CANDIDATE RATING (R)

Ratings of these Republican Presidential Candidates are Linden's and do not represent the results of any poll. Sequence is position, score out of an apportioned 100, candidate name, and comments.

Thanks to Julie, IL for suggesting, weeks ago, that the October ratings should be more comprehensive.

1. 32 Fred Thompson his positions on America first, immigration and
taxes make him Linden's clear favorite.

2. 15 Duncan Hunter his conservative background is considered good.

3. 14 Rudy Giuliani good problem resolution record.

4. 13 Mitt Romney any Republican who has won in Massachusetts is ok.

5. 8 Tom Tancredo somebody has to be rated 5th.

6. 7 John McCain his approach to campaign finance chilled Linden.

7. 6 Mike Huckabee speaks well.

8. 5 Ron Paul his large loyal following can not be all wrong.

It should be noted that all of the above and possibly a name chosen at random from a list of taxpayers may well be preferable to any of the announced candidates from the other side of the aisle.
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HOPE and PRAYER are not synonomous but are slightly related: In this vein, you should note that Linden hopes that the Republicans will field a candidate in the districts listed below. Shown in District, State and current officeholder sequence.

5 Alabama Cramer
7 Alabama Davis

20 California Costa
31 California Becerra
33 California Watson

2 Florida Boyd
3 Florida Brown
17 Florida Meek

Even if these Districts can reasonably be considered "lost causes," the affected taxpayers need to have a choice.
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