Least favorite? Hillary Clinton. Too much baggage, not enough train.

Jack,

As a lifelong Democrat, I am starting to feel like I’d prefer the candidates in this order: Obama, McCain, Clinton.

I say this because Hillary has become so divisive that while her policy proposals are better than McCain’s, I’m pretty sure the GOP minority would turn the filibuster into a national mantra if she were elected. McCain, on the other hand, wouldn’t be able to pass the most intrusive conservative measures - those regarding abortion, gay rights and social programs - with the likely Democratic majority in both houses of Congress. He would be forced to continue his bipartisan history, which would benefit American voters.

Of course Obama is the best choice because he is the least divisive of the candidates and is the most interested in moving beyond the war, beyond the failed Bush Administration economic policies and beyond the partisan bickering of the past.

Brian
Moscow, Idaho

Jack, I’m not to hype about the rookie ” Obama ” because this isn’t T~ball it’s hard ball. So let the white guy blow the game.

My least favorite candidate for president is Hillary Clinton because I do not trust her.

JACK
For somebody who wants everybody else to be disclosing campaign donations, why does OBAMA not come clean about his. In a recent ad in Penn. he states “I’m barack obama and I don’t take money from oil companies or lobbyists and I want let them block change anymore”. Maybe it has slipped his mind that Exxon, Shell, BP, and Chevron has donated over $160,000 to his coffers. And just last month he accepted another $8,400 fro ExxonMobil, $12,370 from Chevron and $6,500 from BP. Does he not know that George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar are OIL CEO’s????? He seems to know everything else. Maybe it is time to change your tune Jack and focus on the others in this campaign and their laundry list, instead of focusing on the Clinton’s.

John McCain. He has had health issues. He gets facts wrong and has to be corrected and seems to have senior moments. He was deeply involved in the savings and loan debacle and Charles Keating,but seems to have forgotten about it. At 72,McCain is just too old to be in such an important and stressful position. Let him stay in the Senate where he can sleep or just not show up.

personally i dont care for any of them..like jessie ventura said on Larry King the other night..If there was a none of the above..you’d be surprised how many people would mark that box.. but if i did pick one it would be Obama..because i dont believe we really know everything about this guy…and the news wont say anything bad about him in fear of his people hollaring racism….

I would least prefer Obama as President because the chances of him being able to accomplish the change he so eloquently describes are slim to none. His ability to bring the two sides together is as good as Lou Dobb’s ability to be invited to dinner with the Chinese President. Obama is the farthest to either side of all 3 candidates. Short of a third part or independent candidate, what we need is someone who can bring people to the middle to make our lives better, not someone who has a record of dodging tough decisions and avoiding taking a stand on issues!

The candidate I LEAST want to win would be McCain. Oh My God…the thought of continuing Bush’s mess makes me sick. We deserve SO much better - even if we don’t always vote that way.
Foye
Lake Lure, NC

Jack,

McCain- Because he is an Old flip-floping lover of war, He doesn’t appear to have any other qualities to be our President.Moses,Ca.

My least favorite is Hillary. A lot of what she claims to have done, never seems to see the light of day. There is something worrisome about her doing work in the wee hours of the morning (3am), when most of us are asleep.

2nd least favorite: McCain. He seems to have flip-flopped on the tax cuts. Also, I think his thinking on Iraq is wrong. I don’t think the surge is really working, but is masked by Al Sadr’s current rhetoric. I think Al Sadr will promote violence this fall in an effort to influence our election.

My 3rd least favorite is Obama. What I don’t like about him is his lack of experience. Also, comparisons to Kennedy are a bit troubling. When I try to objectively examine Kennedy’s actions, about all you come up with is the Cuban Missile Crisis and even then you are left wondering if the Bay of Pigs may jumpstarted that.

I’m hoping that McCain realizes that he doesn’t need the Llimbaughs and Coulters of the world, to be elected President and gets back on track.

Harry
Ky.

That would be an easy choice–Grampa McCain. He is always showing pictures of himself which were taken when he was Barack’s
age.

Hillary is my least favorite pick for President, Jack!

She “misspeaks”, runs the most negative campaign, is now known as the ‘deadbeat” because she doesn’t pay her bills. Her “fat cats” seem to be losing interest in her and her campaign. Her super delegates are beginning to recognize a loser and a losing campaign when they see one.

The Party’s over……………………..

Hillary Clinton

I don’t believe I can trust her to run the country.

Jack,

it’s Obama. As far as experience goes, McCain easily beats Clinton and Obama, and his character in unquestionable. He also stands a reasonable chance of working with the Democrats in Congress to get things done. Clinton would at least be competent, although the odds of her playing well with others are tiny. Obama talks a good line, but that’s all he is…talk. There’s no experience or accomplishments to match the rhetoric. Being President takes more than a few good speeches.

Hillary Clinton

It’s kind of hard to pick a least favorite when I don’t care for any of them. I guess I would have to put them in this order: McCain, Obama and then Clinton. Come November I’ll just have to hold my nose and vote for one of them.

The Candidate that I would least like to see elected is Hillary Clinton. I don’t trust a word she says, I don’t think we want Bill back in the White House. I just don’t like her dirty politics. I don’t want to her that voice,that cackle or see that bobbling head every time I watch the news for the next four years. No. 2 on my list of least likes is John McCain. I am a Viet Nam Vet and saw too many young soldiers killed or wounded for no good reason. Now it is happening in Iraq for no good reason and he wants to continue. The death toll is over 4,000 and climbing. Add to that the number of amputees we are producing in Iraq .For what?

Senator McCain.

He is still a casualty of the Vietnam War. Because of the horrific cost of Vietnam, he can’t accept that it was a mistake that America is still trying to live down. He is determined that some good shall come of it. Iraq is his second chance to see that some good comes of it, so he will senselessly send this generation to die as Johnson sent McCain’s generation to die. If you know the Jimmy Piersal story you know the syndrome.

