Thursday, January 17, 2008
Candidate Quiz
I was really surprised by the candidate quiz that I took from the Washington Post website. I always thought that I’m a solid Obama fan who hated Hilary a lot. The result of this quiz was very different than what I believed. I agreed with Sen. Clinton’s policies more than Sen. Obama and Sen. Edwards all together. Although I found out that I agree with most of Hilary’s policies, I still don’t support her candidacy because of the way she alienates people who wouldn’t support her and the way she raises a nasty negative campaign that could undermine her campaign and the Democratic Party. The real problem that I’m currently sensing from the Hilary campaign is that if she would elected as the president, I think she would be much more like George W. Bush. More than half of the country hated him because he is such a great polarizer. If Sen. Clinton would be elected, most of liberals might like her, but the rest of the country, majority of (R) supporters, would not support her presidency, and we would have another 4 to 8 years of divided country. Anyway, I really recommend taking this quiz because like my case, you might support someone but you might not support his/her policies.
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Sam- I literally just had a very similar conversation with someone about the very same topic- including comparing George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton! I think you're absolutely right. While I think Hillary has the experience and the ability to create (within her power)change, I think she would create the same atmosphere with Congress that Bush has. There's no bipartisanship between the Congress and President or even with congress itself.
One of the reasons why, as a conservative voter, I still find Obama appealing is because I think he has the most potential out of all the candidates to be a real leader, to unify the country, encourage bipartisanship and to stop the mudslinging, as well as encouraging youth involvement. The Iowa caucus had 3x the youth turnout it did and 2004 and over half of them were rallying for Obama. We need someone that can get youth engaged in politics. This whole process of change is going to take several years and there is a need to get passionate, compassionate, energetic youth involved now and ready to continue the process and not let the excitement die down after a new president is elected.
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