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Who would have made the best President in 2008 Hillary Clinton Barack Obama or John McCain?
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The 2008 election was unique, given that one of the candidates was African-American, another was female, and a third was a white man who had been in the senate for years and was a hero of the Vietnam War. In the Democratic primary, there was an intense battle for the nomination between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Then-Senator Obama ultimately won, and went up against the Republican nominee, John McCain. While many Republicans admired Sen. McCain's war service, they privately doubted he was the best candidate; the public seems to have agreed, since the general perception of Sen. McCain's opponents was he would just continue the failed policies of the very unpopular President George W. Bush. Barack Obama was perceived as young, eloquent, and able to reach out to a wider group of voters than McCain could. Mr. Obama won the election overwhelmingly, so we will never know if Mr. McCain or Mrs. Clinton could have done a better job as president.
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