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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx</link><description>The Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary are barely three years away, so for your year-end enjoyment I am going to give you my rankings of the Top 25 Most Likely 2012 Republican Presidential Nominees. Mind you, there are big question marks clouding</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)</generator><item><title>Republicans Leaning Rightward</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#575249</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:16:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:575249</guid><dc:creator>Talking Politics</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The latest in my ongoing observations about the national GOP&amp;amp;#39;s continuing descent into irrelevance&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=575249" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>GOP 2012 Pres. Rankings, Updated 9/1!</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#561942</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:47:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:561942</guid><dc:creator>Talking Politics</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It’s time for my two-month update on the 2012 GOP Presidential contenders, but it’s been a quiet period&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=561942" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>GOP 2012 Pres. Rankings -- Updated!</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#557426</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:43:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:557426</guid><dc:creator>Talking Politics</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;amp;#39;s time to reveal the new rankings of the 25 most likely 2012 Republican Presidential nominees&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=557426" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>GOP 2012 Pres. Rankings, Updated 6/30!</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#556060</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:55:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:556060</guid><dc:creator>Talking Politics</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;At this early stage in the 2012 Presidential election cycle, I am updating my rankings every two months&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=556060" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Top 25 For 2012 GOP Nod, Updated!</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#555556</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:19:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:555556</guid><dc:creator>Talking Politics</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Mitt Romney is still the man, at least among the mostly young, mostly rabid conservatives at CPAC; he&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=555556" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#484776</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:31:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:484776</guid><dc:creator>charles</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Well I'm taking your changing your number one no doubt. Well although I think Mitt Romney was a great governor and I like his healthcare plan. I don't want him simple, because he raised taxes as governor and he flip flops on certain issues. Palin I think she's down for 2012 maybe 2020, but yet I don't think she'll run for anything ever again. Why? Because do you realize how much money she could make as a private citizen. She has large family if she writes a couple of books her family is set for life. I'm positive Huckabee will run so maybe Palin will take his show on Fox. I like Jindal,Hutchinson, and Gingrich, but I won't vote for them in the primaries unless they support a Fair Tax. Ron Paul I like almost every idea he has, but he'll be way to old to run and he's a little nuts. So I'm actually leaning more towards Gary Johnson former Governor of New Mexico. He's run his own business before, great governor, and he's got kind of a style that Ron Paul didn't have. So overall I think we need a women on the 2012 ticket. I'm definatly going republican in 2012 and I'll be willing to vote for Huckabee,Paul,Perry,Johnson, and maybe Rudy in 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=484776" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#473788</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:15:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:473788</guid><dc:creator>reaganw</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Huckabee/Palin 2012!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=473788" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#259657</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:13:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:259657</guid><dc:creator>Isaac Grove</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Someone who's a true fiscal conservative, and someone who is for heaven's sakes a social liberal. I can't tolerate the Neocons and fundamentalists like the ones who believe in the &amp;quot;sanctity&amp;quot; of marriage, and the &amp;quot;privelege&amp;quot; of life. We aren't a Theocracy. We're a Republic. Which means that one's rights are defended by the law and the law rules over the people and the government. Get the &amp;quot;majortiy rules&amp;quot; and democracy idea out of your heads. Less government means less government. It means that government can't tell you who you can and cannot marry, and it can't tell you whether you can or can't have an abortion. Pro-capitalism, pro-choice, pro-gay, pro-Amtrak, pro-gun, pro-separation of church-state, anti-corporatocracy... those are a few characteristics I would like to see in a candidate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=259657" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#258393</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:20:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:258393</guid><dc:creator>Mark in Ohio</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;John Boehner. &amp;nbsp;He can stick it to the Dems like no other!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=258393" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#234655</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:23:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:234655</guid><dc:creator>Evan from Maine</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Mitt Romney in 2012!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=234655" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#225133</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:51:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:225133</guid><dc:creator>max</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;i think john chambers or meg whitman would fill that final spot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if whitman becomes gov. of california, watch how fast she flies up these lists.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=225133" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#219683</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:219683</guid><dc:creator>Janice Maston</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Are you kidding me. &amp;nbsp;The man who is willing to turn down federal funds for the unemployed is about to become our next President. Sorry, that would never happen. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=219683" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#219611</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:06:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:219611</guid><dc:creator>Brett</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The clear winner didn't even make your list. &amp;nbsp;Ron Paul will run for president, and we will not let the media ignore him this time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=219611" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#218989</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:02:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:218989</guid><dc:creator>Dan Kennedy</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What was it that proved Mark Sanford's sanity for you, David? Was it when he finally agreed with the S.C. legislature — even the Republicans — that he should ask the federal government to replenish the state's depleted unemployment fund? Or was it when one of the two piglets he brought on a visit to the House chamber promptly took a dump on the carpet?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://tinyurl.com/8jqgjo"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/8jqgjo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I will confess that I didn't know a thing about him until yesterday, but I'm not impressed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=218989" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Rankings: Top 25 For GOP 2012</title><link>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2008/12/31/rankings-top-25-for-gop-2012.aspx#218657</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:27:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:218657</guid><dc:creator>James</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;All I have to say is, it's early but.....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Romney/Jindal for 2012!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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