Decision 2008: Presidential Power Rankings Week #26: Romney and Clinton on top!

Its been awhile but here is your end of the week Rankings. Next week we will restart our candidate spotlight posting. GOP Debate postponed to July. Republicans:

1st: Mitt Romney (steady) Thompson is starting to have an effect on Romney's lead in Iowa and NH but new polls in California put him on top so in the race for delegates he is nearly tied with McCain. Romney is certainly a force to be reckoned with.

2nd Tied: Fred Thompson (rising) Thompson now has a consistant lead in South Carolina and adds Texas to his growing list of state leads. He now is either tied with McCain nationally and one Rasmussen Poll (which tends to be inaccurate) shows him leading nationally. Could this actor actually win?

2nd Tied: Rudy Giuliani (falling) Giuliani is now in trouble nationally. He has lost his leads in big states like NY and CA and is slipping to 3rd and 4th in key states. Still doing well fundraising and keeps his national lead.

4th: John McCain (falling sharply) McCain is at the lowest level of his campaign. He now is in 3rd or 4th in key states and slipping fast nationally. McCain needs a big pick up soon or he could reach the point of no return. I still feel McCain isn't dead and that is too early. He can rebound.

5th: Mike Huckabee (rising) Now tied with McCain in Iowa and close to double digit territory there. Can he make it to the Top tier?

Democrats

1st:Hillary Clinton (steady) Well this is her 26th top spot win this week. She now holds leads in even Iowa some polls suggest. Could Hillary surge so far to become uncatchable? I doubt it. Obama and Edwards still have a shot of a comeback but a small one.

2nd: Barack Obama (steady) The only things keeping him in the race is his fundraising and his national poll numbers, but both dont count for nothing when Iowa and NH are held. He needs a bounce in NH and Iowa. South Carolina is leaning his way though.

3rd: John Edwards (falling) Edwards is starting to lose his Iowa lead and he needs that lead to stay in the race. His national numbers are faltering too.

4th: Bill Richardson (steady) Richardson holds Biden off after poor debate performances. Impressive for his campaign.

5th: Joe Biden (steady) Just cant find that edge to surge into the top tier.