If Barack Obama was the Republican candidate, would you have voted for him?

I don't care if Obama was a republican or a democrat, but I do care about where he stands on the issues. He's to far left on most issues and therefore I would not have voted for him. He's wasting time making a decision on more troops for the war while our young men and women are being killed and then on the other hand he's trying to rush government ran health care down our throats without the American people having time to read what in the bill. I would think its more important to provide our military with everything it needs or bring them all home now! As Sarah Palin and Clinton said during the campaign, Obama does not have the experience to be president.

I vote for the best candidate and in this election he was the best selection whatever his party was.

It is entirely a matter of his stance on the issues and his experience . I personally was very unhappy with his choice of associates, Rev. Wright, etc. His party affiliation meant little to me.

Probably..... I don't typically vote based on "the party". The Candidate's views are what is important. Unfortunately, if a Candidate does not agree with "the party" they usually do not get its support.... and so typically don't get elected, or re-elected....... Joe Lieberman is the only recent exception to that rule, but we could use some more "independent" thinking.

Absolutely not...his party was not an issue....his outlook on the issues facing the country along with the company he kept were the two top reasons...his inexperience was the next reason on the list

Absolutely not. There is one thing that has not been in question regarding the President. His views. I don't share them. I couldn't vote for McCain. He is a career polititician. The only vote I could give him was one of "no confidence", I wouldn't vote for the Obama Cadidacy because he leans to far to the left for my political taste. I don't believe his views would change with political affiliation. If they did, would you trust him? I wouldn't.

Nope. His popularity was so skewed by the main stream media. I wonder what the NBC or CNN would have done if Mccain or Palin had a Reverend Wright who said racist things? hmm it would have been a nightmare for them. The main stream media hardly mentioned it or asked questions about it.

Not if he ran on the same platform as he did. If his views had been more along the lines of Colin Powell who was more in the middle on major issues Possibly but not with his current stance on the issues. If anyone running would have been more towards the middle and actually had a chance of winning they would have gotten my vote over the two major party candidates we had.

Yes I would have. I think he would have brought a lot to the table if he was conservative.

Not if he was a typical Republican with no ideas and nothing to offer.

I supported Obama because I liked his frankness and I found his optimism refreshing. He made an inspiring candidate, and although I had doubts about whether or not he was up to the task, he eventually seemed to be able to come up with answers that changed my mind about that.

There was absolutely nothing inspiring about John McCain and I was especially unimpressed with his choosing Sarah Palin for VP. Not exactly a confidence-builder to see him pick someone barely more qualified than me to be a heartbeat from the presidency.

Also, Obama offered a new approach instead of the same tired, old crap that hasn't been working for the previous eight years. All McCain had to offer was a continuation of failed practices.

Obama's race had nothing to do with my choice. I am white and living in the great red state of Georgia and consider myself to be independent. I have supported republicans at times and would do so again if there was any sign that they might have a new idea in the next decade.

My answer would depend on his platform and that of his Democrat opponent although I'm a Democrat who rarely crosses party lines, especially in national elections. It's hard to conceive of Obama running as a Republican. He'd have to have a brain transplant.

Yes Absolutly, I would love to have a Black Conservative President. The country I came from you didn't have to specifiy what color you were, so I am not a color I am a person like everyone else. All I want is someone who is honest with integrity. The reason I said I would vote for a Black President is because you would not have asked the question if he was white. REF

NO! You see I do believe in what my mother always told me.

Never judge a man by what he says but what he has done!

Birds of a feather flock together

Your friends and the people you surround yourself with, tell everyone

who you are really.

The sayings are as true today as they have always been

I found it interesting that some of you applied race to this question and then claimed that I'm the one that played the race card. LOL Sorry, but YOU did. For the record, I gave a positive vote for every response that didn't make this about race, and a negative vote for every response that did - with one exception...dean77 got a negative vote for the "ignorant people" blast. It takes an ignorant person to think they everyone that disagrees with him is ignorant.

The most interesting of the negative responses, to me, was Grandvision who assumed that I was implying "That Republicans would never vote for a Black Guy?" Actually, in light of your response, I'm more interested in knowing if any Black Democrats would vote for Obama if he were Republican. I think they were just as vehemently, if not more so, accused of only voting for him because he's Black.

However, it's refreshing to see that the bulk of you based your response on whether or not his platform was conservative or liberal. I'm siding with Ralph Deeds, I tend to side with the left. If he were swayed to the far right, he would most certainly have lost my support.

Thanks for your responses...even the race-baiters.

Dean77 is right about ignorant people. I'm voting him up.

And FYI, if you are in favor of more taxes, more regulations, more favoring of the international corporations, expansion of the military-industrial-government complex, bigger government, more political correctness... you are an idiot -- a blithering idiot and a FOOL.

With what platform. I assume you would mean the same platform he has now. If not, this is not a good question. Either this needs to be made more clear, or T_Augustus needs to look at the issues a little closer on this question

With his platform, he would never make it past the primary.

We do not hate Barry, nor are we racist against him. We hate his platform and what he is doing to the country - i.e. socialism and bankrupting the country with his spending.