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Abortion     Charlie Crist: Defend parental notification rights.     Chet Culver: Re-start stem cell research program.     Chris Carney: Opposes abortion, but government should provide full info.     Dean Heller: No federal funds to pay for or support abortion.     Paul Hodes: Protect a woman’s right to choose.     Robert Fitzgerald: Restrictive legislation does not lead to fewer abortions.     Tom Martin: End the federal “War on Abortion”.     Tom Martin: Anti-Choice zealots shouldn’t outlaw research.     Bruce Guthrie: Protect Women’s Reproductive Rights.     Jon Tester: Supports Stem Cell Research.     Christine O`Donnell: Pledges to always vote in favor of life.     Kenneth Chase: Support Child Custody Protection Act’s parental notification.     Carl Romanelli: Defend women’s right to reproductive choice.     Howie Hawkins: Supports reproductive freedom.     Keith Butler: Pro-life and opposed to abortion on demand.     Richard Tarrant: Prefers zero abortions, but respects settled law.     Allen McCulloch: Support pro-life and pro-family legislation.     Dick Mountjoy: Abortionists murder a million babies a year.     Claire McCaskill: Continue promising stem-cell research.     John Raese: Life begins at conception.     John Raese: Ban cloning - science should not play God.     John Raese: Embryonic stem cell research no; umbilical stem cells yes.     Bo Heyward: Against abortion being used as a form of birth control.     Barbara Radnofsky: Support Roe v. Wade.     Ned Lamont: Absolute support for women’s right to reproductive freedom.     Jean Hay Bright: Right to decide is a constitutional & human right.     Mike Bouchard: Endorsed by Right-to-Life PAC in Sheriff campaign.     Carl Sheeler: Medically and financially assist a woman’s right to choose.     David Redick: A woman’s body is her property.     David Redick: No government payment & no partial birth abortion.     Zane Lawhorn: Stop the murdering of innocent children.     Robert Lorge: 100% pro-life.     Rosalind Kurita: Women can make their own healthcare choices.     Brad Klippert: 100% pro-life; ban partial-birth abortion.     Brad Klippert: Opposes expansion of stem-cell research.     Ed Cox: Promote a culture of life.     Ed Cox: Ban on partial birth abortions.     Rae Vogeler: Defend reproductive rights.     Rae Vogeler: Make morning-after pill accessible without a prescription.     Stan Jones: No abortion after heartbeat, at 41 days into pregnancy.     Stan Jones: Abortion is a crime against humanity.     Stan Jones: Abortion is not a private decision of a woman.     Van Hilleary: Oppose abortion-on-demand & protect innocent life.     Ed Bryant: Do everything to help protect the sanctity of life.     Bob Corker: Only appoint judges who won’t overstep their bounds.     Bob Corker: Pro-life, anti-partial birth, pro-parental consent.     John Featherman: Fully pro-choice.     Mike Protack: Life in the womb is the essence of innocence.     Hiram Lewis: Protect Life.     Rick Snuffer: Protect the unborn.     Jerry Zandstra: Pro-Life for our most vulnerable citizens.     David Kramer: Protect life from conception to natural death.     Ford Bell: Pro-choice.     Barbara Radnofsky: Right to choose, but with “Target Zero” abortions.     Barbara Radnofsky: Uphold the right to choose, but “Target Zero” abortions.

Budget & Economy     Robert Fitzgerald: Deficit is reckless and irresponsible.     Tom Martin: It’s the spending, stupid!     Tom Martin: Return to precious metal standard; end Federal reserve.     Bruce Guthrie: Balanced Budget Amendment is unfortunately needed.     Mike Bouchard: Federal tax-and-spend is out of control & costs jobs.     Christine O`Donnell: Pledges to vote against all earmarks & pork barrel spending.     Rae Vogeler: The rich in this country are doing better than ever.     Carl Romanelli: Balance the budget to guarantee quality of life.     Alan Schlesinger: National debt of $5 trillion is too burdensome on economy.     Leonard Schwartz: Democrats & Republicans love to spend your money (we don’t).     Richard Tarrant: Ashamed of Congressional wasteful spending.     Bob Keenan: Balance the budget except for the War on Terror.     Jim Pederson: Get debt under control instead of recklessly spending taxes.     Mike McGavick: Reform government to balance budget without raising taxes.     Barbara Radnofsky: Reduce deficit via pay-as-you-go.     Mike Bouchard: Government should be as lean as possible.     David Redick: US economy in trouble due to excessive spending.     Rosalind Kurita: Fiscal conservative against borrow-&-spend mentality.     Brad Klippert: Bring spending under control & pay down National Debt.     Ed Cox: Fiscal responsibility is possible in Washington.     Bob Corker: Get control of our federal budget via efficiency.     Dale Groutage: Balance the budget to fix national debt crisis.     Amy Klobuchar: Fiscal responsibility in our federal budget.     Mike Protack: Wasteful & uncontrolled budget spending drains our economy.     Pete Ashdown: Reverse trend of other countries surpassing US innovation.     Jerry Zandstra: Tripod Economics: consider consumers, employers & employees.     David Kramer: Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto.     Kevin Scott: Focus on small business.     Barbara Radnofsky: Reduce the deficit & advocate fiscal responsibility.

