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Books by and about 2012 presidential nominees
Do Not Ask What Good We Do
about Rep. Paul Ryan (2012)
The Path to Prosperity
by Rep. Paul Ryan (2012)
Ten Letters
about Pres. Barack Obama (2011)
A Life of Trial and Redemption
about V.P. Joe Biden (2010)
No Apology
by Gov. Mitt Romney (2010)
Young Guns
by Rep. Paul Ryan et al (2010)
The Path to Prosperity
by Rep. Paul Ryan (2012)
Promises to Keep
by Vice Pres. Joe Biden (2007)
The Audacity of Hope
by Pres. Barack Obama (2006)
Turnaround
by Gov. Mitt Romney (2004)
Dreams from My Father
by Pres. Barack Obama (1996)
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Survey of Gubernatorial campaign websites, 2010-2011


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Abortion
    Phil Bryant: Supports the Personhood Initiative: protect the unborn.
    Andrew Cuomo: Fight for passage of the Reproductive Rights Act.
    Brian Sandoval: Pro-choice but late-term restrictions & no federal funding.
    Dennis Daugaard: Protect the unborn; overturn Roe v. Wade.
    Dennis Daugaard: Ban embryonic stem cell research.
    Jerry Brown: Uncompromising champion of a woman's right to choose.
    Matt Mead: I believe in the sanctity of life.
    Nikki Haley: Every life is blessed by God.
    Pat Quinn: Support Roe v. Wade; oppose Parental Notice law.
    Dan Malloy: Expand state investment in stem cell research.
    John Kitzhaber: Endorsed by NARAL and Planned Parenthood.
Budget & Economy
    Phil Bryant: Lower taxes to spur economic growth and job creation.
    Lincoln Chafee: 100-Day, 10-Point Economic Plan for RI development.
    Sam Brownback: Road Map for Kansas: integrated growth plan.
    Dan Malloy: As mayor, expanded services within budget.
Civil Rights
    Maggie Hassan: Instrumental in passing marriage equality in NH.
    Phil Bryant: Constitutionally define marriage: one man and one woman.
    Andrew Cuomo: Marriage equality gains 1,000 federal and 700 state rights.
    Andrew Cuomo: Require complying with MWBE reporting requirements.
    Dennis Daugaard: Define marriage as one man and one woman.
    Lincoln Chafee: Longtime supporter of the LGBTQ community.
    Mark Dayton: Full same-sex marriage equality with full benefits.
    Mark Dayton: Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment is long overdue.
    Matt Mead: Marriage is only between a man and a woman.
    Pat Quinn: Same rights for same-sex couples as heterosexual couples.
    Sam Brownback: Defend traditional marriage.
    Dave Heineman: Marriage is between one man and one woman.
    John Kitzhaber: Endorsed by pro-GLBT Basic Rights Oregon's Equality PAC.
Corporations
    Pat McCrory: Eliminate cumbersome and duplicative regulations.
    Nikki Haley: Eliminate business taxes, starting with corporate income tax.
    Rick Scott: Phase out Florida's Business Income Tax over 7 Years.
Crime
    Steve Bullock: Arrest and prosecute sex predators and scam artists.
    Phil Bryant: Fight drug crime & punish sexual predators.
    Bill Haslam: Work with local law enforcement to keep the streets safe.
    Brian Sandoval: Death penalty for the worst crimes.
    Jerry Brown: Cracked down on violent gangs.
    Matt Mead: Mandatory minimum sentences for crimes against kids.
    Dan Malloy: Prevent crime; reduce gang activity; address recidivism.
Drugs
    Steve Bullock: Confront the invisible epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
    Matt Mead: Confront substance abuse aggressively.
    Jill Stein: Bring marijuana sales under a legal regulatory framework.
Education
    Maggie Hassan: Our public schools are essential to best-trained workforce.
    Pat McCrory: Virtual education choice and charter schools choice.
    Pat McCrory: Partner colleges with business to focus on marketable skills.
    Phil Bryant: Close failing districts & implement charters.
    Brian Sandoval: School choice including private schools.