I hate to say it but here it is: Senator Clinton. I believe she would have a clickish small set of people she would listen to like Bush that would not necessarily serve the interest of Americans across the party lines. She has been so devisive just in the Democratic primary that it has shocked me. I do not believe America can afford that sort of government anymore.

Orlando Florida

Neat trick Jack! When we vote we get to pick the lesser of two evils. Your giving us the chance here to choose the greater of three evils. It’s an easy choice for me Jack, as a former middle class wage earner I recognize evil as 1. Satan 2.dick bush/george cheney and 3. the republican party. John McCain would be least attractive to me.

Hillary Clinton

II don’t feel comfortable having her run the county. I don’t trust her.

Least favorite? Duh, John McBush of course!

No second thoughts. That would be Hillary Clinton. Someone who has poor memory of foreign trips undertaken, someone who says something and does entirely different, someone who puts spouse’s experience in their resume cannot win my favouritism as an elected president. No way !

Jack,
While Hillary is my least favorite personality in the race because of her vitriolic persona and inability to compromise, McCain would be the person I would least want to see elected president since he lacks the vigor that one needs to be president. He seems tired,cranky and forgetful. I admire what he has done for the country he loves, but he should retreat to his ranch and enjoy a well-deserved retirement.

My least favorite pick for president is Senator Clinton. I liked the Clintons, and I supported the former president. However, during this race, the reality is that I have seen things that I do not like about the Clintons, such as the dirty tactics and her “misspoken” experience in Bosnia. Senator Clinton’s idea of her being a fighter is not one of character and integrity. More and more, it just appears to me that Senator Clinton does not care for the American people, and winning the presidency is all about her own aspirations. I, in truth, cannot believe anything that she says after her “misspoken” experience.

Easy one, Jack: JOHN MCCAIN

Why? Easy again:

A.) 100 more years of unlawful occupation in a country we illegally invaded… A recipe for more instability and disaster in the Middle East.

B.) “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran”… Even if he really believes this, it was STUPID to say it publicly.

C.) “Let homeowners who were duped into predatory loans fend for themselves”… Another stupid statement and approach.

D.) His public admitting that the econmomy is not his strong suit.

E.) His countless flip-flops

F.) Lobbyists running his campaign… huh? Hipocrite

G.) His past dealing with Mr. Keating.

I could go on, but… After 8 years of W, John McBush is simply NOT an option.

To be honest Jack, I don’t think any of them deserve the job………….
So when are you and Wolf going to put your names out there……
Some honesty in the White House would sure be nice!!!

I would have to say that John McCain would have to be the least of them that I would want to see elected. He does not seem to have a clear understanding on just how crutial that it is for working class Americans to get back on their feet. The economy is in stambles and the war just needs to end. Most Americans have suffured enough under this administration and we just can not afford another 4 years of Bush.

Briggita
Georgia

John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama all have quality to be a great president. Hillary Clinton would least want to see elected because of one word “Bosnia”. I am under 8 years of lying president. I do not want to see another liar in the whitehouse.

Undecided - California

From Lerdo, Durango, Mexico

Lest favorite — easy. John McCain. We don’t need four years of Bush lite.

McCain! He already comes across as arrogant, self righteous, self absorbed, and stubborn. He has these qualities while he is supposedly stumping for votes. What happens if elected and on his high horse? He reminds me of another stubborn president who wasted 8 years of our lives…George Bush!

Wildwood Crest, NJ

Clinton/ Mccain or Mccain/Clinton they are both sides of the same coin

They BOTH voted for the IRAQ disaster and didn’t have the guts to speak out against it.

Neither deserves to be President imo!!

Enuff said!!

My least favorite presidential candidate is John McCain, for the simple reason that he wants to keep the war going, and that he refuses to help the middle class.

Hillary Clinton is second, not because of her policies, but because of her tactics and underlying character flaws.

Barack Obama is my favorite candidate, even though he is the one with the least experience. His leadership style is reflected in the way he runs his campaign. He uses a bottom-up approach. He inspires and empowers us to accomplish our goals. That’s how a democracy is supposed to work. The people have the power, not just by voting, but by having our voices and concerns heard by the people we elect.

Our current president is a poor listener, and even when he does, it’s usually way too late. The Bush administration has been a huge failure on many levels. The sooner it’s over with, the better.

McCain…it’s about the war…..without the war the economy would not have gone down the tubes…..we are spending too much abroad. If the money we wasted on the war had been spent on health care for everyone and the creation of jobs we would not be in the mess we are in now……but at least we made sure that we eliminated all those wmd’s.

IJack, as a long tiem independsdent I would say Johan McSame and Hillary Clinton. I think John McSame is too damn old to even know the difference between Iraq and New Jersey. Hillary Clinton is so power hungary that I worry that she would be too interested in becoming America’s first queen rather than listen or care about the will of the people. Does Marie Antoinette ring a bell?

Least favourite: McBush. As a non-American, I’m pretty sure a lot of countries feel the same way I do and would like to see an improvement in US foreign policy especially towards Africa and The Caribbean.

Clinton then McCain then Obama

I hope John McCain does not win the Presidency because (1) he is too old; (2) his administration would just be a repeat of the Bush years; (3) he would never bring our troops home; and (4) he seems to have no understanding of the trouble most middle-class and lower-class people are experiencing in the United States.

We need Obama in the White House.

John McCain is my least favorite. This is because McCain represents the past. The Republicans need to get out out of the White House so that Obama can try to right their wrongs.

Least desirable candidate would be John McCain..8 more years of John McCain would be 8 more years of George Bush which would mean big business would continue to run our country…no help for the average citizen there…

pat from Florida

I want a President that will stand by what he says. Total Ear Mark spending by congress for 2008 year was up 30% from last year. Roughly 17.2 Billion dollars on them. HC, BO and JM all voted for a moratorium on ear mark spending but it got voted down by a large margin. So how did our candidates do? Hillary came out the biggest porker at 281 earmarks totaling $296 million dollars. Barack came in second with a measly 53 ear mark projects totaling $97 million dollars. John had none.
Which one do you think I will vote for? I will be voting for John McCain.

