A serious question please read entirely......... can anybody beat a Hillary Clinton/Barrack Obama Ticket in 08

Question

Not that I'm the biggest Hillary fan and not that I don't like her either.....but these two individuals represent and appeal to 2 of the biggest pools of non-voters in the U.S.
African Americans and Single Females are the 2 biggest pools of non-voters. If the last election was 51%-49% in the Republicans favor, Will the Republicans stand a chance running against these two in 08 with the potential of having these two pool of voters draining there votes into there ticket?

John Edward although a great man, does not have that enormous pool of non-voters in his corner, to come out and vote for him, like Hillary would have with the single woman pool. In politics it comes down to attracting the non-voter to vote for you and hillary/Obama I think have the biggest pools to fish from. We already know that the normal people that vote basicly make it a close to a tie between Dem. & Rep.

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Answer 1

That would be interesting to see. There's still a lot of ignorance-bred hate in this country toward blacks and women, though. Fortunately, those types vote almost straight Republican already.

Answer 2

Hillary has huge amounts of baggage that will come out during the primaries making her unelectable. And Hillary does not "get" the women's vote, the split is more like 50/50 and that is without her past catching up with her, once the primary dirt starts flying she'll lose support fast.

Obama is a junior Senator with two years experience on freshman senator committees and who votes along straight party lines. The democratic party already gets a huge percentage of the black vote, he is unlikely to make a difference. Several black candidates lost in 2006, their race made no impact on the number of voters, it remained around 40%.

But don't forget for every voter who feels motivated to get out and vote "for a change" there will be another who feels the country doesn't need a woman President or (insert racial slur here) just a heart beat from the Presidency. As much as a ticket like that may inspire and motivate it will also ignite passion in a negative context as well.

Answer 3

There are pros and cons about both. The cons - Hillary does not have the charisma that Bill has & there are a bunch of folks that harbor negative thoughts regarding the did she/didn't she know question about Bill's overactive libido...either way you thing she comes out looking rather poorly & did damage to public perception. Obama is just low in perceived experience. However, Hillary has been strong in congress and is intellectually very very strong & Obama is super charismatic/well spoken and appeals to a lot of people looking for change. There is no one else that comes close, so far, to pulling the proverbial electability rabbit out of the hat. Jon Edwards is too bland & his connection w/ dull dull John Kerry doesn't help either...he would need a serious make over to appeal to the masses on those news clips/you tube videos...his wife could help...she seems like a tough lady :)

Answer 4

Clinton probably wouldn't do as bad of a job as most people say. However, I believe that the next President will be (mostly) moderate.

Barack Obama seems to be moderate, since most, if not all, of the bills he's sponsored have been cosponsored by a Republican,

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who was the Energy Secretary & U.S. Rep. to the U.N. has oodles of foreign policy experience, as well as the experience to lead (Dept. of Energy),

Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani. He's pretty moderate, even slightly liberal in some areas, and led and cleaned up crime in America's biggest city. It's also been shown that he can lead during a massive crisis.

Senator John McCain. Pretty moderate guy, and has been elected numerous times. Served in the military. Older, but still pretty smart.

These are the four to watch, because one of these men will most likely be the next President of the United States. All four of these gentlemen would also make very good Vice Presidents, too.

Answer 5

John Edwards is a joke. He couldn't even carry his own state of North Carolina as VP candidate. I'd love to see a Clinton/ Obama ticket but you're talking running a woman and a minority and this country may not be ready for that, unfortunately. No way will the Republicans take the White House after 8 years of Bush.

Answer 6

I like both of them. In that order or vise-verse.

I also like McCain and Giuliani.

I think the interesting part of your question is the running mate. It could get that way on the Republican side, too.

The big question on both sides is what planks (of each party platform) will be open and debated in the primaries. There will be no incumbent in the race for president so both sides will have candidates discussing platforms in the primaries.

It doesn't take an astute observer to realize that the closer the election gets, the more the candidates lock in on their sound bytes. It's really in the primaries that candidates have to duke it out on the issues and we learn about who they are.

Lord knows the presidential debates that we have in this country are a joke. There is nothing for the voters there.

So I'd say right now is a time of issues more than people. When we get close to New Hampshire start shooting some letters to the editor, local TV channels, and blogs. Attend your party caucus. Get our supposed leaders on task by getting your concerns in front. Be involved.

I'm definitely looking forward a better choice than Bush or Kerry in 2008.

If I could pick a person to support my party (Democrats). It wouldn't be a candidate at this point. We have a lot of good ones. I'd like to see The Boss sing WAR at some campaign rallies with the great introduction that he does on his live CD set. He says, "In this day and age if you don't pay attention to politics, it can get you killed."

WAR.............what is it good for..... uh... absolutely nothin....

say it again.

Answer 7

Although I would probably support her if it came down to Clinton being the final candidate, I am not a big fan. As in 2004, I am supporting Wesley Clark (former NATO commander) as the Democratic candidate. He has some great positions. If Obama was his VP running mate, I think the team would have appeal across the board.

I supported McCain in 2000, but he is no longer the same candidate. Too much pandering to radicals and fundies lately, and he's caved in to the neocons rather than fighting them for the sake of the GOP.

Answer 8

With all due admire on your question, and by how thank you for asking a intense question, Hillary Clinton can not win the Presidency. understanding this, she would be able to in all danger not get the nomination if she runs, and because she does not prefer to lose face along with her supporters by not being waiting to maintain the nomination, she would be able to not even run. i don't think of. Barrack Obama isn't electable the two. John Edwards, who may be the appropriate candidate out of those 3, can not win the two. that's reported that no-one will ever win the Presidency returned without thoroughly donning the south, and not one of the above pronounced democrats have a wish in hell of coming on the fringe of donning the south.

Answer 9

A Richardson/Clark ticket could definitely beat that:

Richardson would result in unprecendented Hispanic turnout, as well as other minorities. He would sweep the Southwest, West and Rockies states.

Clark could win over military voters and give Democrats a strong chance in the South.

This is not to mention the fact that both are intelligent, charismatic, and persuasive politicians, both with a reputation for being genuine and delivering results.

Answer 10

You think single women and african americans dont vote? what are you talking about? I dont think you can call these groups non- voters. Infrequent perhaps...but what makes you think they would be drawn to hillary and obama just cause of their identity. There are plenty of women who dislike hillary in some states and blacks who wont vote for obama in the end cause they think he wont win or they wont get the chance cause of the primary process. There are their egos to reconcile also- you cant be sure that obama wants to be on the bottom of the ticket or that hillary is that interested in him. I think people ought to remember it was gen wes clark, friend of the clintons who won a primary state over kerry in 2004 and has done much more so far with his life than a one term senator (see: obama edwards) who just wrote books.

Answer 11

A John Edwards-Barack Obama ticket would be a lot stronger. Obama really doesn't have much experience at all to run for President, but could be groomed as President by serving as a Vice-President. Edwards is a good Democrat & a good man. As for Hillary, she should stay in the Senate. She's loved in NY and doubtful if she'll ever lose, short of a scandel. I like her, too, and she isn't as "crooked" or "bad" as everyone thinks she is. Read up on her. She's very intelligent, smarter than Bill in some areas. Her negativity rating is too high to beat McCain, who I think will get the Repub nomination for Pres.