Thought experiment: If you could replace Hillary Clinton's political record, policy positions, and

[Ed Suspicious]

method of campaigning with Bernie's would you vote for her in the primary? What about if that were reversed?

What if Bernie had Hillary's record and stood for Hillary's policy prescriptions?

Is this election about personality or policy?

I know my answer. I wish I didn't have GD: P trashed because I do wonder what the results would be there.

[-none]

1. She would be President now, having beaten Obama.

[jeff47]

2. This. (nt)

[Ed Suspicious]

3. I didn't even think of the last elections! I would bet you'd be right about that.

[Phlem]

4. "Is this election about personality or policy?"

why can't it be about both.

I'll say policy is high on my list.

[merrily]

5. I don't understand. Are you asking if I would vote for her if she were Bernie, except

looking and sounding herself? If that's the question, then most likely yes, but I am not sure. Would Republicans and the rest of the left still feel the same about her? That would give me pause.

I picked Obama in NOv 2007 because I thought him the most electible in the general. Was I also happy that he was a person of color? Damned straight, but that's not why I picked him. Initially, I focused on one thing and one thing alone. Then, as I heard him speak more, etc. I liked him more and more.

I knowanything about how she sounds is supposedly sexist, but, since you posed the question you posed, I don't like the way she sounds, especially if she id doing some accent of other fake thing

[eridani]

6. If Clinton were for Sanders policies, and vice versa--

--I would definitely switch my support to Clinton.

[SandersDem]

7. Easy to answer

If HRC had Bernie Sander's record of consistency on the issues and done things like:

Support Gay Marriage vs DOMA
Voted against the Iraq War vs For it.
Voted against the Patriot Act instead of for it.
Come out against TPP more than just a few weeks ago without hedging by saying 'in its current form'
Come out against Keystone immediately.
Refused to take PAC money from Wall Street and everybody else for that matter.

Then yes, yes, I would happily vote for HRC.

End of thought experiment. I feel dirty.

Thanks ED!?!

[Enthusiast]

8. I would have supported Hillary in 2008 if that was the case.

If this election is only about superficial qualities we are doomed as a nation.