[ronald_reagan]

In all honesty I placed him last because, I know very little about Ron Paul, basically just what I've seen during portions of the debates in which he did not receive much air time.

I've not listened to a lot of the Democratic debates, but the reason I placed Richardson in the no. 2 spot is because his stance on education got my attention when he said, he wanted higher wages for teachers, adding more math and sicence teachers and making college more affordable for everyone. Other candidates may have the same or similar plans, but Richardson is the only one that I know of.

I wouldn't be a one issue voter if I were you though. I'm not saying that you are. But just because he supports education (which I oppose his plan STRONGLY)... doesn't mean that he's your guy.

This is a man who now acts like he's anti-big oil.. yet was on the board of directors for the largest refinery company in the united states, and was a major stockholder. He also was former Energy Secretary, which ONLY caters to big oil. He's part of the mainstream Washington Establishment..... he'll do nothing, no matter how much he talks about 'change'. He's backers are the big oil industry....... not windmills in Colorado.

On the other hand, I have to wonder what it is about Obama that you don't like? It seems to me that republicans would die to have a guy like him, with conservative views of course, on their side...... He's not scared to say what he means, and seems to be one of the few geniune candidates out there...... However I'd vote for Stalin before him.