John McCain, by a landslide. Nothing personal, but the grip put on this country, and the entire globe, for that matter, by the neocon agenda has got to end. If MCain wants permenent tax cuts for the upper crust, and wants to “win” the war, then he is either unhinged, or has gone over to the dark side. Are trade agreements that give certain corporations access to Iraqi oil really worth all this blood? Does the whole world have to be split into haves and have-nots? The far right lunatics have no plan to save health care, social security, education, medicare, etc, etc, except to privatize everything, which is code for give us all your money. No matter what he says on the campaign trail, he is one of “them”. I would vote for a Nader-Ventura ticket before I would consider giving any Republican the reins.

Jack,
The obvious answer has got to be John McCain. There can be no way around it. I have serious suspicions when it comes to Hillary and even though I support Obama I have disagreements with some of his ideas. But when I see how far George Bush has set America back. When I remind myself of the childish and arrogant policies Bush has cramed down America’s throat I know I could never and would never cast my vote for someone who supports him as much as McCain does.

John McCain is the candidate that I would least like to see elected as President. He’s just and extension of the Bush Administration. Might as well call him John McSame. The fact that John McCain has a very short temper and is determined to win this war and has even stated we could be there 100 years could be a weapon of mass destruction just waiting to explode. I will agree patriotism and devotion to country describe McCain but that still doesn’t spell change for the United States of America.

I’m sure there is a trick here somewhere but I just can’t figure it out so I’ll play it straight. John McSame. He has promised to follow Bush’s war to its conclusion, wherever it leads instead of getting out and giving our economy a chance to recover from what will be eight years of policies even a low grade moron wouldn’t endorse. He already indicated that he wouldn’t be able to deal with a normal economy, so imagine what will happen as he tries to revive an economy as badly damaged as this one. He will also irrecoverably tilt the Supreme Court so far to the right as to make it well beyond what the Founding Fathers ever envisioned, thus eliminating any balance in government and setting human rights back 400 years. Do I really need to go on, would a picture be better.

Hillary Clinton: untrustworthy, too secretive, no transparency and bad with own campaign finances, Bill Clinton too bullish and tied to too many scandals

Hillary. McCain and Obama at least are running for office because they believe they can best serve the country. Hillary is running so the country can best serve her. She races around looking for problems to fit her solutions, and drawing major media attention to her apparent cleverness.

Being the chief leader is also being the chief servant - and she would serve nobody but herself…there is very little room in her heart for anyone but herself.

>>> Jay

My least favorite pick would be John McCain because I really don’t think he knows what he’s doing. We have already had 7 years of hell with the current “Dumbo” in office. I don’t think America can afford another 4 years with another “Dumbo” in office. We need a change.

Obama “08

This is a category easily won by John McCain, but any Republican candidate would have fit the bill. After 8 years of Republican rule it takes but a few cells of gray matter to know what a disaster it has been and how bad it will be if it continues. A war of choice, tens of thousands dead, hated in the world, trillions of dollars in debt, worthless dollar, losing jobs, losing homes, tens of millions without healthcare and just as many underinsured, unaffordable gas while oil companies rake in billions, food prices through the roof, college out of reach to the common person, shredded Constitution - I could go on and on and on. Anyone who votes Republican this years needs a psychiatrist (not covered under your insurance policy).

That’s exactly what I’ve been trying to decide. If Hillary doesn’t get the nomination, I’m trying to decide if McCain or Obama would be the best choice to vote for. I can’t stand the thought of McCain keeping us in the Iraq war and letting our economy continue to fall off the earth. And Obama, well I just wish he hadn’t even decided to run. Everything about him scares me! If any, and I say again if any, of that stuff Reverend Wright preached rubbed off on him, it would make four of the most scary years that Americans haven’t seen the likes of yet. So I’m hoping for a miracle for Hillary or Gore.

Hillary Clinton because she is selfish, dishonest and capable of doing anything, even selling america and its people for her own interest.

Least; where do I start? Clintonomics put us in bankruptcy; Obamanomics puts us in bankruptcy; and McPolitician has us… going into bankruptcy while beating a drum and tooting a horn. The numbers are simple, there’s only one right thing to do, and none of them are going to do it. My vote for the candidate I’d least like to see in office is, D, all of the above.

Obama definitely!

Because his agenda is so far left it appears he’s attempting to create a socialist government.

His most ardent supporters–are also the most left leaning–some are declared socialists, and he has the de facto endorsement of the Socialist Party of America.

Our nation has come too far and sacrificed too much to de-evolve into a Marx-styled modern socialist state.

Stupid question Jack!!

That’s like asking what would you least rather be?

Healthy,wealthy,and happy!

Somewhat healthy,somewhat wealthy,and somewhat happy!

OR

Terminal,dead broke,and clinically depressed!

Ray,Florida

My least favorite is Hillary Clinton because I do not trust her at all.

My least favorite candidate if Obama. He is ignoring one of the primary issues in our country today and that is our health care. Hillary has a workable plan for universal health care. She made mistakes in her initial approach during President Clinton’s first administration. She learned and corrected those errors. She is a smart lady who doesn’t let arrogance get in the way of a progressive way of thinking. She listens!!! She doesn’t think she can do something like bowl without some prior knowledge.

I wouldn’t want John McCain elected for president for many of the same reasons I’ll be happy to see Bush leave office as millions of others. With an ailing economy and the Iraq war, why would anyone want an ailing elderly man for president, it doesn’t make sense.

