The Telegraph.co.uk recently released a list of the top 100 conservatives and liberals. Here are the Republican presidential candidates along with some other name of note that made the list.
The Candidates:
- #1 Rudy Giuliani
- #9 John McCain
- #10 Mitt Romney
- #11 Mike Huckabee
- #58 Fred Thompson
- #97 Ron Paul
Names of Note:
- #3 Matt Drudge (props to internet journalism)
- # 21 George Bush
- #26 James Dobson
- #47 Joe Liberman (also made #47 on the liberal list)
- #71 Chuck Norris
- #85 Clarence Thomas (why so low?)
Liberal Listings of note:
- #8 Arnold Schwarzenegger
- #23 Colin Powell
- #62 Jerome Armstrong (co host of the poplar DomeNation with our own David All)
Some thoughts:
- The liberal side had more actors and musicians than the conservative side
- Barack Obama, his wife and his media strategist all made the cut
- A lot of Bloggers made the cut on both sides of the proverbial aisle
- Quite a few news anchors are on each list
From all this I gather that in order to be influential one needs to... run for public office, be a news anchor, be an actor or become a blogging phenom :-)
Any thoughts on the top 100 lists?
UPDATE (David All):: Erick Erickson of Redstate deservedly pulled #69:
69. ERICK ERIKSON
BloggerERICK ERIKSON
Founder and CEO of the conservative website redstate.com who also blogs on his personal site erickerickson.org, entitled Confessions of a Political Junkie, and on Georgia politics at peachpundit.com. A Republican political consultant and self-described “recovering lawyerâ€.
At just 32, Erickson epitomises the new power of the internet. A small-government fiscal and social conservative based in the south, he taps into and influences the Republican “base†that the GOP’s 2008 candidates are courting. Only started blogging in 2003.
Congrats Erick.
