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Candidate Debates
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St. Anselm NH debate
June 13, 2011 |
Faith & Freedom Conference
June 4, 2011 |
South Carolina debate
May 5, 2011 |
NRA Conference
May 1, 2011 |
CPAC Conference
Feb. 11, 2011 |
Candidate Books
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Mitt Romney: The Man, His Values and His Vision, by Lisa Ray Turner and Kimberly Field
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Real Change, by Speaker Newt Gingrich
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The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, published April 2008
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Tim Pawlenty: The Sam's Club Republican, by J. A. McClure
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The Audacity of Hope,
by Sen. Barack Obama (D, IL)
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Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, by Joe Biden
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Withdrawn Candidates
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The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump
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Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee
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Leadership, autobiography by Rudolph Giuliani
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America by Heart, by Sarah Palin
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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A Call to Service, by John Kerry, published Oct. 2003
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click here for 32 full quotes from John Kerry in the book A Call to Service.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
Budget & Economy
Base policy on broad growth and progressive taxation.
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Civil Rights
Voted for PATRIOT Act, but genuinely alarmed at PATRIOT II.
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Corporations
Regulate on side of citizens, not on side of corporations.
Offshore tax havens cause higher middle class taxes.
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Crime
Bush wants to eliminate federal assistance to local police.
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Education
Supported "No Child Left Behind," but Bush reneged.
Stop viewing charter schools as threatening innovation.
Nothing good about vouchers can't be done in public schools.
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Energy & Oil
Dismissal of Kyoto indicative of Bush's unilateralism.
Drilling for oil doesn't gain energy independence.
Apollo project approach to energy independence.
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Environment
Make environmental justice an EPA priority.
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Foreign Policy
Supports multilateral cooperative internationalism.
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Health Care
Simultaneously address costs, coverage, and choice.
Cut $350B of bureaucracy and cover 90% of Americans.
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Homeland Security
The New War: We are no longer safe at home.
Modernize the Middle East to prevent future terrorism.
Invest billions to secure loose nukes abroad.
Focus on first responders instead of duct tape.
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Jobs
Weekly economic policy summit to create jobs.
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Principles & Values
Redeem promise for a better America for our children.
Bush broke his three biggest campaign promises.
Campaign built around a call to service.
Raised Catholic, but family history includes Jews.
Persecuted Catholics rely on church-state separation.
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Tax Reform
GOP tax policy comforts the comfortable.
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Technology
Invest in high-speed commuter rail & double-dip benefits.
Member of "Digital Dozen" of tech-savvy legislators.
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War & Peace
Supported Kosovo action & Powell Doctrine.
Palestinians renounce right of return; get treated equally.
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Welfare & Poverty
Ok for government to partner with non-profits & for-profits.
Expand EITC as anti-poverty measure.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- John Kerry
The above quotations are from A Call to Service, by John Kerry, published Oct. 2003.
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