Jack, I would have to say Obama because he doesn’t really say anything. He makes good speeches, but stammers and stutters in one on one discussions. Ahs and humms and I, and I, I ahs, just don’t get it for me.
Charlotte
Clovis, Ca

McCain. Haven’t we seen enough failures in last 7 years. I don’t think America needs more of that. We need to shift the gear and go in a new direction.

Nuwan from Houston, TX

Of course Hillary Clinton. And this is coming from someone who voted for her on Feb 5th.

Why? Only one reason- her negativity.

Negative reinforcement works for the short term. In the long run- it never works.

Jack-

In my book Clinton and McCain tie for my least favorite to win. Clinton because she lies and McCain because of his 100 year Iraq remark and I think he is just too old.

Not OBAMA: “”all-smoke-and-no-beef”".

Jack
All of the above, I have voted in every presidential election since Dick Nixon ran against Jack Kennedy. This is the first time since I have started voting there is a very poor choice. I havent made up my mind yet.

Jack: With the greatest respect for a man who is considered to be a true American Hero Senator John McCain is not only America’s least choice he would be the world’s least choice. Senator Obama must be given a chance not because he is a fine well spoken black man, it is because it is the first time in years that one man has stood tall to represent so many in many ways in the need of hope as we stand at the cross roads of life itself to a very uncertain future.

David
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

John McCain - no more Republicans please !!!

My vote is for Hillary.

Hi Jack my least favorite pick for president would be McCain the man i a war monger who knows NOTHING about Economics or the economy for that matter, we really need Obama to be our president, he’s the only one with common sense

Hillary Clinton, hands down. She epitomizes everything negative about politicians and politics in this country and has shown repeatedly that she cannot be trusted. McCain’s support of the Iraq war is major mark against him, however he does seem to be a leader with some honesty and integrity. People need to realize that having leadership qualities is more important for a president than stances on particular issues.

Heaven save us from another four years of Bush and Co. McCain

Jack, polls can be so deceiving. It all depends on how the question is asked, what options are given, etc., etc. So, who would I least like to see as President — Barack Obama because of his lack of experience, don’t trust him, believe he has not been fully vetted on his personal membership in a church that some believe is racist, concerns about dirty politics in his past campaigns, and I believe he is too “liberal” (look at his backers, Kennedy and Kerry).

Sonoma, CA

Hillary’s negatives are known.

Obama is a ticking time-bomb…. he’s so unknown, it’s just a matter of time before he explodes, and McCain and Hillary will be there to step on the pieces

John McCain. Because (1) He is a republican (2) the present Republican administration has screwed up this great country pretty good over the past 7 years (3) we do not want another 100 years war or occupation of Iraq or any other country (4) He is from old school of thought, that means business as usual (5) We have better candidates Barrack or Hillary, Why not go for the best ie “Barrack” young, smart, integrity, hope & vision.
California

John Mcain is too old.

I want the new generation to be given a chance in shaping their future.

Smart, London, UK.

Clinton !
Even though I am going to vote democratic no matter who the candidate is, you have to find McCain refreshing.
Anyone who can call a gramer school child a “little jerk” when asked a question about was he worried about getting alzheimers, is at least honest.
Or, as if the talking heads, late nite comedians, and all the other pundits aren’t making enough of an issue about his age, he comes out today and says he’s going to rush his choice for Vice President because “He know’s the American people want to know because of his Age.”
Gotta love the guy, if not his politics.
Alan, Catskill, New York

Jack, Jack,
Sen Hillary Clinton, is the least choice.
One Reason only BILL CLINTON, the public always forgets the good
one does, they NEVER forgive the Bad.

Jack,

McCain of course, though Hillary runs a very close second. Though he is a war hero and a well respected senator, and he is far more likable than Hillary, he shares very few policy similarities with myself. His policy on Iraq, his joking about bombing Iran, and his plan to simply let the market run its course is completely against everything I am for. Clinton runs a close second mostly for the personal reasons rather than policy, but I’ll hold my nose and vote for her if she some how gets the Democratic nod. I guess that’s expected of me being a young liberal from Massachusetts

Dan from MA

I don’t want McCain and Obama equally. Not McCain because he is a republican and his position on the war (I have never voted for republican in my life). And not Obama because beyond his celebrity I see nothing of substance and am completely mystified at the uproar over him. Unfriendly foreign leaders would see him a a babe in the woods, and would act accordingly.

I am not wild about Hillary but her husband presided over eight peaceful and prosperous years, which people are now trying hard to forget, for reasons that elude me. Edwards is who I wanted, but he was ignored to death, and that is a real shame.

12% of people not only still believe Obama is Muslim, but name that as their one big reason for not voting for him? Can we revoke these people’s right to vote until such a time as they can prove they have an IQ above 50? As for the actual question, I would have to go with McCain because there’s such a high probability that with him in office the failed policies of the last 7 years will continue. I’d love for him to suddenly announce that he has just been sucking up to the far right for the last 4 years to get them to vote for him and he’s now going to go back to McCain ‘00, but I don’t see that happening.

The Clinton campaign has been whispering that Obama is ‘unelectable’. In the last week it has been reported that he has succeeded in raising substantially more money than either Clinton or McCain, than he is polling ahead of his rival for the Democratic nomination, and now that he is the *least* controversial of the candidates still in the race. He doesn’t just sound electable - he sounds inevitable.

Obama…. b/c just being “present” in his first 130 days won’t be enough to fix this country’s mess

My vote is HRC. I 100% do not trust her, 100% don’t want Bill Clinton back in office, and 100% do not like her. I know that’s 300% - that’s no miscalculation. I have enough dread of her getting in office for at least 3 people.

Hillary Clinton! While I could write a book about why she should not be our next president I submit one very simple and very telling argument. How can we trust someone who claims she wants to enfranchise the people of MI/FL by seating their delegates when she is, in effect, trying to disenfranchise ALL Democrats across the country by pushing the superdelegates (and now, even the pledged delegates!) to overturn the will of the people? Something isn’t kosher here…

Dana
NY, NY

Hillary Clinton has demonstrated a real lack of integrity and honesty, which, unfortunately, seems to be encompassing her daughter.

