hillary obama
My gut choice is Hillary Clinton. I find her very likeable and she’s a methodist (perhaps as liberal as you can get in the protestant world). I also want to see Bill Clinton in the White House again.
But my calculating choice is Barack Obama. He’s actually a lot more liberal than Hillary, despite what people think. For example, Obama is against the Death Penalty, but Hillary is not. Obama thinks the war in Iraq is doing more harm than good. Hillary does not. Obama is more progressive on issues about stem-cell research. Plus, Obama’s mother was an outspoken atheist, so he understands the atheist position very well.
So I am torn. Purely from a policy perspective, I think Obama is my man. On the other hand, I really want to see Hillary in office. Perhaps an Obama-Hillary ticket would be the best. I think that would be quite a dynamic duo. Hillary’s more centrist tendencies could be checked by Obama’s more liberal leanings.
It is interesting to note that the public **perception** of Obama is that he is more centrist than Hillary is. Which, of course, is actually exactly the opposite of what’s true.
