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Once again, our buddy John Hawkins of RightWingNews and the Conservative Grapevine has taken the temperature of the right side of the Blogosphere (or, the "Rightosphere", as John calls it). For this special GOP primary edition, John reached out to more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 8 questions about the leading 2008 candidates…
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Which candidate would you most like to see as the nominee?
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Which candidate do you think is most likely to capture the GOP nomination?
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Which of the candidates do you believe is the most conservative?
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Who do you believe would be the MOST electable candidate in 2008?
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Who do you believe would be the LEAST electable candidate in 2008?
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Which candidate do you trust the most to be tough on illegal immigration?
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Which candidate do you trust the most to be fiscally conservative?
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Which candidate do you trust the most on foreign policy issues?
Unlike his past temperature checks, this time John gave us a list of the top 5 candidates to choose from to answer each of the above questions:
A) Fred Thompson
B) John McCain
C) Mike Huckabee
D) Mitt Romney
E) Rudy Giuliani
When looking over the results, the one thing that is rather striking, given the conservative nature of the bloggers participating, is how poorly Mike Huckabee fared. Beyond that, Fred Thompson did quite well, as did Rudy Giuliani. While there is little surprise that Fred would do well in a poll of conservative denizens of the online community, Rudy Giuliani’s continued strength within this group is notable as well. Click here to view the results and the full list of participating Blogs.