Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list 1-5 of the candidates that they would most like to take the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and the 1-5 candidates they'd least like to see as the Republican nominee in 2008. Representatives from the following 50 blogs responded...

Absinthe & Cookies, Annika's Journal, Professor Bainbridge, La Shawn Barber, The Belgravia Dispatch, Bit's Blog, Capitalist Lion, Chrenkoff, Confederate Yankee, DANEgerus Weblog, Dissecting Leftism, Dodgeblogium, Ed Driscoll, Flynn Files, The Fourth Rail, Fraters Libertas, Guardian Watchblog, Heretical Ideas, In The Agora, INDC Journal, Joyful Christian, Kitty Litter, Lex Libertas, Michelle Malkin, Multiple Mentality, Musings, North Georgia Dogma, Occam's Toothbrush, Patio Pundit, Peaktalk, Damian Penny, PoliPundit, Porphyrogenitus, PrestoPundit, Red-State, Jay Reding, Relapsed Catholic, Right Thinking Girl, Right Wing News, Sister Toldjah, Slant Point, Slobokan's Site Of Schtuff, Stark Truth, TS Right Dominion, Villainous Company, Viking Pundit, Vox Popoli, Winds Of Change, YoungPundit, Zero Base Thinking

All participating bloggers were provided with the following list of potential candidates although they were also allowed to select nominees who were not listed...

George Allen: (Senator, Virginia)
Sam Brownback: (Senator, Kansas)
Jeb Bush: (Governor of Florida)
Dick Cheney: (VP, Wyoming)
Bob Ehrlich: (Governor of Maryland)
Ernie Fletcher: (Governor of Kentucky)
Bill Frist: (Senate Majority Leader, Tennessee)
Newt Gingrich: (Former Speaker of the House, Georgia)
Rudy Giuliani: (Former NYC mayor)
Chuck Hagel: (Senator, Nebraska)
John McCain: (Senator, Arizona)
Bill Owens: (Governor of Colorado)
George Pataki: (Governor of New York)
Tim Pawlenty: (Governor, Minnesota)
Condoleeza Rice: (Soon to be Secretary of State, California)
Tom Ridge: (Former Homeland Security Advisor, Former Pennsylvania Governor)
Mitt Romney: (Massachusetts Governor)
Mark Sanford: (South Carolina Governor)
Rick Santorum: (Senator, Pennsylvania)
Tom Tancredo: (Congressman, Colorado)

As I mentioned earlier, the blogger's were allowed to make 1-5 ranked selections. Those selections were weighted as follows...

1) Worth 2 points
2 or 3) Worth 1.5 points
4 or 5) Worth 1 point

So for example a candidate who received two first place votes (4 points), a third place vote (1.5 points), & and three fifth place votes (3 points), would receive a grand total of 8.5 points.

Also, keep in mind that the scoring cut-off to be included in the lists below was 5 points. If a candidate received less than that, his/her score was not listed.

Here are the selections that were made with the total number of points each candidate tallied following his/her name in parentheses...

Most Desired Nominee For 2008

18) Tim Pawlenty (5.0)
17) Tom Ridge (5.5)
16) Mark Sanford (6.0)
15) Arnold Schwarzenegger (6.5)
13) George Pataki (7.5)
13) George Allen (7.5)
12) Dick Cheney (8.0)
11) Rick Santorum (9.0)
10) Bill Owens (9.5)
9) Sam Brownback (12.0)
8) John McCain (13.0)
7) Mitt Romney (15.5)
6) Tom Tancredo (17.0)
5) Newt Gingrich (19.0)
4) Bill Frist (20.0)
3) Jeb Bush (31.0)
2) Rudy Giuliani (39.0)
1) Condoleeza Rice (61.5)

Least Desired Nominee For 2008

11) Tom Tancredo (5.0)
11) Mitt Romney (5.0)
10) Rudy Giuliani (14.0)
8) Bill Frist (16.0)
8) Tom Ridge (16.0)
7) Jeb Bush (17.5)
5) Rick Santorum (21.5)
5) Dick Cheney (21.5)
4) Chuck Hagel (29.0)
3) George Pataki (29.5)
1) Newt Gingrich (39.5)
1) John McCain (39.5)

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