Thursday, January 10, 2008

Presidential Candidates

We've been talking a lot in class about the people who are running for president this year. In this blog entry, voice your opinion on who you think should be our next president and why. Here are some of the top candidates.

Republicans:
  • Mike Huckabee (won in Iowa)
  • Mitt Romney (former Governor of Massachusetts)
  • John McCain (won in New Hampshire)
  • Rudy Guiliani (former mayor of New York)
  • Fred Thompson (former Congressman and actor on Law & Order)
  • Ron Paul (Senator and more independent candidate)

Democrats:
  • Hillary Clinton (Senator from New York and former First Lady)
  • Barack Obama (Senator from Illinios)
  • John Edwards (Senator & candidate in 2004)
Don't forget to say why you like a particular candidate. 10 points

61 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think that it would be very revolutional to have an african-american president. Therefore, I would vote for Barack Obama!!!!

Anonymous said...

barack obama should win because well i dont now why but he should.

Anonymous said...

That's a super duper reason to vote for Barack Obama Nathan! But I agree with you anyways.

Anonymous said...

I beleive that our country needs a conserveative republican. I think Mike Huckabee will be a great leader. I also wouln't mind having Barak Obama. I really think he would do some important changes with th war in Iraq. ( I think Zoe has a good reason too.)

Anonymous said...

I beleive that our country needs a conserveative republican. I think Mike Huckabee will be a great leader. I also wouln't mind having Barak Obama. I really think he would do some important changes with th war in Iraq. ( I think Zoe has a good reason too.)

Anonymous said...

I think Zoe is right it would be a historical event if Barack Obama was elected. Barack Obama would also make a good president beause he is younger than most of the other canidates.

Anonymous said...

I think that it would be nice if Barack Obama won the election because he would be the first African American president. I also think that he is very different from the others and it would be nice to see him win!

Anonymous said...

Umm, I don't know. I don't really like/dislike any of them. (TeeHee) and I don't care that much I don't even remember half of their names-

I don't know what to say. Sorry (teehee)

All I hope is we get a GREAT person for our president! WOO!

(NOTE: This is NOT off-topic -- I just don't know what to say)

Anonymous said...

i think that barrack obama should be president because it would be nice to have a black president. there has never been a black president before and it would be a huge victory for black people all around the united states. there has been black presidents of big corperations and black senetors. but never has there been a black president of the united states.

Anonymous said...

I also think Barack Obama should win because i9t would be interesting to have an afiracan american president.

Anonymous said...

The president that I'm mostly supporting is Hillary Clinton because she is someone who knows what she is doing. She doesn't let herself down with an mistake that she makes.

Anonymous said...

I personally vote for Barack Obama because he has told the truth and Hilary Clinton is acting like she needs to win the election. She is getting all teary-eyed. She is trying to get the people of the U.S. to vote for her. People aren't falling for her though. People are starting to think that The election in New Hampshire was a fixed win for Hilary Clinton and if that is so then I wouldn't want to vote for Hilary. Barack Obama is staying honest and in the game

Anonymous said...

I agree with Sammy M. Mike Hukabee would make a great leader. So I hope that Hukabee wins.

Anonymous said...

If i can vote i would chose Barack O bama because he knows what need to be changed and other reasons like that and i hope that Barack will win.So thats who i would vote for if i can vote.

Anonymous said...

I also wouldn't mind haveing a women president but I don't know as much about her as I do Barack Obama so she definitely isn't my first choice.

Anonymous said...

I think that Barac Obama is the best canidate because our nations government needs change and Barac is the Canidate who will change a lot and end the war. If hillary becomes president our government wont change at all. An african american president would give our country a better image too because it shows that we are not afraid to change

Anonymous said...

Mcain-- My personal favorite, he seems to know what hes talking about and isnt a cookie cutter politician like some of the others.
Huckabee-- For me, personally, hes to religious and some people wont like him for that, because some people arnt religious.
Romney- Like i stated earlier for Mcain abou the cookie cutter politicians, Romney is a cookie cutter politician, hes to much like all the others.
Democrats
Obama-- The only reason I dont like him is because hes a democratic, I dont have anything wrong with him, im just not a big fan of the democrats and their ideas.I also heard that now John Kerry is endorsing him along with Oprah.
Clinton-- For one, shes a democrate(not that i have anything against them I just don't support there ideas and what they say), second she stood by her husband when he CHEATED on her and LIED about it. I mean, whats to like.
Edwards- Cant be that great of a canidate. Well, He ran with John Kerry when Kerry tried to win last year, and know this year Edwards is running and is John Kerry running with edwards? No. I also dont seen how he could support John Kerry and his crazy ideas because John Kerry "Has A Plan"(oh yes, he did say that 27 times in ONE presidential debate)

Anonymous said...

i also think what zoe said is good reason too.

Anonymous said...