    John Hickenlooper: Support great teachers in a 21st Century education system.
    Nikki Haley: Expand charter schools.
    Andrew Cuomo: Double the charter school cap.
    Dan Malloy: Engage parents in local school governance councils.
    Dan Malloy: Make public schools money follow children.
    Dan Malloy: Charter schools provide options within the public system.
    Jerry Brown: Give school districts more flexibility and hold accountable.
    Mary Fallin: Give option of escaping failing schools.
    Mary Fallin: Oppose Question 744: no $850M mandated spending.
    Paul LePage: Supports vouchers, local control and charter schools.
    Jill Stein: Vital public system under attack from privatization.
    Jill Stein: Stop blaming teachers for "underperforming schools".
    Jill Stein: Standardized tests are misused; they hurt students.
    Jill Stein: No economic barriers to quality college education.
Energy & Oil
    Maggie Hassan: Join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
    Pat McCrory: Develop offshore resources, plus natural gas exploration.
    Steve Bullock: Develop our resources for American energy independence.
    Phil Bryant: Supports both conventional and unconventional energy sources.
    Jerry Brown: Clean energy investment produces jobs for CA.
    Brian Sandoval: Oppose Yucca Mountain as unsafe nuclear waste storage.
    Dennis Daugaard: Wind & ethanol instead of cap-and-trade.
    Jerry Brown: Clean Energy Jobs Plan: invest to replace fossil fuel.
    John Hickenlooper: As exploration geologist: focus on wind, solar, gas, coal.
    John Kitzhaber: Transition away from damaging fossil fuels.
    Andrew Cuomo: Comprehensive study before exploring Marcellus Shale.
    Dan Malloy: Comprehensive plan to conserve and lower consumption.
    Dan Malloy: Explore wind energy but no windmills in Long Island Sound.
    Jill Stein: Logging wood for electricity is neither clean nor green.
Environment
    Phil Bryant: Protect property rights; develop forest & agribusiness.
    John Hickenlooper: Water policy: Collaboration, Conservation and Capacity.
    Andrew Cuomo: Greater focus on environmental justice.
    Dan Malloy: Invest in clean water projects to clean up Long Island Sound.
    Jill Stein: $200M for 50,000 green jobs: address both supply demand.
Families & Children
    Andrew Cuomo: Strengthen penalties for repeat domestic violence offenders.
    Jill Stein: Fund community youth programs for at-risk youth.
Free Trade
    Pat McCrory: ExportNC: public-private partnership to promote exports.
    Phil Bryant: Secure global businesses located in Mississippi.
Government Reform
    Pat McCrory: Appoint people who understand the private sector.
    Phil Bryant: Hold elected officials accountable via open government.
    Andrew Cuomo: Tough new ethics standards & expand disclosure requirements.
    Brian Sandoval: Prosecute corrupt politicians via public integrity unit.
    Jerry Brown: Forced legislators to comply with campaign disclosure laws.
    John Kasich: Skinny-down bureaucracy & kick out special interests.
    Nikki Haley: Strongly in favor of term limits at all levels of government.
    Sam Brownback: Terminate failed programs like we close unneeded army bases.
    Brian Sandoval: Strongly uphold values of the Constitution & 10th amendment.
    Dan Malloy: Bring federal money back to Connecticut programs.
    Jill Stein: Re-establish Clean Elections Law: end "pay-to-play".
    Rick Scott: Reducing Tallahassee's unnecessary costs.
Gun Control
    Steve Bullock: Forever preserve access to public land for hunting & fishing.
    Phil Bryant: Defend the Second Amendment.
    Andrew Cuomo: Enact commonsense laws lie microstamping of guns.
    Bill Haslam: We each have an individual right to bear arms.
    Brian Sandoval: 2nd Amendment applies to individuals.
    Dennis Daugaard: Second Amendment is clear: individual right to bear arms.
    Matt Mead: Advocate for protection of Second Amendment rights.
    Matt Mead: Sunset the assault weapons ban, including my AR15.
    Nikki Haley: Make concealed weapons permits easier.
