Which Candidate is the Least Divisive

[Steely_Dan]

Poll question: Which Candidate is the Least Divisive

I'm trying to imagine each candidate as the President. In your opinion, which candidate would be the least divisive?

[SharonRB]

1. I voted for Dodd in this poll, but I'd say either Dodd or Biden

I actually think a Biden/Dodd or Dodd/Biden ticket would be unbeatable and would get a lot of crossover votes.

[Inuca]

3. And I fully agree

I wonder whether the majority (so far) who voted for Edwards know what the meaning of "divisive" is.

[SharonRB]

13. They've both had many years of having to work with

the other side of the aisle and have more experience at it and have both done a good job of it. I think they both have a lot of credibility with people of all political persuasions that would help them once in office.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

9. Ditto. But voted Biden in this poll.

[sandnsea]

2. rotflmao

People are hysterical. They love Edwards because he's going to go to DC and fight everybody - and then turn around and pretend he's the least divisive. Too funny.

:rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

10. By the time all is said and done,

the so called Edwards "war" that is scheduled to be waged will turn into a mirage.

If only Edwards would have shown this ability to remotely calvanize and parlay his influence to do the good that he so intensely believes in now during his Senate terms, I might think differently....but considering that Edwards is only now becoming this "agent for revolution" in the 11th hour of his 2nd run makes me believe that it is all about saying what it takes to gain the Democratic Nomination.

If the Edwards' campaign believe that the American people are ready to wage another war, considering that we are already fighting 3 of them, and that we have been divided as a nation for the last several long years, they are in for a rude awakening.

If Edwards is the nominee, we will be fighting alright; fighting defensively every step of the way. And I believe that there will be no winners. :(

[lvx35]

4. Conservatives seem to most like Obama. I don't think this is a positive argument though.

I'm uninterested in trying to play nice and appease conservatives for the 700th time while they shit in our faces.

[Carrieyazel]

17. Why do conservatives like Obama? Because they want to beat him in the general.

If he's nominated, the fondness for Obama will evaporate.

[goldcanyonaz]

5. On DU or in the real world? nm

[SharonRB]

LOL

Good question. It really would be a different answer whether the question means on DU or in reality.

[no name no slogan]

6. Kucinich

He's a firebrand and an idealist, but he's not afraid to reach across the aisle to get things done.

Flame away...

[Yukari Yakumo]

20. "he's not afraid to reach across the aisle to get things done."

Unfortunately, he being an ideologue and his well known unwillingness to compromise makes that statement a virtual impossibility.

I think he'll be more divisive than Hillary.

[no name no slogan]

23. Check his record in Congress

nt

[Sparkly]

7. There are things I like about Obama, but I think he was quite divisive

when he emphasized a generational divide between the baby-boomers and the non-boomers. I was disappointed in that.

[SharonRB]

12. That bothered me, too

I don't want a president who is going to cater to everyone born after 1960 and forget about those of us who are a little older.

[readmoreoften]

16. I don't feel like he caters to me at all and I was born in 71.

Growing up in the 80s, I respected the political activists of the New Left. The idea that he feels like my (and his) generation have better ideas by virtue of our youth is patently absurd. When I see political activity, I see union activists in their 50s, ex-hippies and civil rights activists in their 60s and 70s, and anarcho-socialists in their 20s and 30s. Other than in the queer community, which Barack Obama has less than zero claim to, I see almost no political activity at all in the under 40 community beyond radical activists that Obama also has no claim to.

I loathe anyone Hannity and Limbaugh approve of. And plenty of mainstream folks like Edwards' message.

I wish Barack Obama was someone I could get behind. But I can't.

[Bitwit1234]

8. It sure as hell AIN'T Obama if he should even win one state

it will divide this country more than bush.

[Horse with no Name]

11. They are ALL divisive

in one way or the other.

[gateley]

19. You have a point. That's life. nt

[Virginia Dare]

14. I think the Dem candidate needs to be divisive...

they just need to be able to divide the right parts.

[youthere]

15. Edwards is going to FIGHT everyone, but he's the least divisive?

So much for honest answers.

[readmoreoften]

18. He's going to fight corporatism. That represents, like, ONE PERCENT of America.

The majority of America is working-class and middle-class. If he can unite us on economic issues, poor and middle-class conservatives will start to see their poor and middle-class liberal brethren as human beings and that is a great big step towards unity.

Of course corporate raiders will be left out of the love-in. Yeah, I'm fine with that.

[damntexdem]

21. Actually, I decided not to tar any candidate this way.

To me, "least divisive" applied to a politician generally means totally without any genuine stand on any issue.

[rucky]

22. Biden or Richardson

I'd say Clinton, just because she seems to bring the left and the right together. In disliking her.

[Didereaux]

24. and the Edwards group has accepted the Obama groups challenge to a duel

[nyc 4 Biden]

25. Biden IS the Unity Candidate. n/t

[FreeState]

26. Translation of this poll

"Vote here if you think your candidate is better than the others" - you cant seriously believe the results of this LOL.

[catnhatnh]

27. Why the HELL should I care who is, or even WANT

the least devisive candidate? A president needn't sing Kumbaya or engage in back room trades, he needs to lead.Bush is arguably the most devisive clown to ever occupy the seat and took the country FARTHER to the dark side of facism even this past year by threatening the opposition majority. What the country needs is a true left wing leader who intends to drag this country kicking and screaming back to the ideals of FDR and dare I say it, (yes) LBJ. Possibly the only roadblock to total facism in this country was the democratic edge we gained in 2006-I fear to guess where we would be without it-you say they haven't done much-I say Thank God for what they may have PREVENTED....Take your tired schemes triangulation and bipartisanship and stick them back where they belong-the huge gabage pit of accomodations worth shit....(PS: I didn't vote in your poll)

[Steely_Dan]

28. Well?

Any questions?

-P

[Catherine Vincent]

29. No. Just a statement.

Your poll is unscientific. :)

[Steely_Dan]

32. I agree....

Has any poll here been scientific? I make no excuses for the poll question. I am a Biden supporter.

-P

[Think82]

30. The fact that edwards is even close is laughable. His whole campaignis about being divisive.

[gmudem]

33. How so?

He wants to fight corporations and their lobbyists. He is probably the most appealing candidate to rural voters. However I did vote for Obama in this poll, even though I think Edwards is the better candidate. If Obama is the nominee he has the chance to make a serious change in politics. I think that's why so many other young voters like me are attracted to him. He has made some mistakes in his campaign no doubt and he's been showing his inexperience lately, but I will still gladly vote for him if he is the nominee.

And to those who voted for Hillary, you cannot possibly be serious.

[Jennifer C]

31. Biden nt

[Hieronymus]

34. I think we've had enough of "go along" politicians. Edwards wants to

change things. Go, John Edwards.