2008 Presidential Scorecard

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Democrats
Candidate Claim to Fame Status Snark
John Edwards former U.S. Senator from North Carolina game off Might’ve been nice to have that $1.2 trillion for fighting poverty…
Barack Obama U.S. Senator from Illinois game on Is a smoker advocating universal health care a sound investment?
Hillary Clinton U.S. Senator from New York game on Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush… Clinton? Is this record skipping?
Bill Richardson governor of New Mexico game off Hey, what’s that white skeletal thing over there in the closet?
Chris Dodd U.S. Senator from Connecticut game off At least he’s not Joe Lieberman…
Dennis Kucinich U.S. Congressman from Ohio game off Can he be the Lula of the U.S.?! Um… no.
Joe Biden U.S. Senator from Delaware game off Can you feel the Joementum?!
Mike Gravel former U.S. Senator from Alaska game off Just a little bit off…Out of public office since 1981. Maybe that’s an advantage?
Al Sharpton race politics gadfly from New York unknown attempting to cling to pseudo-relevancy
Wesley Clark retired general, U.S. Army Game off, sir! More push-ups?
Al Gore former Vice President of the United States According to our sources…game off. But is it really?!?
Mark Warner former governor of Virginia game off
Evan Bayh U.S. Senator from Indiana game off
John Kerry U.S. Senator from Massachusetts game off bless his heart…
Tom Vilsack outgoing governor of Iowa game off Hear the whoosh? It’s a fundraising vacuum created by the Big Three.
Republicans
Candidate Claim to Fame Status Snark
John McCain U.S. Senator from Arizona game on The Straight Talk Express has derailed.
Rudy Giuliani former mayor of New York City game off A mistress in the White House, perhaps?
Mitt Romney outgoing governor of Massachusetts game off is Mormon the new Catholic?
Mike Huckabee outgoing governor of Arkansas game off done weighing (get it?) his options
Sam Brownback U.S. Senator from Kansas game off Pro-life, anti-war.
Tommy Thompson former governor of Wisconsin, former Secretary of Health and Human Services game off
Jim Gilmore former governor of Virginia game off
Tom Tancredo U.S. Congressman from Colorado game off
Duncan Hunter U.S. Congressman from California game off
Ron Paul U.S. Congressman from Texas, former Libertarian presidential candidate game off
Chuck Hagel U.S. Senator from Nebraska deciding whether he’s actually a Republican
Newt Gingrich former U.S. Congressman from Georgia threatening to run if he doesn’t like what he sees
Haley Barbour governor of Mississippi still picking up after Katrina
Fred Thompson former U.S. Senator from Tennessee Game off, y’all
Bill Frist outgoing U.S. Senator from Tennessee Game off Governor Frist?
George Allen outgoing U.S. Senator from Virginia Macaca on! but game off…