Presidential Election (revised)

Who would you vote for as the President of the United States to take over where Mr. Bush left off.




Note: I realize not everyone is listed. There is a limitation to the polls that prevents all candidates from being listed.
If your person is not on here, please specify in your reply.

Reported.

Hillary is dropped Rodham from her name on the ballot to put her closer to Bill Clinton's name. Focking b.tch.

Thats a common misconception (much like hillary herself was) its actually Hillary Rodman Clinton

Eh buddy.. if you post outside the Other you really need to change that last part of your sig. /serious

Better?

Aborted.

Thwarted

Where's Pedro on that list?

The results are about how I'd thought they'd be. Most younger people tend to be liberal and guessing from the age of the average THG poster, the 2000 election is about the first one they'd paid attention to.

My $0.02:

Hillary: She's probably not going to get the DNC nomination as she has far too much "baggage"- Bill, Whitewater, Travelgate, etc. She's also not a very congenial person and a lot of people see it and don't like her very much. She also is very reluctant to take a stand on anything.

Obama: He is pretty likely to get the nomination. He is inexperienced, but that's a plus as there isn't much history on him to bite him in the butt later during the big mudslinging match that is all of 2008. He also seems much more well-received than Hillary as far as personality is concerned.

Guiliani: He stands a good chance of getting the RNC's nod as he handled 9/11 and was a national hero. He's a bit more socially liberal than some hard-core Republicans would like, but this should make him much more electable with the general populace.

Richardson: He was Clinton's energy secretary and that's about all I know about him. He lacks Hillary's and Obama's public presence and this will hurt him at the polls.

Kucinich: He didn't do all that well in the 2004 primaries, it will probably repeat. He's better-known than Richardson but it's really Hillary vs. Obama for the Dems and everybody else, including Kucinich, is an also-ran.

Brownback: He doesn't have the name recognition or a big record like Guiliani or McCain. He doesn't stand a chance and would do better to go back to Kansas ASAP.

McCain: He is relatively popular and stands a good chance if he were nominated. His support for the war will make for an extremely ugly campaign, no matter how one looks at it. He is a little old and that may be a minus.

Mitt Romney: He's popular with the general populace, but he's pretty much a Democrat Lite rather than an actual conservative. He's both socially (he's from MA for crying out loud) and fiscally liberal (mandatory helthcare) and I doubt the RNC would give him the nod. The Republicans would not support him very much and he'll be out.

Edwards: Not a chance. He lost in 2004 with a weaker field- what's different this time around that would help him?

Dodd: Not a chance either.