (20%)
23. Tom Tancredo  (20%)
24. Mitt Romney  (19%)
25. Rudolph Giuliani  (18%)
26. Duncan Hunter  (18%)
27. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)  (17%)
28. Fred Thompson  (16%)
29. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain)  (15%)
30. Stephen Colbert (campaign ended)  (10%)

Comments

[wisn.livejournal.com]

Kucinich crops up near the top of a lot of people's lists. Either most of America are lefty liberal lunatic whackjobs, or he's not actually far off the beam and our political structure is being propped up by major media working on behalf of rightwing ideologues. Or something.

I don't think he'd be a good president even if he is politically aligned with my interests. He flusters easily once he's in an executive chair, and for a career as long as his it's strikingly short on positive accomplishments. It has nothing to do with his veganism or fondness for new-agey twaddle.

[frosch.livejournal.com]

that's sort of my point. We're pretty much all agreed that Kucinich is the candidate who's best looking out for our interests, but nobody will consider voting for the man, because we all know he doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning, because he's so weird.

I haven't followed his career closely. I do have a Kucinich bumper sticker at home, but I haven't put it on the car yet.

I have to admit that I'm not impressed with the current crop of candidates. If Gore doesn't get in I may cross over in the primary and vote for McCain or even Romney in hopes we won't get an absolute nutjob like Giuliani running against Hillary.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

He was the mayor of Cleveland while I lived in northern PA, and later when I lived in Ohio he was the Cuyahoga Cty rep in state senate. Kucinich was pretty good at handling local press but could never manage national newspeople well.

I don't think he's particularly weird. Neither in comparison with people I know personally nor our apparently-more-respectable national leaders, who seem to derive endless enjoyment from driving brush hogs, anoint themselves with oil whenever they're promoted in office, or take their miscarried fetuses home to show the kids.