2008 Presidential Campaign Update #15

The Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary have come and gone -- and we still have 11 official entries in the race, seven Republicans and four Democrats, in the 2008 presidential sweepstakes.

The Republicans are Representative Duncan Hunter of California, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Senator John McCain, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson.

The Democrats are Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, former North Carolina Senator and 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards, New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Today, I also offer my updated presidential power ratings for both parties, in which I rank the candidates in order of their likelihood to receive their respective party's presidential nomination. At this point, all potential major candidates have either opted in or out. Therefore, only the official candidates will be included in the rankings for the rest of the way. Of course, these rankings will fluctuate with time, as the fortunes of the candidates change and some ultimately drop out. Here's my latest installment:

Democrats:

1. Hillary Clinton

2. Barack Obama

3. John Edwards

4. Dennis Kucinich

Republicans:

1. John McCain

2. Mike Huckabee

3. Mitt Romney

4. Rudy Giuliani

5. Fred Thompson

6. Ron Paul

7. Duncan Hunter

Stay tuned for regular updates, with the next one coming around the second week in February.

Comments

[Chad H]

Ron Paul at 6? more like 3 or 4, he's coming up.