    Dan Malloy: Reduce illegal gun activity by removing illegal guns.
    Paul LePage: Upholds Constitutional right to bear arms.
    Rick Scott: A-rating from the NRA.
    Nikki Haley: Founding fathers gave us the absolute right to bear arms.
    Gary Herbert: Support the 2nd Amendment as well as the 10th.
Health Care
    Maggie Hassan: ObamaCare helps working families afford health insurance.
    Phil Bryant: Fight Obamacare; support insurance exchanges.
    Brian Sandoval: ObamaCare raises constitutional questions; lawsuit needed.
    Dennis Daugaard: Federal takeover of healthcare is not the answer.
    John Hickenlooper: Current health costs restrain job growth & hurt families.
    Mark Dayton: National single-payer health care system.
    Mark Dayton: Donated Senate salary to reimport seniors' drugs from Canada.
    Matt Mead: Legal challenge to federal health mandates.
    Nikki Haley: Cap punitive damages to limit medical costs.
    Dan Malloy: Supports small business Pooling Bill.
    Dan Malloy: Every Child Matters program: more children covered.
    Jill Stein: Single-payer Medicare-for-all system.
    Gary Herbert: ObamaCare is federal government overreach.
Immigration
    Phil Bryant: Strongest anti-illegal immigration law in MS history.
    Phil Bryant: E-verify at work; proof of citizenship in traffic stops.
    Bill Haslam: Federal government immigration policy has failed.
    Brian Sandoval: I oppose amnesty; enforce our laws.
    Lincoln Chafee: Supports legalization path & guest worker programs.
    Matt Mead: Enforce immigration laws & secure borders.
    Nikki Haley: Co-sponsored toughest standard of immigration enforcement.
    Andrew Cuomo: Disallow discrimination & exploitation of immigrants.
    Gary Herbert: Failure to secure borders emblematic of misplaced priorities.
Jobs
    Maggie Hassan: Keep collective bargaining; oppose right-to-work laws.
    Maggie Hassan: Bring one well-regulated, high-end casino to NH.
    Rick Scott: 7 Steps; 700,000 jobs; 7 years.
Local Issues
    Andrew Cuomo: Replace Indian Point nuclear facility; it is too dangerous.
    Jill Stein: Casinos are job killers; one slot machine kills one job.
Principles & Values
    Pat McCrory: Fix our broken economy with new vision and leadership.
    Steve Bullock: I teach my kids the same Montana values I was taught.
    Andrew Cuomo: Five-point plan to build a New NY.
    Sam Brownback: Kansas Report Card: measure critical points.
Tax Reform
    Maggie Hassan: NH can fund its priorities without a broad-based tax.
    Pat McCrory: Cut individual and corporate income taxes.
    Pat McCrory: Fight unnecessary & burdensome federal taxes & regulations.
    Phil Bryant: Lower taxes; end the marriage penalty; free markets.
    Bill Haslam: 100% opposed to a state income tax.
    Dennis Daugaard: No new taxes; no increases in existing taxes.
    John Kasich: Lower taxes to create competitive climate.
    Mark Dayton: Read my lips: "Tax the rich".
    Nikki Haley: 29 taxes out of 32 create little revenue but add bureaucracy.
    Andrew Cuomo: Freeze state taxes; cap local taxes; cap spending.
    Dan Malloy: Fairer and more progressive sharing of taxation.
    Jill Stein: Fees and sales taxes hit lower and middle income hardest.
    Rick Scott: Reducing property tax by 1 mill saves $142 per homeowner.
Technology
    Pat McCrory: Stop delaying critical infrastructure maintenance.
War & Peace
    Matt Mead: We are at war since 2001; the threat is still real.
    Jill Stein: End our military misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Welfare & Poverty
    Andrew Cuomo: Moral imperative to maintain safety net in difficult times.
    Matt Mead: Work with religious agencies to expedite adoptions.
    Dan Malloy: Youth Development Initiative via faith-based organizations.


The above quotations are from Survey of Gubernatorial campaign websites, 2010-2011.

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