Telegraph Top 20 Conservatives: Sarah Palin No. 4 Top 20 Conservatives

I'm loving this list of the Top 20 Influential conservatives from the UK's Telegraph. This is the way Britain sees America - with Dick Cheney the No. 1 most influential US conservative. This is Sarah Palin's first year on the list and she is No. 4. Love Rush at No. 3. The full list from 1 -100 is below.

The Telegraph says this list covers the year from the day Barack Obama took office until now. Their description of conservative is "people identifiably - though not always self-described - as right of center.

A few of my thoughts:

What's up with Mark Sanford, disgraced governor of South Carolina showing anywhere on the list - even in last place?

Michelle Malkin deserves to be much higher.

Mary Matalin has not been an influential conservative for some time now.

Richard Lugar? Hardly influential. Dittos Olympia Snowe. Both influence no one. They just vote with Democrats

Peggy Noonan no longer influences, as she once did.

Love Dick Cheney being No. 1! There is no truer conservative, and when he speaks, his words count with many of us.

On the list of 100 Influential Liberals, Obama is No. 1. His dog, Bo is No. 80, not far down the list from Keith Olbermann.

If two numbers are shown, the second number, in parentheses (), is the 2007 ranking.

The Telegraph 100 most influential US conservatives:

1) (6) Dick Cheney
2) (5) Rush Limbaugh
3) (3) Matt Drudge
4) Sarah Palin
5) (7) Robert Gates
6) (18) Glenn Beck
7) (23) Roger Ailes
8) (2) David Petraeus
9) Paul Rayan
10) Tim Pawlenty
11) (10) Mitt Romney
12) (21) George W. Bush
13) (8) Chief Justice John Roberts
14) (16) Haley Barbour
15) Eric Cantor
16) (9) John McCain
17) (19) Mike Pence
18) Bob McDonnell
19) (4) Newt Gingrich
20) (11) Mike Huckabee

21) Andrew Breitbart
22) (61) Bobby Jindal
23) (44) Sean Hannity
24) (77) Charles Krauthammer
25) (67) David Brooks
26) (31) Mark Levin
27) Mitch McConnell
28) (15) Laura Ingraham
29) (47) Joe Lieberman
30) (62) Antonin Scalia
31) John Boehner
32) (42) Karl Rove
33) (40) David Frum
34) Michael Steele
35) (41) Edwin Feulner, Pres. Heritage Foundation
36) (13) John Bolton
37) (43) Tom Coburn
38) (53) Rich Lowry
39) Mitch Daniels, Gov. of Indiana
40) John Thune

41) (96) Ron Paul
42 (93) Michelle Malkin
43) (56) George Will
44) (85) Clarence Thomas
45) (24) Grover Norquist
46) (28) Dick Morris
47) (63) Michael Savage
48) (36) Mary Matalin
49) Richard Lugar
50) Carly Fiorina
51) Rick Perry
52) David Keene
53) Kevin McCarthy
54) Morton Blackwell
55) Arnold Schwarzenegger
56) (50) Alex Castellanos
56) Steve Schmidt
58) (48) William Kristol
59) (1) Rudy Giuliani
60) Jon Voight
61) Jeff Blake
62 (17) Frank Luntz
63) Jim DeMint
64) Chris Ruddy, Newsmax
65) (69) Erick Erickson
66) (58) Victor Davis Hanson
67) Joe Scarborough
68) (14) Paul Gigot
69) Olympia Snowe
70) (87) Michael Barone
71) Dick Armey
72) Tucker Carlson
73) Judd Gregg
74) (84) Ann Coulter
75) (26) James Dobson
76) (86) Jeb Bush
77) Joe Wilson
78) Meg Whitman
79) Lou Dobbs
80) Michelle Bachmann

81) Marco Rubio
80) Jack Keane
79) Lindsey Graham
84) (64) Thomas Sowell
85) (82) Bill O'Reilly
86) John Kasich
87) Eric Odom
88) Patrick Ruffini
89) (54) Fred Thomspon
90) (81) Tony Perkins
91) (83) Peggy Noonan
92) (94) Clifford May
93) Charlie Crist
94) Jon Huntsman, Jr.
95) Liz Cheney
96) (25) R. Emmett Tyrrell
97) Marc Thiessen
98) Mike Murphy
99) (35) Tom Delay
100) (19) Mark Sanford

Visit the Telegraph for Nos. 1-20,  Nos. 21-40, Nos. 41-60, Nos. 61-80, Nos. 81-100

Telegraphs Most Influential Conservatives In the Time of Obama

The Telegraph UK is releasing their list of the 100 most influential Conservatives, and the 100 most influential Liberals, while Barack Obama sat in the Oval Office - In the Time of Obama. The lists will be revealed, a few at a time, over the next few days, with the top 20 coming out on January 15th.

The Telegraphs says they view those chosen as "identifiably" conservative, although not "always self-described" as such (dittos Liberals).

These are not lists that rank ideological purity – the number one liberal will not necessarily be any more liberal than number 100 – but they will inevitably discriminate against centrists, technocrats, independents and fence-sitters.

The first Telegraph List covered 2007-2008. If the Conservative was on the previous list, I've put the ranking in parentheses.

The list of Top Conservatives revealed today covers Nos. 61 through 100. I've listed a few that interest me. See the Telegraph article.

Dang! Mark Sanford comes in at No. 100 (91).

Some commentary here - if Mark Sanford is still on this list, what a waste of space. How about Senator Jim Inhofe, who has been a true thorn in the side of Liberals and has thwarted many of their plans, mainly by speaking clearly to the press every opportunity he has. He should at the least be below the 50 mark. Of course, maybe he is. That list has not yet been released.

96) Liz Cheney (Liz is greatly underestimated at No. 96, in my opinion)
93) Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida and candidate for U.S. Senate
92) Clifford May
89) Fred Thompson
88) Patrick Ruffini - Political Strategist
87) Eric Odom - Tea Party organizer
85) Bill O'Reilly
84) Thomas Sowell
83) Lindsay Graham
82) (55) Jack Keane U.S. Army General
81) Marco Rubio - running against No. 93 - Charlie Crist for US Senate Florida
80) Michelle Bachmann - Congresswoman for Minnesota
79) Lou Dobbs

77) Joe Wilson - Congressman from S.C. - that's what speaking about Obama will do for ya' - get you on the right list!

76) (86) Jeb Bush
75) (26) James Dobson
74) (84) Ann Coulter
72) Tucker Carlson (who knew?)
70) (87) Michael Barone
69) Olympia Snowe - Senator from Maine. Dang!
67) Joe Scarborough (hardly conservative enough to be tagged a conservative)
66) (58) Victor Davis Hanson
65) (69) Erick Erickson from RedState.com
64) Chris Ruddy - founder and CEO of Newsmax.com
63) Jim DeMint - Senator South Carolina
63) (17) Frank Luntz



Some notes of interest: In the Telegraph's list of the most influential conservatives in 2007, which was published in October '07, Rudy Giuliani was No. 1, General Petraeus No. 2, Matt Drudge No. 3, Newt Gingrich No. 4, Rush Limbaugh No. 5, Dick Cheney No. 6, Robert Gates No. 7, Chief Justice John Roberts No. 8, John McCain No. 9 and Mitt Romney No. 10.