which candidate obama or hillary do republicans prefer to run against?

Question

after bush the dem have a good chance of taking the white house, which of these two candidates have the less chance of winning.

Answer 1

Either one would be acceptable as they are interchangeable politically. Obama would probably get more votes as he is black whereas Hillary only pretends to be a woman.
The only way the Republicans can lose is if the Democrats wise up and nominate someone who is not a liberal.
You know, someone like ????? give me a second, there must be one. Well, maybe not.

Answer 2

No one person can speak for the Republican Party. But, I heartily disagree with your view that the Democrats have a "good chance" of taking the White House. For one thing, I believe there more Americans who support President Bush than Ms. Loud-Mouthed Pelosi wants you to believe. Bush supporters are just less vocal than the loud-mouthed democrats. And, I think it takes an idiot not to recognize all the rhetoric.

I don't think it matters which democratic candidate runs, because die-hard Americans turn out at the polls when it's important to keep the country from going all to crap.

I'm not the only registered Democrat who votes on issues, not party lines. But, I'll tell you what ... after this past year, I'm very ashamed of being a registered Democrat.

Answer 3

Hillary, she'd be the easier of the two to beat in a general election. Republicans will unite against her. Obama on the other hand would be able to sway some Republican votes, making him more diffucult to defeat in the general election. Plus alot of independents seem to like him, whereas most independents hate Hillary

Answer 4

I am not sure that Republicans really have a preference.

Right now, they are attacking Hillary because she appears to have pulled out front in the Democratic race. They are also attacking her because opposition to Hillary is like red meat to the Republican base. Obama is more of an unknown quantity to the Republican base so attacking him does not play as well to the typical primary voter. In other words, the attack is based not on preference for general election opponent but rather on an attempt to gain votes in the primary.

The pros of running against Hillary: 1) The base hates her and will be energized to defeat her. 2) A large segment of the country dislikes her (and her husband). 3) A large segment of the country wants to end the cycle of Bush-Clinton-Bush and would like a new face. 4) She went to Wellesly for college and Yale Law School.

The cons of running against Hillary: 1) All the dirt is already out so there is not much additional you can do to get undecideds to go your way; 2) A large segment of the country looks back favorably on the Clinton Administration; 3) She actually is the most moderate Democrat running (if you don't believe that you should see the attacks that the left wing of the Democratic party is sending out against her); 4) in debates, she is likely to come off much better than her present image.

The pros of running against Obama: 1) Nobody knows him so he is easy to Swift Boat with negative ads; 2) many voters in swing states will not vote for an African-American for President regardless of what they say to pollsters; 3) he went to Harvard Law School.

The cons of running against Obama: 1) He is a fresh face representing a new generation separate from the "tired" issues of the past; 2) He is charismatic and genuinely likeable.

In short, a campaign against Hillary is a 51-49 race. It will all be about turnout and getting a small segment of voters to swing your way. A campaign against Obama is a 55-45 race. There will be lots of swing voters who can be persuaded one way or the other. If there is a preference, it would be slight toward running against Hillary because they have the playbook down pat for running a turnout election.

Any preference, of course, gets tossed to the side if Giuliani is the Republican nominee or Bloomberg gets in the race as an Independent as those events would upset the mathematics of the race.

Answer 5

The Reps want to win the election, so they will pull for Hillary Rodham Clinton, as they know the country will then vote in any male on their ticket no matter who it is.

Obama is the one that scares the Reps, as they know they can't whip him, no matter what they do.

Vote Obama, and the Democrats will have another President in the White House.

Answer 6

i think of it somewhat is thrilling that the Republicans are working so afraid of Hillary, they are balloting for Obama to maintain Hillary out of the white domicile. what's much greater thrilling is the undeniable fact that maximum of Democrats look ignorant of this fact. they are splitting the Democrat occasion for a reason. they are additionally people who're sending the message that Obama is a Muslim. So, i'd say the respond on your question is definite, curiously the Republicans are going to choose for the Democrat nominee.

Answer 7

I'm voting for Ron Paul, but I really hope Obama wins the nomination.

Hillary is very evil, and Obama (I think) could be a good President.

Answer 8

Well Obama. He's against Hillary,

But I don't think a republican could win the next election even if they were running against an O.J. Simpson/Britney Spears ticket.

Answer 9

Well the Republicans are always attacking Hilary so I guess they think she is the most beatable amongst the Dem candidates.

Answer 10

the GOP says clinton but i think that they fear her as much as they hate her and her husband and are just trying to trick fearful dems into voting for another candidate who they can beat easier.