A leftist blog ranking of GOP presidential candidates I happen to like. Our guys are 1 &3

[sailingaway]

http://bangthebuckets.com/?p=202

He/She calls him/herself leftist leaning in any event, but the picks are in reverse order. You can read from the bottom up, if you prefer.

[tangent4ronpaul]

1. Congressman Ron Paul of Texas

I don’t know if I could ever vote for Ron Paul, but I like to listen to him talk, and I’m willing to give him a listen. Like Congresswoman Bachmann, a number of liberals have a tendency to dismiss Congressman Paul, but that is a dangerous approach, in my opinion. Even if I decide I could never vote for him, I think the Republican Party is kidding itself if they think they have a better candidate at this point in time. I honestly think the Democrats are fortunate that President Obama got to run against John McCain (no offense, Senator McCain) and not Ron Paul in 2008. I’m not sure the Republicans will let that opportunity pass them by a second time. Smaller government. Less entitlement. Less involvement overseas. Protecting our borders. A return to isolationism. It is not at all difficult for me to understand how such messages are going to play well as our nation approaches $14 Trillion in debt, and if the Democrats don’t see that, then they’re not paying attention. With Ron Paul in the top spot, the possibilities for a dream ticket get very interesting indeed. Son Rand stays in the Senate, where he becomes his father’s largest supporter. But who’s the VP? A Paul/Jindal ticket would play to some of the moderates and some of the minorities, as would a Paul/Rubio ticket. Both of those tickets would lock up the South. A Paul/Bachmann ticket might alienate some of the moderates, but the opposites could be electorally appealing — you have male/female as well as South/North (or South/Midwest, if you prefer). They would lose Illinois, but take Minnesota and Iowa and have a real chance in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. They would probably take Missouri and the Southwest . . . Again, I’m not sure I would vote for them, but they would make it very interesting. It can be difficult to unseat a sitting President, but it can be done, and Ron Paul is probably the best bet the Republicans have to do it.

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[trey4sports]

http://bangthebuckets.com/?p=202

He/She calls him/herself leftist leaning in any event, but the picks are in reverse order. You can read from the bottom up, if you prefer.

Meh decent picks. Called Non interventionism "isolationism" but overall not a bad blog post

[tangent4ronpaul]

3. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky

I had considered this as a bit of a dark horse candidate as well, until Senator Paul announced today that he would consider a run if his father Ron did not. He’s young, he speaks well, and the TEA Party loves him. Historically, only four of our 44 Presidents have come out of the U.S. Senate, but as the current President was one of those, that trend might be changing. At first glance, he may suffer from the same “newbie” status that I assigned to Scott Brown and Marco Rubio, but he possesses a strong conservative pedigree through his father that the other two lack. Kentucky is not a strong electoral state, but Senator Paul’s connections should help him carry much more than just Kentucky, and Kentucky is a bridge state between north and south, potentially putting the more lucrative prizes of Ohio and Indiana in play. It seems as though we’ll get one Paul or the other as a candidate in 2012, and neither of them can be discounted.

I'd vote for #2 if neither of our guys made it....

[acptulsa]

Some of us have been working very, very hard on trying to show certain of our direct opposites this appeal. Nice to see it working. Now, the average non-political moderate person gets the same assessment of honesty from the most liberal person they know and the most conservative.

We're finally getting through to them that if they don't want fascism, but want socialism, they had better not try to keep the corruption out at the federal level. They might or might not be ready to admit it, but quite a few of them are actually plenty smart enough.

And we're getting through.