Senator Mccain, of course and his war policy. We need a gradual end to the Iraq fiasco and more throops in the afghan region to think we can’t even spare 3000 army throops to them the marines have to fill in and thats where the real threat is (al queda). We can’t leave Iraq and start military action on Iran we would look like bully’s we need diplomacy in the middle east not death and misery theres too much of that there. I dont believe a tempered old man will be diplomatic or entertain change.

Hillary Clinton, she puts her interest and ambitions above the that of the American people and the party. I don’t think she learned a lesson from her failed attempts at Insurance reform as First Lady. She does not play well with others unless they are willing to play by her rules. She heaps praise on McCain as being better than the competition from her own party.

She dishonored all those brave soldiers who have severed and are serving in harms way with her lie about sniper fire in Bosnia. It was not a misspeak or a miss remembered, it was a lie plain and simple. That I cannot forgive her for.

I do not want to see John McCain as President. He is for the war, he is too old (sorry, but true), and he doesn’t represent any type of change.

Here in MI I voted for the one that I thought would be the easiest to beat and, who I wanted to lose, since I could not vote for who I wanted to win. I voted for John McCain because he is a figure of war mongering and fear like our present President. Saber rattling is a thing that the American people are sick and tired of.

jim, Prescott, MI

Anything but McCain!!

Hillary and Obama supporters must back each others candidate once we know who that is.

Voting for McCain as revenge would be a grave mistake that we would all regret.

Obama and my reason, I do not trust him, I have no faith in his ability to lead this country. He has shown me nothing.
Angola NY

Hillary Clinton. Followed by John McCain.

While I sincerely believe that Hillary has the knowledge and skill to be a formidable president, the baggage and divisiveness that she brings would prove crippling to her ability to an effective leader.

As for McCain, my opposition to him is not that strong and I would not be devastated if he beat Obama. I don’t believe this conservative make-over of John McCain for one minute. He has been a maverick his entire life, has courted the Democrats, and will likely be a one-term president. The conservatives should be concerned. I think if elected he would continue to be a moderate and a maverick which in reality does not put him too far out of step with my own views and beliefs.

I would least like to see John Mc Cain as President.He is utterly indifferent to my distress in economic hard times.He favors the continuation of a war I judge to be immoral and which the majority of Americans oppose. And he’s not Barack Obama.

Hey Jack

Wouldn’t it be the remaining two- since McCain and Clinton are pretty much the same- except for that pesky gender thing.

John McCain represents a continuation of the George Bush political philosophies. I can’t, in good conscience, vote for that. If people think that things have been great for the last 7 years, with oil company profits and tax breaks for the upper 1%, then go for it. McCain is bottom of my list to be elected President.

Hillary Clinton, she has no credibility and honestly believes that she can change the private sector, change foreign countries and make all of our problems go away by barking orders and pointing a cold finger. I don’t know who among the other two I support (moderate Republican, voted Obama in primary), but I will do everything I can to prevent HRC from becoming leader of the free world.

my least favorite is barack obama.the reason is his lack of experience and the way his campaign has been run. i feel he has been given a free ride by the press and to some extent in the media. they make him seem like the walk on water candidate. maybe we should call him teflon barack. i prefer hillary clinton and if not her, sen. john mccain.all the best. joe from s.i.

As President of the United States, you wear many hats. Commander in Chief, Leader of Your Party, Chief Diplomat, Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Legislator (because bills have to go through President 1st to be signed into law), Chief Guardian on the Economy. I can see all three in the Chief of State role, but the other categories are where I filter the candidates out. I do not like McCain as the chief economist or legislator and many republicans do not see him as the leader of the party.

As for Obama, I cannot see him as Commander in Chief, Chief executive, Chief Economists, or Leader of the Democrats. For those reasons and others, I think Obama is the “worst” candidate out of the three major candidates left.

I can see Hillary in all 7 roles, maybe not the leader of the Dems because so many do not like her. I do though. She has a good plan for the economy, Iraq, education, the environment, etc. The other two do not.

Clinton because she represents sameo-sameo would send us backward; McCain who is an interesting guy but in the wrong party; and Obama because he represents a potentially startling change for the better for our country and its government.

Chris Morgan
Bellingham, WA

Clinton, I simply do not trust her nor do I feel she has any principles. I’m not even sure if she trust herself. And what are her principles anyway - of her 35+ years in public life, she has displayed VERY little in the way of integrity…..I personally would rather have a 71 yr. old grand dad in the WH than someone of questionable ethics.

Jack, McCain of course. I’ve been paying attention for the last saven and a half years, haven’t you

I would have to say John McCain. Just because he is a Republican and they have done nothing but run this country in the ground. And there party is still causing problems because every time there is an important vote they are the ones blocking the legislation. That pretty much tells me they will not change and they do NOT care about this country. So do I want more of that for the next four years……NOOOOO!

Obama because he is too much of a liberal elitist.

Jack, I’ve never voted Republican in my life, and I’m an ardent Barack Obama supporter. But I would prefer to see John McCain in office than Hillary Clinton because I’m sick to death of familial nepotism in politics. Where I live, we’ve got a mayor who is the son of a former mayor and a county board president who’s the son of a former county board president. To me, Hillary Clinton is worse than them, reeking of the same entitled patronage and string-pulling as did Lurleen Wallace, George Wallace’s wife and gubernatorial successor, in Alabama. I’d rather have somebody who’s a little more self-made than someone who rests on the laurels of one of his or her relations.

I do not want hillary in the white house. why I can give you million reasons, but here are a few. 1. I do not trust her, 2. she is polorizing, 3. she is running for her personal ambition, 4. I do not want to see Bush or Clinton in the white house ever again.