I think that Barack Obama should be are next president because it would be neat to have the first african american president and he seems like he could really help.

Anonymous said...

I think that we should have some one different as president so then I choose Barack Obama

Anonymous said...

i agree with every that voted for barack obama.

Anonymous said...

I also wouldn't mind having Hilary Clinton for president. I know that a lot of people don't like her very much but I think it would be cool to see a girl win the election!

Anonymous said...

I think that shod be the afercan- amarcan barack obama as a president.

Anonymous said...

I think that It would be good to have some one different in office. Like Barack Obama but I don't think that Hilary Clinton should be President because I don't think that she is good for the job.

Anonymous said...

If Barack Obama did not win I would like to see Hilary Clinton win because it would be very cool to have a woman president.

Anonymous said...

I think we should have Barack win be cause HE IS probably a roll model for some one some were

Anonymous said...

I would never in my whole intire life vote for Hillary Clinton. It would be awsome to have a women has president but I wouldn't want her. She is a liar and in the beginning of the election she said she is in it to win. When Obama beat her in Iowa she lied to the people and said that is's about the people and then she won New Hampshire. I can't beleive people would fall for that.

Anonymous said...

I think that I would vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.It would be nice to see a Woman leader. Hillary has the smarts and knows what to do in a situation. It would be a fresh new start. Barack Obama would be a good leader also because I think he has the knowledge, and knows what he would be doing. This two are very intelligence people. If I knew a little more about either of them I think I would vote for one of them.

Anonymous said...

i don't know much about mike huckubee but it souds like people like him too.

Anonymous said...

I guess I would really just like to see a democrat win the election because I never hear anything about the republicans so I don't now much about them.

Anonymous said...

Yaaaaaay Nick! I totally agree with you now about Hillary Clinton. It would be nice to learn more about each persons point of vew about what should happen to help America during the war. Then we could make more educated desicions!

Anonymous said...

Yaaaaaay Nick! I totally agree with you now about Hillary Clinton. It would be nice to learn more about each persons point of vew about what should happen to help America during the war. Then we could make more educated desicions!

Anonymous said...

I think that Barack Obama should win the Presidential Election, because it would be a change to have an African-American president.

Anonymous said...

I think i would vote for broak obama because he would be the first african american president because every body likes him and he a good leader.

Anonymous said...

brake oboma because he will be the first black man to be presedent

Anonymous said...

brake oboma because he will be the first black man to be presedent

Anonymous said...

i dont care how wins i just thit that they peter be a good on e so that we can stay a good state

Anonymous said...

i rhin k mike huckabee should win because he would be a good presiedent and be fare to everyone and treat evryone with respect

Anonymous said...

I am unsure about who I am going to support. I think that they would all make good presidents. I don't know to much about any of them so I don't think it would be fair to support them without a reason.

Anonymous said...

I think Barak Obama. I really think he would do some important changes with th war in Iraq.

Anonymous said...

go everyone you all rock

Anonymous said...

I think that Barack Obama should win because he would be good for the job and I really don't think clinton would not be good for the job

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I hate polotics because you never know who to vote for. There are so many candidates that you just can't decide... I am kind of a republican because they believe in earning what you get not just giving people free stuff because they're poor. If I had to choose a candidate, however, I couldn't choose because I don't care who my president is because it won't effect me as 1 singal person. Well, that's my opinion so all you other people can go vote at age 18 and I'll go bowling.

Anonymous said...

I want to vote for obama cause he is a democrat. And i believe in deomocracy. Democrats are also better than republicans the reasons to this is
unknown.

Anonymous said...

I think Barack Obama sould win the election. I think it would be a good thing to have an African-American president and I think Barack will be a good leader.

Anonymous said...

I also think it would be a good idea to vote for Hilary and Barack because it would be something knew. It would be revolutionary to the U.S.A. I think Change is sometimes and good thing.

Anonymous said...

Barack Obama should be are next president because it would be neat to have the first african american president and he seems like he could really help.I think that it would be very revolutional to have an african-american president. Therefore, I would vote for Barack Obama!!!!

January 11, 2008 8:47 AM


barack obama should win because well i dont now why but he should.

January 11, 2008 8:48 AM


That's a super duper reason to vote for Barack Obama Nathan! But I agree with you anyways.

January 11, 2008 8:50 AM


I beleive that our country needs a conserveative republican. I think Mike Huckabee will be a great leader. I also wouln't mind having Barak Obama. I really think he would do some important changes with th war in Iraq. ( I think Zoe has a good reason too.)

January 11, 2008 8:50 AM


I beleive that our country needs a conserveative republican. I think Mike Huckabee will be a great leader. I also wouln't mind having Barak Obama. I really think he would do some important changes with th war in Iraq. ( I think Zoe has a good reason too.)

January 11, 2008 8:50 AM


I think Zoe is right it would be a historical event if Barack Obama was elected. Barack Obama would also make a good president beause he is younger than most of the other canidates.