Civil Rights     Charlie Crist: Uphold Florida’s Defense of Marriage Act.     Charlie Crist: Provide compensation to victims of racial discrimination.     Dean Heller: Supports traditional marriage.     Mazie Hirono: Affirmative action is as important now as it ever was.     Mazie Hirono: No Constitutional bans on same sex marriage.     Corrogan Vaughn: Accessible, affordable health care for American citizens.     Tom Martin: Marriage is up to the individuals, including gays.     Tom Martin: Flag burning is protected (but stupid) speech.     Tom Martin: Govt. should be color-blind; end affirmative action.     Tom Martin: For Gay rights, because they are citizens.     Bruce Guthrie: Recognize marriage equality for gays.     John Spencer: Supports the Marriage Protection Amendment.     Jan Ting: Separating religious faith from government is misguided.     Jan Ting: The American flag is sacred.     Steve Osborn: Definition of marriage is a states’ rights issue.     Howie Hawkins: End racial profiling.     Leonard Schwartz: Racial preferences,created by executive order, are hypocrisy.     Carl Sheeler: Imperative against gender, sex, & age discrimination.     Keith Butler: Opposes quotas or set aside programs for anyone.     Allen McCulloch: Defend traditional marriage.     Jean Hay Bright: Marriage Protection Amendment is indefensible.     Ned Lamont: Limiting marriage blurs the line between church & state.     John Raese: Marriage is between a man and a woman.     Mike McGavick: Re-authorize Patriot Act to win war on terror.     Ned Lamont: I am a strong supporter of affirmative action.     Ned Lamont: Hold Bush accountable for warrantless wiretaps.     Peter Ricketts: Judges shouldn’t reinterpret marriage.     Dick Mountjoy: Marriage between man & woman, not based on sexual preference.     Ned Lamont: Don’t compromise Constitutional liberties in war on terror.     KT McFarland: Anti-terrorism requires monitoring domestic suspects.     Carl Sheeler: Equal rights for same gender relationships.     David Redick: Patriot Act gives excess authority which is easily abused.     Zane Lawhorn: Require citizens of certain races to carry National ID Card.     Zane Lawhorn: Marriage is union between a man and a woman.     Brian Macdonald: Make English our official language.     Brian Macdonald: Opposes affirmative action as currently understood.     Jean Hay Bright: Special Prosecutor should investigate Bush FISA violations.     Rosalind Kurita: Supports equal pay rules for women.     Brad Klippert: Supports limited wire-tapping for national security.     Brad Klippert: Opposes racial and sexual quotas.     Scott Jameson: Public prayer is a civil right.     Scott Jameson: Repeal the “unPatriotic Act” of 2001.     Ed Cox: Marriage is between a man and a woman.     Rae Vogeler: Defend affirmative action.     Rae Vogeler: Equality regardless of sexual orientation.     Kevin Zeese: Restore civil liberties undermined by the Patriot Act.     Stan Jones: Blanket pardon on license laws until Soc.Sec.number removed.     Stan Jones: Equal status for homosexuals, not special status.     Stan Jones: Consensual behavior is none of the governments’ business.     Van Hilleary: Traditional marriage must be preserved.     Greg Parke: Homeland Security without sacrificing our God-given rights.     Bob Corker: Support the sanctity of marriage.     John Featherman: Patriot Act is an overreaching law.     John Featherman: Pro gay marriage and pro gay rights.     John Featherman: Encourage more women to join the economy.     Mike Protack: Marriage is between one man and one woman.     Mike Protack: Supports tradition of personal religious expression.     Pete Ashdown: Patriot Act side-steps the Fourth Amendment.     Rick Snuffer: Supports marriage between a man and a woman.     Jerry Zandstra: I believe in meritocracy, not in pandering.     Sherrod Brown: Opposed Issue 1, the state gay marriage ban.     Barbara Radnofsky: Equal pay for equal work.     Jean Hay Bright: Flag desecration expresses gripes in a Constitutional way.

