The most effective way to achieve our goal of raising the standards of the art of leadership presentation across the board is to evaluate and grade those leaders whose presentations are widely viewed and/or available, so that we may all learn from their successes and failures. This page is dedicated to displaying the summary results of our Thirty-Element Podium Master Evaluations of notable figures.
By being a less forgiving and more demanding audience, by not lowering our expectations as so many would like us to do, we can nudge our leaders into the realization that ultimately, in the grand scheme of perception and reality, presentation is everything. To comment on any of these evaluations, please visit our blog http://podiummaster.blogspot.com/.
Click on the Report Card you wish to view. Bear in mind that each speaker is only as good as their LAST performance. Scores today will be reflected in political polls tomorrow (not necessarily in ranking, but in movement up or down.)
HERE THE LATEST!!
October 9, 2007 Republican Presidential Primary Debate, CNBC, Michigan
#1 Rudy Giuliani 66 %
#1 Mike Huckabee 66 %
#3 Mitt Romney 61 %
#4 Fred Thompson 60 %
#5 Tom Tancredo 47 %
#6 John McCain 46 %
#7 Ron Paul 45 %
#8 Duncan Hunter 43.5 %
#9 Sam Brownback 40 %
September 5, 2007 Republican Presidential Primary Debate, Fox News, New Hampshire
#1 Rudy Giuliani 82 % (Best Score of any Presidential Candidate so far)
#2 Mike Huckabee 73 %
#3 Mitt Romney 61 %
#4 Tom Tancredo 53 %
#5 Duncan Hunter 50 %
#6 John McCain 48 %
#7 Sam Brownback 42 %
#8 Ron Paul 41 %
August 19, 2007 Democrat Presidential Primary Debate, ABC This Week, Iowa
#1 Joe Biden
64%
#2 Bill Richardson 58%
#3 Dennis Kucinich 54%
#4 Chris Dodd
47%
#5 Barack Obama 44%
#6 Hillary Clinton
39%
#7 John Edwards 39%
#8 Mike Gravel 36%
August 5, 2007 Republican Presidential Primary Debate, ABC This Week, Iowa
#1 Mike Huckabee 58.75 %
#2 Rudy Giuliani 55 %
#3 Mitt Romney 47.5%
#4 Sam Brownback 46.25%
#5 Tom Tancredo 42.5%
#6 Duncan Hunter 36.25%
#7 Ron Paul 33.75%
#8 Tommy Thompson 23.75%
#9 John McCain 21.25%
June 5, 2007 Republican Presidential Primary Debate, CNN, New Hampshire
#1 Rudy Giuliani 72.2%
#2 Mike Huckabee 63.3%
#3 Mitt Romney 55.5%
#4 Sam Brownback 45.5%
#4 Tommy Thompson 45.5%
#6 Duncan Hunter 42.2%
#7 James Gilmore 37.7%
#8 Tom Tancredo 36.6%
#9 Ron Paul 27.7%
#10 John McCain 26.6%
June 3, 2007 CNN Democrat Presidential Primary Debate in New Hampshire
#1 Bill Richardson 55%
#2 Chris Dodd
42%
#3 Joe Biden
41%
#4 Hillary Clinton
41%
#5 Barack Obama
39%
#6 John Edwards 38%
#7 Dennis Kucinich 38%
#8 Mike Gravel 34%
May 15, 2007 Republican Presidential Primary Debate, Fox News, SC
#1 Mitt Romney 56%
#2 Rudy Giuliani 52%
#3 Mike Huckabee 45%
#4 Duncan Hunter 40%
#5 John McCain 35%
#6 Tommy Thompson 33%
#7 Sam Brownback 29%
#8 James Gilmore 25%
#9 Tom Tancredo 24%
#10 Ron Paul 22%
May 3, 2007 Republican Presidential Primary Debate, Ronald Reagan Library, CA
#1 Rudy Giuliani 52%
#2 Mitt Romney 49%
#3 Mike Huckabee 40%
#4 Tommy Thompson 37%
#5 Tom Tancredo 35%
#6 Sam Brownback 34%
#7 Ron Paul 31%
#8 Duncan Hunter 30%
#9 James Gilmore 29%
#10 John McCain 27%
April 26, 2007 Democrat Presidential Primary Debate in Orangeburg, SC
#1 Barack Obama 51%
#2 John Edwards 49%
#3 Bill Richardson 47%
#4 Joe Biden 46%
#5 Hillary Clinton 43%
#6 Chris Dodd 40%
#7 Dennis Kucinich 37%
#8 Mike Gravel 35%
April 29, 2007 Summary for the Des Moines Register article:
#1 Rudy Giuliani 55% (3-2-07)
#2 Hillary Clinton 54% (3-14-07)
#3 Mitt Romney 51% (3-2-07)
#4 Barack Obama 36% (3-13-07)
#5 John Edwards 34% (3-14-07)
#6 John McCain 24% (3-14-07)
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