In 2004, Kos didn't run a GOP Cattle Call. That wasn't because Democrats shouldn't care about handicapping Republican primaries; it was because Bush was unopposed. But this time around, we're excited to get our hands dirty evaluating the state of the Republican presidential campaign. And the fun thing about the GOP Cattle Call is that we're not going to be tainted nearly as much by personal preferences as we are in the Dem Cattle Call. We can be ruthlessly objective.
In the finest tradition of cattle calls, I'll be soliciting comments before ranking the candidates. As Kos used to write in his calls for comments, "my rankings will be based on where I think they would place if the elections started today, using a mix of poll results, CW, media attention, buzz, and other intangibles. You can rank however you want. [But] please use this thread to rank candidates and discuss why you ranked them as such, not talk up/down particular candidates." Not that I think we're in much danger of having Kossacks get in a heated debate over the relative merits of Huckabee and Romney.
Anyway, have at it. I'm interested to see what people think about the bad guys. My only request is that you stick to the basic premise of attempting to rank the candidates in the order of their current likelihood of becoming the GOP nominee. Have fun, and I'll post the Cattle Call tomorrow.
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