Presidential Power Rankings # 29

July 18, 2007

Democrats:

1. Hillary Clinton (1)
2. Barack Obama (2)
3. John Edwards (3)
4. Bill Richardson (4)
5. Al Gore (5)
6. Joe Biden (6)
7. Chris Dodd (7)
8. Dennis Kucinich (8)
9. Mike Gravel (9)
10. Wesley Clark (10)

No changes again this week. A new poll now places Bill Richardson ahead of John Edwards in NH, but based on Edwards' current position in Iowa, he stays in place.

Republicans:

1. Mitt Romney (1)
2. Fred Thompson (2)
3. Rudy Giuliani (3)
4. John McCain (4)
5. Mike Huckabee (5)
6. Newt Gingrich (6)
7. Sam Brownback (7)
8. Tommy Thompson (8)
9. Tom Tancredo (10)
10. Ron Paul (new)

The changes come way in the back of the pack. Based on Ron Paul's fundraising ability and his cadre of true believers, I feel it is appropriate to move him up to number 10, and Ton Tancredo, who also has a bit of a niche following up to number 9. Being dropped from the rankings are Duncan Hunter, who really impresses people in debates, but since there has not been one for a while, he has not been able to get any traction. Also, Jim Gilmore was the first Republican to end his campaign, and unfortunately for him, he did so while out of the top ten on this blog.