January 11, 2008 8:51 AM

I think that it would be nice if Barack Obama won the election because he would be the first African American president. I also think that he is very different from the others and it would be nice to see him win!

January 11, 2008 8:52 AM


Umm, I don't know. I don't really like/dislike any of them. (TeeHee) and I don't care that much I don't even remember half of their names-

I don't know what to say. Sorry (teehee)

All I hope is we get a GREAT person for our president! WOO!

(NOTE: This is NOT off-topic -- I just don't know what to say)

January 11, 2008 8:52 AM

nate said...
i think that barrack obama should be president because it would be nice to have a black president. there has never been a black president before and it would be a huge victory for black people all around the united states. there has been black presidents of big corperations and black senetors. but never has there been a black president of the united states.

January 11, 2008 8:52 AM

josh said...
I also think Barack Obama should win because i9t would be interesting to have an afiracan american president.

January 11, 2008 8:53 AM

aiyana said...
The president that I'm mostly supporting is Hillary Clinton because she is someone who knows what she is doing. She doesn't let herself down with an mistake that she makes.

January 11, 2008 8:53 AM

Nick said...
I personally vote for Barack Obama because he has told the truth and Hilary Clinton is acting like she needs to win the election. She is getting all teary-eyed. She is trying to get the people of the U.S. to vote for her. People aren't falling for her though. People are starting to think that The election in New Hampshire was a fixed win for Hilary Clinton and if that is so then I wouldn't want to vote for Hilary. Barack Obama is staying honest and in the game

January 11, 2008 8:53 AM


I agree with Sammy M. Mike Hukabee would make a great leader. So I hope that Hukabee wins.

January 11, 2008 8:53 AM

If i can vote i would chose Barack O bama because he knows what need to be changed and other reasons like that and i hope that Barack will win.So thats who i would vote for if i can vote.

January 11, 2008 8:53 AM


I also wouldn't mind haveing a women president but I don't know as much about her as I do Barack Obama so she definitely isn't my first choice.

January 11, 2008 8:53 AM


I think that Barac Obama is the best canidate because our nations government needs change and Barac is the Canidate who will change a lot and end the war. If hillary becomes president our government wont change at all. An african american president would give our country a better image too because it shows that we are not afraid

Anonymous said...

If I could vote for President, I would vote for Mcain because I think he would run the country well. George Bush was an okay president and Mcain is like him in some ways; i think Mcain would do the best job out of all of them.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't vote for Hilary Clinton because women are very emotional. Also because women are not suppose to block out their emotions and her emotions would get in the way of her line of duty. I would not vote for Barack Oboma because I do not think that a black man will be a great president because racism would start up again between people who did vote for him and people who did not vote for him. I think if he was elected then we could start a war in our own country because of racism. Also because our country has just got over racism and we do not need to start it again.

Anonymous said...

I vote for barak obama,because he is a democrat and i think that democrats are better because he seems more trustworthy than some of the other canidates.I think that if he says he is going to do something he will do it.I hope if he wins he doesn't get assasinated because he is black.But i wouldnt vote for him just because he is african american

Anonymous said...

I am going for barack because i beleive that he can get other state to stop all of the rasisum in there states because he can prove that black people are werthy just as much as white people

Anonymous said...

I am going for barack because i beleive that he can get other state to stop all of the rasisum in there states because he can prove that black people are werthy just as much as white people

Anonymous said...

If I could vote, I would either vote for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton because all of our presidents have been classic old men with white hair and black suits with western accents and I think that we should show how much our country is diverse and and that we dont care if the person is woman or man, white or african american and i think that those people would be just as responsible as anyone else.

Anonymous said...

Borack Obama wouldn't be a bad choice either. Either one would do a good job in my opinion.

Anonymous said...

all you people that vote 4 obama probley dont even have a good reason I mean do you really want a pres that doesnt even put his hand over his heart during the nationall anthem just imagin how retarded he would look at a foot ball game just ignoring the nationall anthem o and i dont care who wins just as long as its not obama

Anonymous said...

I changed my mind again go Huckabee!

Anonymous said...

I have no idea who I wan't to win

Anonymous said...

I think that it would be good to have a woman leader so that is Hilary Clinton. I think that she will make good choices for us and it would just be different and a good thing for all of us i support her 100% all the way

Leila said...

I think Barack Obama should win because he seams to be nice. I think that it would be very revolutional to have an african-american for our Persident. Vote for Barack Obama !!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I know I'm not a seventh grader but I LOVE politics (hahahaha) and I just couldn't help but say

YAYYYYY GO BARACK OBAMA!

:) take that republicans!

I just think we should all love and accept each other despite our differences. HIPPY-DIPPY LOVE FEST!!

so, yes, that's my humble opinion.

Much love and snuggles seventh graders,
Braelyn McKenzie Whited.