Some days Hillary's on top of the polls and some days Obama is. If one of them ran for president and the other ran for vice president, would they slaughter the Republican vote? Who do you think would make the better Democratic president?
2007-05-03 11:06:53 · 16 answers · asked by Angel of Light 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I think there are enough Americans who are tired of "Government as Usual" that they might just vote for Hillary and / or Obama. We have had many presidents with experience and not all of them could do a good job. Maybe it is time to clean house and do something different for a change.
2007-05-03 11:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by lynnrd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The primary is decided by the party loyalists, and the further left (or right) a candidate is the greater the chance of victory in the primary. However, people tend to vote as moderates in the general election, and those "radicals" who are so far to one side, will lose. Take for example the 1998 Michigan governor's race. The incumbant was a 2 term republican who's record wasn't stroung, but was making some improvements. The democrat was Geofry Fieger, Dr. Kervorkian's lawyer, who ran on a platform of radical reforms. He went so far as to challenge the sitting governor to a debate in the Silver Dome at 20 bucks a ticket, then giving the money to the state treasury. The more Fieger said, the lower he went into the polls. I can't remember the percentages, but the incumbant won in a landslide.
Clinton/Obama would be the same thing. They would get a lot of support from the left wing, and would look very strong, but in a general election a moderate republican running on a platform of domestic reform and pulling troops out of Iraq (which will happen about then one way or another) Hillary won't have a chance. Add the character debate,and even jeb bush could win the White house.
2007-05-03 18:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by lucifer079 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hillary
2007-05-03 18:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They would solidly get the democratic vote, however I believe that any moderate vote they would receive would only be a negative reaction against the republican party and not a true vote for a democratic mandate.
I think hillary would be better, just because she's lived in the white house before and been in the right circles for longer.
2007-05-03 18:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by duke6311 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it will be a slaughter anyway.
I think there are republicans that will vote for Obama. They hate Hillary though so if you put them together you run into problems.
2007-05-03 18:10:54 · answer #5 · answered by PJ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Possibly.
It depends on who the Republicans nominate and the status of the country at the point in time of the election.
Since they both represent minorities though...I'd think a ticket with just one of them might have a better shot at victory.
2007-05-03 18:11:45 · answer #6 · answered by Mitch C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obama's more presidential, but no- they're too polar and they're going to tear eachother apart before the primaries. There won't be any way they could run on the same ticket, nor do I think it would be that great of a ticket.
2007-05-03 18:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by Beardog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That depends entirely upon who they are running against. Frankly, I think any moderate Republican would clean up against those two.
Better yet...let them run against Jeb Bush so that an independant candidate can come in and take away the glory of our stagnant two-party system.
2007-05-03 18:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's elect hillary and let another clinton make a joke out of the whitehouse.
2007-05-03 18:10:37 · answer #9 · answered by infobrokernate 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Neither of them. They are cloned politicians right off the assembly line. Take a risk: http://www.kucinich.us and help change the country and the world for the better.
2007-05-03 23:54:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