Seth Abramson's Look At 2008 Candidates

The 13 Democratic Contenders (with their likelihood of being the
nominee, as I see it, in parentheses; the lower the number, the more
likely he/she is to be the nominee):



Sen. Hillary Clinton [NY] (1)

Sen. Barack Obama [IL] (2)

Former Sen. John Edwards [NC] (3)

Sen. Evan Bayh [IN] (4)

Former Sen. and Vice President Al Gore [TN] (5)

Sen. Chris Dodd [CT] (6)

Sen. Russ Feingold [WI] (7)

Sen. John Kerry [MA] (8)

Sen. Joe Biden [DE] (9)

Gov. Bill Richardson [NM] (10)

Gen. Wesley Clark [AR] (11)

Former Sen. Tom Daschle [SD] (12)

Gov. Tom Vilsack [IA] (13)



(7 "red-staters").



The
13 Republican Contenders (with their likelihood of being the nominee,
as I see it, in parentheses; the lower the number, the more likely
he/she is to be the nominee):



Sen. John McCain [AZ] (1)

Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice [?] (2)

Sen. Chuck Hagel [NE] (3)

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani [NY] (4)

Former Gov. Mitt Romney [MA] (5)

Gov. Mike Huckabee [AR] (6)

Former Rep. Newt Gingrich [GA] (7)

Former. Gov. George Pataki [NY] (8)

Rep. Duncan Hunter [CA] (9)

Sen. Sam Brownback [KS] (10)

Rep. Tom Tancredo [CO] (11)

Former Sen. Bill Frist [TN] (12)

Former Sen. George Allen [VA] (13)



(8 "red-staters").



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