Decision 2008: Presidential Power Rankings #21: McCain on top!

Republicans

1st: John McCain (rising) Polls have shown a huge recovery in polls for the senator and he is now at the front of the pack in our ratings alone for the first time in 7 months. McCain now trails Giuliani by only 2 points nationally leads in IA, NH and SC and probably won last week's debate. Great things have begun to happen for his campaign byt with hsi views on Iraq he could fall again in polls.

2nd: Rudolph Giuliani (falling) A huge loss last week and a 20-30 point dip in polls put Rudy in the #2 spot for the first time in along time. His stance on abortion has also been hurting him can he continue to campaign like this and win. Polls have shown he ahs taken a major hit. Will he recover?

3rd: Fred Thompson (steady) Thompson still remains in the double digits in polls and hasn't even campaigned yet. We could see him shake up the political field once he announces this summer.

4th: Mitt Romney (steady) New Polls show Romney leading in NH, UT, and MI! All of these are early primaries and he could surprise us all with these wins. Romney is also considered ot have won last week's debate.

5th: Newt Gingrich (steady) Gingrich has dropped from double digits, but he know looks like he could run especially we no clear presumptive nominee yet.

Democrats

1st: Hillary Clinton (steady) Hillary continues to fall. but she remains in the lead nationally and leads in most early states excpet for Iowa. She still has to be considered the leader of the pack, hwoever her funsraising loss and debate loss to Obama could hurt her.

2nd: Barack Obama (steady) Obama continues to remain strong but not strong enough to become the frontrunner. Obama doesn't lead in one key early contest and his national support remains behind Hillary 8%-15%. He still has a great fundraising base and celebrity status. His rockstar look ma thrust him into the lead.

3rd: John Edwards (steady) Edwards continues to lead in Iowa and closing in on Hillary and Obama in NH. Nationally his support his weak. but with wins in IA and NH he could surge support the other direction and into his favor.

4th: Joe Biden (steady) Biden finally surpassed Richardson 2 weeks ago after the debate and became the leader of the 2nd-tier. Biden howver he still recovering from his early mistakes.

5th: Bill Richardson (steady) Richardson continues to fall after his poor performance 2 weeks ago at the debate. Can he comeback?