Official Dearborn GOP Debate Rankings

The Republicans held a debate in Dearborn, Michigan on Tuesday. Listed are the official final results of their performance.

Winner - Mitt Romney
2. Ron Paul
3. John McCain
4. Fred Thompson
5. Rudy Giuliani
6. Mike Huckabee
7. Sam Brownback
8. Tom Tancredo
9. Duncan Hunter


Top Quotes of the debate...


Ron Paul -- On whether unions are good for America: "The right to unionize should be a basic right of any group. You should be able to organize. You should have no privileges, no special benefits legislated to benefit the unions, but you should never deny any working group to organize and negotiate for the best set of standards of working conditions."


Fred Thompson -- On how Republicans can win back confidence on the economy: "I think we need to tell the American people the truth. Congress' approval rating now is about 11 percent. I don't think anybody believes anything coming out of Washington anymore. I think we need to tell them the truth that our security is on the line, that our economy is on the line, the our prosperity is on the line. We're going to have to do some things differently."

Official top-tier presidential candidate list

Some candidates for president have achieved a level of campaigning success which nets them status as top-tier contenders. Here is the official list of top-tier contenders in no particular order...


Bill Richardson
John Edwards
Hillary Clinton
Rudy Giuliani
Mitt Romney
Fred Thompson
Barack Obama
Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee

The above presidential candidates have had enough success through fundraising, straw polls and combined media exposure to be readily considered as the top-tier of presidential candidates.

August 2008 Presidential Candidate Rankings

August 2008 Presidential Candidate Rankings

Democratic nominees
1. Hillary Clinton
2. Barack Obama
3. John Edwards
4. Bill Richardson
5. Chris Dodd


Republican nominees
1. Rudy Giuliani
2. Mitt Romney
3. Mike Huckabee
4. John McCain
5. Ron Paul
5a. Sam Brownback


Overall August rankings
1. Hillary Clinton
2. Barack Obama
3. Rudy Giuliani
4. John Edwards
5. Mitt Romney
6. Bill Richardson
7. Mike Huckabee
8. John McCain
9. Chris Dodd
10. Ron Paul
11. Sam Brownback

Rankings are compiled from a number of sources including but not limited to national media polls, fundraising, straw polls, internet searches and general coverage sought by voting public.