I am amused that 12% who think Obama is Muslim. But my least favorite pick will definitely be McCain for all the reasons in the poll. Plus, he is too old and hot tempered to name a few. I am an Obama supporter but I love Bill Clinton, and wouldn’t mind him back in the office (indirectly).

Hillary Clinton is my least favorite candidate.

She is running a Karl Rove style campaign.

John McCain was the victim of Rove tactics in 2000 when he ran against Bush, and has made it clear he doesn’t approve of them this year.

Barack Obama is the breath of fresh air this nation needs.

Barak Obama is the poorest candidate. Someone needs to ask him where he was when he decided he was against the war. Had he even served a few days in the Ill senate? Did he have briefings from the CIA and other officials about what they believed about WMD? Was he asked to step up inthe Senate & House and have placed on his shoulders the responsibility for the safety of the country? Actually, he had no credible evidence one way or the other yet he has pounded others who had to make a choice. When asked to make a hypothetical answer and exerice judgment, he wanders all around the subject and off to other subjects and never answers the question. I hope America wakes up before we get a preacher instead of a statesman/woman. He just doesn’t have it. Nita, Florida

Hi Jack,

I’d have to say 50/50 with John McCain and Hillary Clinton. John McCain for the obvious reasons, he would be third term Bush Admin. Re: HRC, I don’t think she is a likable person resulting in ’strained’ relations with Cabinet, Congress, Senate members, not to mention other world leaders. Plus I personally am turned off by her attitude that the Presidency is a given, an honor she feels she is entitled to.

I would least like to see Hillary in the White House. She’s been running a very hateful, negative campaign, proving to me every day that her lust for power is stronger than her so-called desire to help America. Besides, I think it’s time we let the Bushes and Clintons step aside and let someone new run the country.

Atlanta, Georgia

John McCain by a long stretch. Common, how could we possibly put another war monger in the White House. One that has confessed that he knows nada about the economy. It going to be a disaster should he get there.
As for Hillary, her negatives are just too much and the more she opens are mouth, the less likeable she becomes.

Give me Obama, anytime, anyday.

Jack,

You mean we can’t pick Nader? Ok, then I pick Hillary. I don’t trust her to do what’s right for us instead of what’s best for her people.

Besides, if her idea of dealing with a crisis is blaming it on a “vast right wing conspiracy”, then I don’t want her picking up that 3 am phone call.

Alex
Waterbury, CT

I would least like to see “McSame” elected president. In the end Republicans just want to help the rich get richer. I don’t think McCain cares enough about the lower and middle classes in our country; if he did, he’d be running on a different ticket.

-Julia Hays
from Pitman, NJ

It’s a toss up for me…..I would not like to see Hillary Clinton or John McCain for President. I have had enough of the Republican rule. I don’t trust Hillary either. I think she is all talk and NO action. I don’t like the lies she has been telling and I don’t think her kitchen sink stratagies were good for her campaign. How can we expect her to take care of our country when she can’t even take care of her own finances. I don’t like the fact that she says she has 35 years experience and when we look at that experience, it’s all Bills. Just because she was first lady, doesn’t mean she has more experience. If I remember correctly, Bill Clinton didn’t have much experience either so her argument about Barack not having enough is a mute point.

All of you forgot there are 4 people still left in this rodeo

Barack Obama, John McCain, Ralph Nader, Hillary Clinton… in that order from least like to see to most like to see….

At this point I just can’t stand how far left the Dems are falling. I’m registered Dem, but would say I’m like most and middle of the road. This reminds me of how far right the the Republican party went. And we all see how well that has turned out, are people really so blind as to think doing a complete 180 to the far left will be any better.

Jack, it’s got to be John Mccain, The straight talking express has two flat tires, and tends to be a hot head… I don’t question his character as a person. I question the methods he has used to win the nomination, and if he will be beholden to the policies and conservative practices now of the GOP. There’s no question that they’ve run the country like idots, now he wants to tell America that he was wrong to oppose their ideas, the war in Iraq going well and he thinks Americans are too cynical. Whose vote is he really after….

John McCain.

1-Bush 3rd term
2-100 years in Iraq
3-bomb bomb bomb Iran

Jack,
I would least like to see McCain as President. My reasons for this:

1) The Iraq occupation. I have a brother-in-law that just finished his 3rd tour and my brother just started his 2nd tour. My family has been lucky so far, but I don’t like the odds if this occupation is allowed to drag on for another 5 years, which it most certainly will with McCain.

2) Bush’s 3rd term. While he keeps trying to distance himself from Bush, there is more than enough evidence to indicate that McCain’s policies would be a continuation of Bush’s failed policies. I thought the country was extremely foolish to re-elect Bush. It would be even more foolish to give Bush’s policies a 3rd term with Bush-Lite.

3) The Economy. I simply do not believe that McCain has the best interests of the middle class at heart. A continuation of the Bush economic melt-down will effectively kill the middle class (it’s already on life support). The hard-working middle class is what made this country what it is today, and any more damage to it will finally divide this country into a two-class system: The Haves and the Have-Nots.

Boy Jack you sure do offer a hard choice. While I oppose all of McCain’s positions on policy, I find Clinton so manipulative and a desire to do anything thing to win that she would be a greater dissapointment to me. Clinton has flat out lied about the details of her Bosnia trip to bolster her foreign policy credentials when she clearly has NONE! And this is the person who we should considered running the FBI, CIA and NSA? I dont think so Jack. If she’s doing all of this lying now, imagine what she’d do with those agencies! She’d be able to cover anything up. She always goes on the campaign trail saying that we should judge what a candidate will do as President according to what they’ve already done. Well we gave her a chance to have a Senate seat and she turned right around and voted for the Iraq war. Furthermore, if she can be easily fooled by President Bush on the war, then she deserves to lose her Senate seat based on complete incompetence.

As much as Hillary has turned me off since her campaign turned in to a rabid pitbull, I would still have to put Mc Cain on the top. Eventhough I considered voting for him if he got the nomination in 2000, hi policies are out of touch and he really bores me when i hear him speak.

