What Do You Think Is The MOST Important Quality In A Presidential Candidate?

[Dinger]

Poll question: What Do You Think Is The MOST Important Quality In A Presidential Candidate?

No "All OF The Above," or "Other - Peace Specify" BS. It might be hard, but force yourself to pick ONE:



*Edited for spelling

[Pirate Smile]

1. "Judgment" should be one of the options. The "judgment" they have demonstrated

on important issues throughout their careers.

Experience with crappy judgment is useless.

It is the most important quality IMO.


Definition:

judg·ment also judge·ment (jjmnt)
n.
1. The act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation.
2.
a. The mental ability to perceive and distinguish relationships; discernment: Fatigue may affect a pilot's judgment of distances.
b. The capacity to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating: His judgment of fine music is impeccable.
c. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions; good sense: She showed good judgment in saving her money. See Synonyms at reason.

[jen4clark]

16. Yes!! Pirate Smile!

I so agree with you on that one! And that is my main #1 problem with Mr. Edwards regarding his FP views.

[JaneQPublic]

34. Yes, judgment... with vision a close second

And that's why Gore is the best person for the job of President.

[rucky]

2. I picked "Civil Rights Supporter", because

if that's the top priority, everything else falls into place - foreign and domestic,

[Auntie Bush]

3. All of these equally

Intelligence
Political Experience
Diplomatic Experience
Military Experience
Honesty

[tridim]

4. What about "Clean and articulate"?

I chose intelligence.

[lancdem]

10. lol

I picked intelligence, too.

[Radical Activist]

15. A good dancer.

[givemebackmycountry]

5. No other?

I had to delete my post because of no other.....

[Dinger]

6. Oooooo, I Nominate Your Reply For Post Of The Day!!

[illinoisprogressive]

7. Honesty and Intellegence are important. both things that Jr. doesn't have.

But, fortunately, my candidate, Obama does

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Good judgement.

You can be highly intelligent, and still have abysmal judgement. There are several current candidates who posses that quality IMO.

[nytemare]

13. Yes, and competence.

Very important. I never really thought about competence before * became President. I suppose I took it for granted.

[Larry in KC]

9. I chose "honesty," but I couldn't help noticing that taken together,

as a list of attributes (and yes, that includes "political experience"), they accurately describe one candidate to a T. Or should I say, to a C. L. A. R. K.?

[GreenArrow]

11. where's charisma?

'Cause that's what it really boils down to.

[Dinger]

12. Pffft

Hell, I have charisma!:headbang:

[Radical Activist]

14. The ability to communicate a compelling message to the public.

When you get down to it, this is the most important quality needed for getting elected, and the most important quality needed for getting an agenda passed after the election. That is the most important.

Background experience and all the rest don't amount to much. The Republicans understand this better than we do.

[JohnLocke]

17. Yes!

That is very true.

[Radical Activist]

22. That's one reason

I think Edwards would have won had he been the nominee in 2004.

[1932]

21. Yes.

[zulchzulu]

18. Other...

Cleanliness...

:sarcasm:

[Poiuyt]

19. Vision

He/she has to know in what direction to go. Has to have a clear idea of what to do and the ability to inspire to go there

[1932]

20. FDR's qualities: the ability to inspire hope and ability to communicate with public

along with an excellent temperment, a willingness to experiment, and a deep concern for the lives of ordinary people.

[More Than A Feeling]

23. They must agree with me 100%!

It's the mark of true greatness.:silly:

[mnhtnbb]

24. Without intelligence, it's difficult for an honest person to be a leader.

Without honesty, an intelligent person can easily lead the country down the wrong path.

[Zynx]

25. Judgement outdoes any form of experience or any particular stands

on issues. If their judgement is sound, their stands on issues will be correct.

[Auntie Bush]

26. Seems like some of our candidates already showed lack of good judgment. n/t

[Zynx]

27. That's a fact.

[calzone]

28. EMPATHY

[sandnsea]

29. TRUE Democrat

Because that would entail many of the other qualities mentioned, intelligence, and hopefully enough honesty to get the job done right.

[IndianaGreen]

30. The old cliche of "mean what you say, and say what you mean" still applies

We may not vote for an honest candidate because we don't agree with his/her positions, but we will respect the honesty.

Enough of warmongering delusions, nuances, and triangulations.

Truman's "plain speaking" comes to mind!

[Clarkie1]

31. Honesty. I would have also included integrity on the list. nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

32. Looks.

[LWolf]

33. There isn't one.

There isn't one MOST important quality. There are many, and removing even one of them leaves a flawed whole, in my opinion.

Here are SOME of the important qualities:

intelligence, empathy, courageous integrity, humility, good judgement, experience in government, highly-evolved perspective.

[PresidentObama]

35. Honesty n/t