Hillary Clinton will not win the Presidency of the United States

TO ALL THOSE VOTING ON THIS DEBATE: Please read the arguments of the debate and vote on who you believe did the better job in arguing their respective side. If you are to vote only on which side you support personally, then all of this time is wasted for no good. It's a debate, not an opinion poll. First, I will address the comment left on the debate: i dont support hillary but you need your facts straight. she is higly favorable. she wouldnt be polling 2nd if she wasnt. her policies are only liberal becuase DERRRRR she is a liberal! " Hillary is an extremist liberal who has catered to the middle and conservative views during her years in the Senate. Clinton's main voting issues are that she's pro-chioice, supports withdrawing troops from Iraq regardless of an accomplished timetable, promotes complete Universal Health Care, unlike the other candidates who at most support free health care for the poor, and so on. Hillary Clinton is relatively highly favorable, making her 1st or 2nd nationally, depending on which poll. Now, on to why she CANNOT win the Presidency, much less the nomination. This debate will be restricted to the Affirmative proving she cannot win the Presidency, while the Negative must prove that she will win both the nomination and the Presidency. Hillary Clinton has the highest unfavorability rating of any candidate in the race, and has the highest unfavorability rating, anywhere from 45% to 50%, as cited by Gallup, Rasmussen, CNN, FOX News, and MSNBC. Unfavorability rating directly means that 45% to 50% refuse to vote for Clinton or do not see her as a high alternative to their favored candidate. The latest Rasmussen poll on January 4th in New Hampshire, following Obama's win in Iowa, puts him up 10 points over Clinton. The Iowa Democratic caucus exposed Clinton's main weakness, that is competing against Obama and Edwards when their votes are not split to other candidates Kucinich, Richardson, Biden, and Dodd. Only 9% of Iowa voters said that they were likely to have Clinton as a second choice candidate. Before redistribution of votes from candidates who do not reach the 15% threshold at the caucus, Clinton was in a close race with Obama for first place while Edwards was straggling behind in third place. After the redistribution, Obama took a resounding victory while even Edwards was able to surpass Clinton. Moving into New Hampshire, Obama carries the additional votes from candidates who have dropped out, former Clinton and Edwards supporters who view him as a winner, and many votes now available since Dodd and Biden dropped out of the race. Obama should be considered the favorite in NH, SC, giving him momentum into Super Tuesday where he can easily win the majority of the delegates. Experts predict that if Obama takes 2nd in NH and 1st in SC, a state in which almost half of its Democratic voters are African-American, he will almost certainly gain the Presidential nomination. So unless, at this point, Edwards is able to rally support to take away votes from Obama, then Obama will be the Democratic nominee in 2008. Clinton's campaign appeals to the dedicated Democrat voters and females. Assuming she could gain 20% of female Republican voters, an amazing feat, Clinton would fail to gain the votes of independents and lose conservative to moderate Democrats. Clinton has been the target of the Conservative movement for over 2 years, creating the largest united base of any candidate for the Presidential election, in this case the anti-Hillary front. "Well first of all I would like to attack the idea that Hillary Clinton is far more liberal than her Democratic opponents. If you look at the policy positions of the Democratic candidates you can see that they all agree on pretty much everything. The question among the Democrats is no longer WHAT but HOW and HOW MUCH. A good example of this is nationalized health care. All three candidates are in agreement that this policy is a good idea, but each have different plans on how to bring this about. Another point is the Iraq War, all three democrats want to end the Iraq war, and again the question becomes how. " I disagree, and assert that Clinton is just as liberal as her Democratic opponents. However, her key issues that attract voters are a strong stance on pro-choice and absolute Universal Health Care. "Hillary Clinton certainly is not the most liberal candidate on this issue, as she does not support a unilateral withdrawal. Second, although Hillary has high negative poll numbers her remarkable fund raising has shown that she is quite capable of raising support. Hillary Clinton does not poll as well among independents as Obama, however she still does well in mock national polls against Republican contenders. Her high numbers in the polls also show that she has support as well, she consistently polls with a double digit lead nationally, and in many key states like Michigan and California as well. " Clinton has so much money because 1) She brought in a lot of money to the race 2) Her supporters support her very much The problem, however, is not how much your supporters support a candidate, but instead how many supporters there are. She has an established base of, let's say, 30% of Democratic voters. At least 60% of them will not support her. The only reason Obama has not pulled in front any quicker is because Edwards is still in the race. Hillary Clinton is a very strong candidate. She has a very strong base. The problem is, as I will repeat, that she is hated by a majority of America. Her nomination will drive a lot of Democrats to vote Republican or third-party, and unless she is able to convince America that she isn't an over-the-top feminist, second coming of the anti-Christ, then she has no chance. I agree with the points you present, however, most of America does not. Thanks, The Colonel