The only one I would not like to see in Office is Sen. Clinton. I trust McCain and have a lot of hope for Obama. But Sen. Clinton? She gets sleep deprived and makes up stories about sniper fire, and then expects us to believe she’ll be able to make the right call when aroused from her sleep at 3am.

I think that Barack Obama has what it takes to unite our country. He has done everything fairly & he still shows her respect no matter how many times she disrespects him & that nonsense about him not wanting everyone’s vote to count thats just a joke. She’s the one that dismissed the votes in Michigan & Florida before Super Tuesday when she thought she was the clear winner.

McCain is by any measure I can think of the lest acceptable candidate since GWB: fumbling in speech, garbled & illogical in his thinking and insanely violent and aggressive in temperament. If he is fog-brained now, just give him 4 years to age. Good Lord deliver us.

Jordan in NC

Jack……I would least want to see Mccain elected. He is just another extension of the Bush clan. It blows my mind that the American people having just experienced another four gruelling years of Bush systematically bankrupting the greatest nation on Earth would even consider Mccain as a candidate. Hell! what do I know I’m a Canadian

I don’t want John McCain. He used to be one of my favorite Republicans, because he seemed to be free-thinking and willing to work with Democrats. Now he is trying so hard to court the conservatives, promising more war(s), while demonstrating that he’s not very . . . intelligent. We need change in this country, and he is not an agent for change. His age isn’t a factor; I just don’t think he can do the job. If Hillary somehow steals the nomination, I will hold my nose and vote for her, knowing that she’ll probably lose because the Democratic party will be in shambles.

Jack, aren’t you forgetting Ralph Nader? I would even much rather see McCain elected than see Nader elected. He is the scariest of them all.

Jack: I have been voting for almost 50 years as an independent voter never affiliated with any political party. Several times I have voted for what I perceived as the lesser of two evils, but this year I feel that there really is no meaningful choice. I just don’t see how I could vote for any of them.

Jim
Hoffman Estates, IL

I would hate to see John McCain as president because it would just be 4 more years of Bush all over again, not to mention the fact that we would most certainly be heading into another disastrous war—this time with Iran. Although I must admit out of all the Republicans I dislike McCain the least. I feel strongly that Hillary Clinton is trying to Swift Boat Obama knowing she is not going to get the nomination and therefore ruin his chance of winning the General Election in November. Hillary is single handedly doing what no Republican could this year: Ruin the Democratic Party. She is divisive and petty.
Obama is our only real chance to heal the deep wounds in this country and to regain our moral standing around the world.

The candidate I’d like to see the least as president is Hillary Clinton. With John McCain I know what I’m getting-4 more years of Bush. How much more could he mess up a messed up situation? But Hillary is a proned to outright LIE and I don’t trust or like herr. Our former president would feel embolden and he essentially would be president again. It would be nice to have our country run by someone other than a Bush or a Clinton. We need change!

That’s a tough question…

I want Hillary to lose because she has been heading a campaign that is so nasty and manipulative and full of dirty tricks.

I want McCain to lose because he represents a continuation of the disastrous Bush administration and supports too many of its horrible policies.

Hillary Clinton -

If Obama gets elected he will be for the people, by the people. If people would start reading his policies and plans for helping our country, I think they would understand, unfortunatly you are allowed to vote even if you do not take the time to read. (headlines do not count as reading up on policy)

If Mccain is elected he will say hey I know you do not like this, but I am doing it anyway. Truth, as much as I do not like what he stands for at least I know where he stands.

If Clinton is elected she will say she is for the people and continue to lie and manipulate to achieve her own goals. I believe her to be for Hillary by Hillary.

This takes away from Hillary’s argument to the superdelegates since she is almost tied with McCain. I just think Obama can cross party lines better than Hillary and hopefully McCain.

Carl from Pa

A McCain presidency would be a disaster. First of all, he is no longer at the “top of his game” to be polite. Second, he’s had eight years to stand up against the insane destruction and deficit spending of the Bush administration, and he didn’t. And most importantly, a McCain presidency would not result in change, which is what Americans want most in 2008.

I would say Obama. He’s a nice guy and all, but he’s just way too liberal. For someone who speaks of “uniting red states and blue states” his policies sure are to the FAR left! At this point I think we need someone closer to the middle.

Hillary would be the worst candidate because she represents the old Clinton school of manipulation and mistrust. The Clintons owe everyone for their votes and support ,so nothing would ever change. By the way Jack how could she accomplish anything when her time would be taken up ducking all those sniper bullets from Bosnia.
C’mon Pennsylvania get out there and vote for a “change”. What did the Clintons ever do for your state - vote Oboma and end her campaign. Think of all the money that wil be saved by folding her campaign and firing all her spin-masters.

John McCain and I supported him in 2000. He is dead wrong on Iraq. Iraq didn’t have any WMD, no connection with the attacks on 9/11, and no relationship with Al Qaeda. The war is costing $12 billion a month while weakening our miltary readiness and the occupation only increases the number of young Muslims who want to kill us. It will go down as the biggest foreign policy blunder in the history of the United States.

Ed Reed
Port Aransas, TX

Jack, Hillary Clinton is the candidate I would least want to see elected. There are a host of reasons but for starters,

I have questions about her integrity or lack there of. I guess you could say, “I don’t trust her! ”

She has demonstrated over the past several months that she will stoop to the lowest level to make sure her address becomes 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

I’m not so sure if she really cares enough to even answer(she wants the American people to think that she does) the red phone at 3:00 a.m.

If she isn’t responsible enough to pay the health care bills for her own staff; what can we as Americans expect? Being responsible is a good indicator of someones judgement and of their character and I see this as an issue! If she doesn’t pay her bills on time how can she handle the nations budget?

