Xoff's Blog

Commentary on state politics by Bill Christofferson, who often uses Xofferson or Xoff to shorten his 14-letter last name.

Christofferson, a recovered journalist and ex-political reporter, has been a Democratic strategist and consultant for 20 years and is now retired. He lives in Milwaukee.
He is the author of a political biography, "The Man From Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Sen. Gaylord Nelson," published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Who's your ideal presidential candidate?

It's a far from perfect set of questions -- some are irrelevant and some too restrictive -- and you have to click through several ad screens at the end to get your results.

But it was intriguing enough, after reading about it on Babblemur's blog, to give it a shot. It's only a few minutes' investment at Select Smart.

I answered as straight as I could, with this outcome:

My results:


1. 
Theoretical Ideal Candidate   (100%)


2. 
Barack Obama   (92%)  Click here for info


3. 
Dennis Kucinich   (91%)  Click here for info


4. 
John Edwards   (83%)  Click here for info


5. 
Christopher Dodd   (81%)  Click here for info


6. 
Joseph Biden   (81%)  Click here for info


7. 
Wesley Clark   (80%)  Click here for info


8. 
Hillary Clinton   (80%)  Click here for info


9. 
Al Gore   (75%)  Click here for info


10. 
Alan Augustson   (71%)  Click here for info


11. 
Bill Richardson   (67%)  Click here for info


12. 
Mike Gravel   (65%)  Click here for info


13. 
Ron Paul   (46%)  Click here for info


14. 
Kent McManigal   (45%)  Click here for info


15. 
Elaine Brown   (42%)  Click here for info


16. 
Rudolph Giuliani   (36%)  Click here for info


17. 
John McCain   (29%)  Click here for info


18. 
Mike Huckabee   (27%)  Click here for info


19. 
Chuck Hagel   (23%)  Click here for info


20. 
Tommy Thompson   (22%)  Click here for info


21. 
Mitt Romney   (22%)  Click here for info


22. 
Sam Brownback   (19%)  Click here for info


23. 
Newt Gingrich   (17%)  Click here for info


24. 
Tom Tancredo   (16%)  Click here for info


25. 
Fred Thompson   (11%)  Click here for info


26. 
Duncan Hunter   (10%)  Click here for info


27. 
Jim Gilmore   (5%)  Click here for info

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