I do not mean who you WANT to see win, or who's ideas are best, but which official can try and unite us as Americans, and not divide us as libs/cons??
Clinton and Bush, whatever you think of them, are VERY polarizing figures. Reagan is a polarizing figure.
Bush I, not so much as the other three.
I do not feel there was the HATRED for him as some have had for the other three. Agree?
2007-08-28 05:00:55 · 11 answers · asked by Supercell 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Well, lets be fair there are only 4 people running for President.
Romney, Giuliani, Clinton and Obama.
Think I agree with gatewlkr. Giuliani & Obama are least polarizing. Clinton the most, with Romney a distant second.
Whoever wins though will be polarizing by the end of their first term. Just the nature of demagoguery.
2007-08-28 18:35:52 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McCain and Biden are probably the least polarizing candidates. McCain is clearly a conservative, and Biden is clearly a liberal, but they both have a good record of not trying to attack people in the other party just to get political points.
Fred Thompson might not be so bad, because almost everyone at least likes him on Law and Order, and is not horribly partisan, although he is very conservative. Thompson worked for Howard Baker, who was Senate Republican leader, and was a moderate who was extremely well respected by almost the entire country, and actually was the one who suggested the phrasing "What did the President know and when did he know it?" during the Watergate hearings.
Obama is also likable and, like McCain and Biden, has a good record of not going for political points and working across the aisle when that's the right thing to do, but he is very far to the left ideologically.
If Chuck Hagel runs, he'll be hated a little bit by both sides - the right wing for his opposition to the Iraq war and his strong questioning of Bush on wiretapping and various other issues, and by the left wing for virtually everything else he's ever said and done.
2007-08-28 12:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rudy and Barack.
Rudy is the heroic mayor of 9/11
Obama the young newcomer with a fresh face and new ideas
Like Caesar Augustus, should one of these individuals win, they will have the OPPORTUNITY to unite us once again. But the question is, given that the primaries are polarized to the umpth degree, what makes you think that a moderate is even able to make it out of the radical primaries under the current set of rules.
2007-08-28 12:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by gatewlkr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul (hey, the guy's got to be the best at something). Kind of a moot point because he receives so little attention. If he was getting more, it would be interesting to see what his voter base would look like.
2007-08-28 12:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Senator Obama, seems to be least polarizing to me.
2007-08-28 12:08:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Obama
2007-08-28 12:05:51 · answer #6 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
George Bush is the most reviled and hated man to ever hold the office.
And there is no one who at least half of this country won't hate.
Colin Powell used to be,but then he went and whored himself for Dubya's war mongering.
2007-08-28 12:06:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
it's really Obama ... he has a history of working with many Republicans in congress and says he wants to continue to do so... it's a major part of his platform...
most others are just slamming the other side...
2007-08-28 12:07:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Fred Thompson. He's well liked even in liberal circles...
2007-08-28 12:11:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think Rudy Guiliani might actually be the least polarizing.
2007-08-28 12:07:14 · answer #10 · answered by Giliathriel 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