Bill attacks the superdelagates by throwing a temper tantrum because they don’t vote for Hillary. That isn’t good sportsmanship, I say to the Clintons “You aren’t the kind of “first family” I’d like to see living in the house the American taxpayers are footing the bill for!!!!

Hillary Clinton, I find her totally out for herself and herself only. She is my Senator and even that shows how self centered she is. She wasn’t born here, rasied here, educated her, nor did she ever really live here. She had absolutely no vested interest in New York but needed a Senate seat in order to have a chance to run for President and used her husbands political capital to woo the NY party bosses to let her run here. She doesn’t care one iota for New York, she only cares about herself and her goals and continually shows she is willing to say and do anything that she feels helps her obtain them.

Without a doubt, my least favorite is Hillary Clinton. She is completely untrustworthy. I wouldn’t believe a word that comes out of her mouth. And the thought of her and Bill having a second go at the White House is just appalling. I’m tired of all the fighting, fighting, fighting. If we elect Hillary, the divisiveness will just go on and on for another four or even–perish the thought–eight years.

Trumbull, CT

John McCain his temper will take our imagine with other countries further down the toilet than George bush could imagine and not to mention he has no clue what’s going one in any other area of life other than this war. Why did the republican pick him he’s most likely the worst candidate in American History.

Jack, . . . .According to the polls, The MOST favorite is Senator Obama.
(Am I missing something?)

JOHN MCCAIN. I dread another four years of a republican government that is more of Iraq, no clue about the economy and a ganster-type foreign policy. But with McCain especially, I believe his views are too rigid, such as on Iraq and not lending a helping hand to those who are facing economic distress, forced upon them by the bad policies of government. Above all his physical posture is way too rigid and not presidential at all. What about promoting his father and grand father as if they are the candidates and not him. He would have made a great candidate, perhaps, in 1808 certainly not 2008..

As much as Hillary has turned me off ,since her campaign turned in to a rabid pitbull, I would still have to put McCain on the top. Eventhough I considered voting for him if he got the nomination in 2000, his policies are out of touch with the growing problemsin America and he really bores me when i hear him speak.
Johns Island, SC

Hi Jack:
How about All Of The Above for my least favorite. Is this crop really the best this country can do?

I personally do not trust or like, in any way, Hillary. However, Obama would be worse than her. At least we know about Hillary. We really don’t know a lot about Obama and I fear he may not be all that he shows himself to be.

For me it’s McCain because on too many issues he will continue the Bush policies that got us into the mess we are currently in with respect to the economy, the Iraq war, and our standing in the international community. Either Obama or Clinton would move us in a different direction and that is sorely needed.

I personally do not want to see John McCain in the white house. I do not want to see another “bush” running the white house again. What bush did to the country was disasterous and if john mccain gets in the white house it will only get worse.

jorge
Rhode island

McCain, first, because the last thing we need right now is a guy with a hot temper in the center of the Middle East powder keg; second, because the next president will fill the seats of two Supreme Court justices, and Roe v. Wade could be in deep trouble.

Rita
Burbank, CA

Blauvelt, NY

I’m an Obama supporter who is so disgusted with Hillary’s vile campaign that I would have to hold my nose to vote for her, should she steal the nomination. She would at least pick good Supreme Court justices. No way in hell would I vote for John McBush.

Hillary. The Clintons and Bush’s have ran this country long enough. I am voting for Obama. For me is the one that will put this country back on track.

Shirl
Jacksonville NC

I”d say I’ll have a hard time picking between McCain and Obama. I loathe GW Bush and his cronies, and fear John McCain may be forced to maintain much of the current administration’s policies to keep the Republican conservative base from staying home in Nov. However, I fear that Obama’s inexperience and naivete’ may lead to a slew of foreign and domestic problems. I don’t think the IL State Senate really prepares one for global and national challenges. I keep thinking about President Carter-a good soul who deserves great respect, but a largely ineffective term in office.

Is there an “All of the above” option? How sad is it that we’re being forced to choice between someone with terrible policies and two sleaseballs? Maybe Douglass Adams was correct - anyone who wants the job should be automatically disqualified.

I would least like Hillary Clinton to become President. Why should we believe anything that she says is honest or genuine if she can’t be trusted to tell the truth regarding something as simple as a good will trip to the Balkans? I am convinced that she will say anything to the American people as long as it helps her get into the White House.

The man who believes our continued occupation of a non-English speaking Muslin country half way around the world is a good idea deserves an onion bouquet for arrogance and idiocy. No matter how he tries to deny it, I heard the tape of McCain saying he’s willing to keep troops there for 100 years. What a poor excuse for commander-in-chief he would be!

Hell would freeze over before I vote Republican, but I find myself liking Hillary Clinton even less than McCain. At least with McCain, you know what you’re getting…W, part 2, and slightly less condescending. With Hillary, though, you know you’re getting a two faced, flip-flopping, power-at-all-costs liar.

Chuck - Saint Paul, Minnesota

I can’t get over Obama’s lack of experience and prior exposer on a national scale. McCain and Clinton we have been able to watch how they think and what they stand for. There is that value to experience, we have experienced them. Obama is a blank slate and that has been good for his electability because he is exactly what we want him to be even if we disagree on what that is and we may both see him 180 degrees differently.

At the ripe old age of 31, I do not ever remember a President that has had any amount of integrity. It is an attribute that the leadership of our country sorely needs– both to handle domestic issues and to restore crediblity in the global arena. For the first time since I have been able to vote, there is not just one, but two candidates that have a level of integrity that gives me hope for the future. Hillary Clinton continues the legacy of deceit and dishonesty. I do not want to see her as President.

Hillary Clinton. Aside from being a card carrying mysogenist, I think Mrs. Clinton has proven herself dishonest, self-centered and devious throughout her years in politics, in the White House and in the present campaign. If people haven’t yet seen that Mrs. Clinton’s mission has more to do with Mrs. Clinton’s personal ambition than with this country then God help us all.