Senator Chris Dodd thinks he is running for president. After all, he knows how much more intelligent and senior he is than his fellow Democratic senators who seem to run for president in platoons.
Dodd is doing a bang-up job in the Chatter Rankings, but not so much in the polls, where he is at the bottom of the second tier. So do those 3,394 stories - more than anyone not in one party's top three - report? Well, one makes sense: Dodd places dead last among contenders. Dodd is going to debate Bill Richardson in Spanish. In Miami. In a bathing suit. While juggling. Knives. Blindfolded. He's also crying foul at the debate format for giving viewers too much Obama and Hillary and Blitzer and too little Dodd.
Can anyone think of a reason to pay any more attention to Dodd? And if not, why is the media paying so much attention to him?
The monthly prediction...
Jun '07: Clinton & Warner over McCain & Romney
May '07: Clinton & Warner over McCain & Romney
Apr '07: Clinton & Warner over McCain & Giuliani
Mar '07: Clinton & Obama over McCain & Giuliani
Feb '07: Clinton & Obama over McCain & Giuliani
Jan '07: Clinton & Obama over McCain & Giuliani
Dec '06: Clinton & Obama over McCain & Giuliani
Nov '06: McCain & Giuliani over Clinton & Warner
Oct '06: McCain & Giuliani over Clinton & Warner
Sep '06: McCain & Giuliani over Clinton & Warner
Aug '06: McCain & Giuliani over Clinton & Warner
Jul '06: Clinton & Warner over Allen & Romney
Jun '06: Clinton & Warner over Allen & Romney
May '06: Clinton & Warner over Allen & Romney
Apr '06: Clinton & Warner over Allen & Romney
Mar '06: Clinton & Warner over Allen & Rice
Feb '06: Clinton & Warner over Allen & Rice
| Rank | Candidate | Chatter | Rank Change |
| R.1 | Sen. John McCain | 4,867 | 0 |
| R.2 | Rudy Giuliani | 4,455 | 0 |
| R.3 | Gov. Mitt Romney | 4,205 | 0 |
| R.4 | Fred Thompson | 2,388 | 0 |
| R.5 | Newt Gingrich | 1,223 | +1 |
| R.6 | Gov. Mike Huckabee | 1,119 | -1 |
| R.7 | Ron Paul | 1,103 | +1 |
| R.8 | Sen. Sam Brownback | 796 | -1 |
| R.9 | Secy. Condoleezza Rice | 750 | +2 |
| R.10 | Rep. Tom Tancredo | 676 | +2 |
| R.11 | Rep. Duncan Hunter | 619 | -2 |
| R.12 | Jim Gilmore | 422 | +1 |
| R.13 | Tommy Thompson | 414 | -3 |
| R.14 | Sen. Chuck Hagel | 187 | 0 |
| ............... | ............................................... | ....................... | ............... |
| D.1 | Sen. Hillary Clinton | 7,526 | 0 |
| D.2 | Sen. Barack Obama | 6,022 | 0 |
| D.3 | Sen. John Edwards | 4,641 | 0 |
| D.4 | Sen. Christopher Dodd | 3,394 | 0 |
| D.5 | Sen. Joseph Biden | 2,352 | 0 |
| D.6 | Gov. Bill Richardson | 2,236 | 0 |
| D.7 | Al Gore | 1,509 | +2 |
| D.8 | Sen. John Kerry | 1,486 | 0 |
| D.9 | Rep. Dennis Kucinich | 1,450 | +2 |
| D.10 | Sen. Russ Feingold | 1,226 | -3 |
| D.11 | Mike Gravel | 826 | +1 |
| D.12 | Howard Dean | 527 | -2 |
| D.13 | Gov. Mark Warner | 352 | 0 |
| D.14 | Wesley Clark | 155 | 0 |
Notes: The Chatter Rankings are created by searching each candidate's name plus "2008" in the Google News database. This month tested but not qualifying is Al Sharpton (73) and Jeb Bush (99). Non-contenders are kept on the rolls as Vice-Presidential possibilities (e.g. Rice) and benchmarks (e.g. Dean).
See recent graphs of the Chatter Rankings plus Chatter Rankings from May, April, March, February, January, December 2006, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, December 2005, August, July, June, and May.
6 comments:
did you know nigel is working for Dodd in NH?
Wow. Well if he'd like to write a guest piece on behalf of his boss, I'd be willing to publish it.
- Chops
Fred Thompson is a neocon globalist not unlike McCain.
Although Fred Thompson is tougher than McCain and Giuliani on border enforcement, which isn't saying much seeing how they line up with Barack Obama, he had a rather lackluster record on immigration while in the Senate. As one commentator notes: "Overall, Americans for Better Immigration gives [Thompson] a career grade of C; on chain migration, C; visa lottery, C-; reducing unnecessary visas, F; on reducing asylum fraud, C-; on reducing amnesties, D; and on interior enforcement, C+. Although he was tough on border control, he was lacking in almost every other area."
Fred Thompson also supports affirmative action, and ideologically worships free trade, regardless how much it harms America. Historically, conservatives have opposed free trade, but Thompson, like others, has been "neoconned" into backing it.
He furthermore is a "fellow" at the American Enterprise Institute, one of the largest (and most sinister) neocon think-tanks, which demonstrates where his true loyalty lies. If you did not receive the Burkean memo, the transformation of the Middle East to liberal democracy is Jacobin, not conservative. There is not a single thing conservative about the membership of AEI. They are neocon / neoliberal globalists.
Why are neoncons backing Thompson? Ideally, being ex-Trotskyites themselves, neocons would prefer a liberal candidate, like McCain, Giuliani or Romney. But they see that conservatives deplore these candidates, and now are going to try to peddle Fred Thompson, who is just socially conservative enough and just tough enough on the borders, even if it is feigned, to woo naive GOP voters. But let's hope this nefarious neocon plot fails.
Let's pray that the more real conservatives learn about Fred Thompson, the more unacceptable he will appear. Use your BRAIN America, and not fall for sharply dressed, full set of 'sexy' hair (Romney/Edwards), nor for someone who 'Acts' on TV.
A Dean of a College I know was touting a large RUDY sign. I asked him why Rudy, and he said, "Because he's from MY state...I gotta support the home team!". This guy has a MASTERS DEGREE and TEACHES! He has no friggin clue. I encourage all of you to not vote on 'popularity' but rather on who is the best candidate for the job. Fred Thompson will KEEP US IN IRAQ FOR A LONG LONG TIME according to his Fox News interview. Please research for yourselves America. It should make you puke if you truely knew who some of these people are.
Ron Paul is the only REAL candidate for '08.
Excuse me, is this your aluminum foil hat on the ground?
Any candidate who opposes free trade is even dumber than your alleged Dean with only a Master's degree. The last time America had strong protectionist policies we called it the "Great Depression". Nuf ced?
Can I get a renewed explanation on how the VP works in the chatter rankings? Shouldn't it be Obama and Giuliani as VP not Warner and Romney?
ali baba
Yeah, the predictions are just my predictions. They are informed but not determined by the chatter rankings.
Obama could not now be Hillary's VP - the two have traded too much vitriol. Likewise, Rudy is not the type to be willing to play second fiddle.
Some people I gather chatter for (Warner, Rice, and Clark for sure) are only VP possibilities. That's why I tested Jeb Bush (a distinct VP possibility) this month to see if anybody was bringing him up yet.
Ticket building is an art, not a science, and a VP prediction is usually worthless, because often no-names like Cheney are fingered. But I make the prediction anyway.
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