Posted on 05/09/2008 10:58:45 AM PDT by LJayne
The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Bloggers
Right Wing News emailed more than 235 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be the most influential people on the right. Representatives from the following 54 blogs responded...
Aaron's CC, David All Group, All American Blogger, Atlas Shrugs, Baldilocks, The Baseball Crank, Betsy's Page, BitsBlog, BizzyBlog, Blonde Sagacity, Bookworm Room, Cassy Fiano, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Conservative Grapevine, Argghhhh!, Ed Driscoll, Election Projection, Cara Ellison, Eternity Road, Exurban League, Elocutio, Euphoric Reality, Fetching Jen, Five Feet Of Fury, Fraters Libertas, Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media, GayPatriot, Ghost of a Flea, (Doug) GraniteGrok, Guardian Watchblog, Hickpolitics, Freeman Hunt, Hick Politics, IMAO, Inside Larry's Head, Liberty Pundit, Mainstream Libertarian, Midnight Blue, Moonbattery, mountaineer musings, Newsbeat1, No Oil For Pacifists, Noisy Room, The Nose On Your Face (Potfry), The Nose On Your Face (Buckley), Pal2pal, Pirate's Cove, Professor Bainbridge, Don Singleton, Sister Toldjah, Solomonia, Stop The ACLU, Trying To Grok, Vox Popoli,
All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-12 unranked selections and were allowed to choose anybody on the right or generally perceived to be on the right that they liked: Republican, Conservative, Libertarian, politician, preacher, blogger, columnist, radio host, you name it!
Without further ado, here are their selections with the number of votes beside of each selection:
#25: Mark Levin: 6 #21) Hugh Hewitt: 7 #21) George Will: 7 #21) John Roberts: 7 #21) Ronald Reagan: 7 #20) Victor David Hanson: 8 #19) Antonin Scalia: 9 #18) John McCain: 10 #14) Glenn Beck: 11 #14) George W. Bush: 11 #14) Glenn Reynolds: 11 #14) Matt Drudge: 11 #13) Bill Kristol: 12 #10) Charles Krauthammer: 13 #10) Thomas Sowell: 13 #10) Laura Ingraham: 13 #9) Karl Rove: 14 #8) Jonah Goldberg: 15 #7) Bill O'Reilly: 17 #5) Newt Gingrich: 21 #5) Ann Coulter: 21 #3) Mark Steyn: 23 #3) Sean Hannity: 23 #2) Michelle Malkin: 24 #1) Rush Limbaugh: 49
There are about 12 conservatives in that list. Sheesh.
McLame, who was at one time jumping over to the RATS, is #18. Words fail...
No joke.
What’s also discouraging is that 4 of the top 5 are primarily “pop” politics.
25) Mark Levin: 6
21) Hugh Hewitt: 7
21) George Will: 7
21) John Roberts: 7
21) Ronald Reagan: 7
20) Victor David Hanson: 8
19) Antonin Scalia: 9
18) John McCain: 10
14) Glenn Beck: 11
14) George W. Bush: 11
14) Glenn Reynolds: 11
14) Matt Drudge: 11
13) Bill Kristol: 12
10) Charles Krauthammer: 13
10) Thomas Sowell: 13
10) Laura Ingraham: 13
9) Karl Rove: 14
8) Jonah Goldberg: 15
7) Bill O’Reilly: 17
5) Newt Gingrich: 21
5) Ann Coulter: 21
3) Mark Steyn: 23
3) Sean Hannity: 23
2) Michelle Malkin: 24
1) Rush Limbaugh: 49
McCain but no Michael Savage? Glenn Beck below Jonah Goldberg? What a stupid list.
At least the top 5 look about right.
I counted 13, but I get your idea. Sad.....
I think you are vastly overestimating the number of conservatives on the list. I count six to eight and one of them is dead.
Maybe Freerepublic should do a Poll.
Thanks rogue yam, that’s much better.
You’re welcome. I’m a data geek and I like it tabular.
Sean Hannity may be a little high, but oh well!
no Walter Williams?
Also, Reagan didn’t crack the top 20? Crappy poll.
“No Oil for Pacifists” has to be the best name on the list of blogs.
LOL. Michael Savage didn’t make the top 25! That should send him into an apoplectic fit for the next week or two. His freaking head will explode.
Numero Uno is in the right place. Just ask him!
And most of those follow the rules of political correctness.
Worse than the fact there are only about 12 conservatives on that list, only Michelle Malkin and Mark Levin have come into their own during this decade. Everyone else on the list has been around more than a decade, there is no fresh blood in list!
54 out of 235 responded. In your face, disgrace.
why didnt they ask the bloggers at grovernorquistisawesome.com?
Wheres Karl Rove??????
Influential maybe. Conservative? Bogus.
Huh. No Jim Robinson. If they only knew... ;-)
No WFB? Seems a little strange...
Except for Hannity. He doesn’t belong on that list.
I think Ronald Reagan making the list was pretty good considering he’s now gone into that big ranch in the sky.
Karl Rove is #9.
I’ve never heard of Jonah Goldberg. Apparently he’s popular with bloggers.
And apparently those bloggers have never heard of Barry Goldwater.
John McCain and Bill O’Reilly? Were these grade school bloggers?
I was being as lenient in my definition of conservative as I could stomach. Using the strict definition I would prefer, there are only 4 to 8, IMO.
He posts on The Corner.
He also recently wrote Liberal Fascism, which I heartily recommend.
He's there because of the new policy of mainstreaming 'special ed' students.
/sarc
More people listen to Michael Savage in one hour than visit the originating website in a month.
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You got that right.
What’s William F. Buckley, Jr., chopped liver?!
McCain ahead of Mark Levin? Pullezze.
Indeed. O’Reilly a CONSERVATIVE? And more influential than Krauthammer?
Yeah, and I’m the Czarina of all the Russias.
Nonsense. Savage is 100 times more conservative than Bush. He was the first to embrace the SwiftVets and have them on his program, and defend Sinclair, and without peer on the illegal alien issue. Don't believe the lies.
I’m the Empress of Massachusetts, and I can’t believe O’Reilly is even on the list.
...can I be your lady in waiting?
Good grief what an absurd list.
If they get to have dead people (Reagan) on the list..where’s Edmund Burke? William F Buckley? Barry Goldwater?
Bill Kristol? conservative? What a HOOT!
Edmund Burke
Barry Goldwater
William F Buckley
Clive S Lewis
J.R.R Tolkien.
Ronald Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
William Wilberforce
G.K. CHESTERTON
I’m not sure Ronald Reagan should be number 21, he’s in that big ranch in the sky but he’s still influential.
I think Tancredo should be on that list.
I made up my own poll and here are my winners.
You bet. :)
Hugh Hewitt? Bah.
Are you KIDDING?? Hannity reaches so many people that otherwise might not even have a political CLUE, with his TV show. And Hannity is a hard-working BULLDOG for the conservative cause. He puts off the conservative elitists, yes, but his huge heart and amazing stamina is pure gold for American Conservatism. His influence is huge.
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