I would rather have a Republican than a Democrat?

[denem]

Poll question: I would rather have a Republican than a Democrat?

This is not a loyalty poll: It's about emotion rather than voting intentions or activism. I created it after a poster wrote they would rather have a conservative Republican than a conservative Democrat. NOTE: A liberal / progressive Democrat is NOT available.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Yes. ...in prison, ...out of office, ...being slowly broiled. nt

[Deja Q]

2. Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

[Boomerang Diddle]

3. I'm perfectly happy with Obama!

[baldguy]

4. A liberal / progressive Democrat is NOT in the White House now.

[Colobo]

5. Gimme my Dem!!!

[DevonRex]

6. Always the Dem. nt

[AnOhioan]

7. THE OP said it all "NOTE: A liberal / progressive Democrat is NOT available."

[quantass]

8. +1

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Obviously I would rather have a REAL Democrat in any office.

Failing that, you're probably better off with an admitted Repuke than a DLC'er or a Blue Balled coward, because at least you KNOW what you're getting. You don't have someone tell you they're a "Democrat" and campaign on being FOR the people and then stab you in the back, once they're in office.

[stray cat]

10. Does any one truly think W is no different than Gore would have been as president?

[Deja Q]

11. Well, here's Al hyping up Saddam's WMDs (1992)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64

To make a long, dreary story short, second-guessing on outcomes of events we'll never get to live through is not logical. We don't know.

[quakerboy]

12. I would take

10 more Ted Stevens and Larry Craigs over 10 more William Jeffersons and Blagojevich's. The later do us more damage than the former do the R's.

When it comes to a Joe Lieberman vs an Olympia Snowe, it gets less clear cut. I suspect we would be in a much better position right now if Lieberman had gone to caucus with the R's, because then no one could pretend that D's have a true supermajority, and we might have more luck blaming the R's for being the obstructionists, and taking them down for it.