Corporations     John Raese: Roll back regulations to spur business and job growth.     Ned Lamont: Brings real business experience that government needs.     Kweisi Mfume: Encourage female and minority-owned proprietorships.     Kweisi Mfume: Small businesses need advocates.     Rosalind Kurita: Bush tax policy is a huge corporate giveaway.     Kevin Zeese: Stop international corporate welfare and unfair competition.     Kevin Zeese: Restore right to sue and reduce eminent domain.     Michael Cavlan: Democracy requires media independent of corporate power.     Bob Corker: Reduce burden of taxation, litigation, and regulation.     John Featherman: Stricter rules for lawsuits, and against corporate officers.     Pete Ashdown: Businesses abuse copyright and hold back innovation.     David Kramer: Small businesses are the engine that drives our economy.

Crime     Charlie Crist: Require that prisoners serve at least 85% of their sentences.     Mazie Hirono: Mandatory sentences are ineffective use of money.     Corrogan Vaughn: Restore the rights to non-violent ex-offenders.     Tom Martin: Mandatory sentencing takes jail space from real criminals.     Michael Steele: More focus on victims of violent crime.     Michael Steele: Mandatory sentencing guidelines for child sex offenders.     Howie Hawkins: End the death penalty.     Keith Butler: Serve out full sentences.     Keith Butler: Invest in prisons and jails.     Pete Ashdown: Death penalty is not a deterrent.     Joe Carraro: More state prisons, privately built, right away.     Joe Carraro: Toughen regulations for sex offenders.     Bo Heyward: Pedophiles deserve the death penalty.     Mike Bouchard: Tough policies when dealing with law breakers.     Mike Bouchard: Publicly register convicted sex offenders.     Zane Lawhorn: Punishment should suit victims and taxpayers, not criminals.     Brad Klippert: Supports “Two Strikes, You’re Out” and stricter sentencing.     Brad Klippert: Supports death penalty & more prisons.     Ed Cox: Premeditated murderers deserve the ultimate punishment.     Stan Jones: Require aggressors to pay restitution and costs of jail.     Stan Jones: Not all sins should be crimes.     Keith Butler: Advised on federal response to Rodney King beating.     Bob Corker: Put repeat criminals behind bars.     Amy Klobuchar: Lock up predatory sex offenders indefinitely.     Barbara Radnofsky: High priority to anti-lynching resolution.     Claire McCaskill: Increase sentences for repeat violent criminals.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Prosecuted gang members as U.S. Attorney.

Drugs     Tom Martin: The Drug war on the Constitution is insane.     Tom Martin: Legalize marijuana and tax it.     Michael Steele: More enforcement against Drug Trafficking.     Jon Tester: Tough penalties for manufacturing & selling drugs.     Carl Romanelli: After 35 years, it’s obvious Drug War is not working.     Howie Hawkins: End the “War on Drugs”.     Leonard Schwartz: Asset forfeiture is arbitrary for drugs, gambling, & sex.     Dick Mountjoy: Don’t legalize drugs that destroy our young people.     Joe Carraro: Teach about alcohol, drug and tobacco in schools.     Mike McGavick: Stop inflow of illegal drugs-whatever it takes.     Zane Lawhorn: Yes, I did inhale, but God helped me walk away from drugs.     Zane Lawhorn: Increase penalties for manufacturing and distributing drugs.     Erik Fleming: Let patients use medical marijuana.     Brad Klippert: Stand strong against illegal drug activity.     Kevin Zeese: End the failed war on drugs.     Kevin Zeese: Protect medical marijuana users & providers.     Stan Jones: Government has lost the war on drugs.     Stan Jones: The Drug War kills more people than the drugs.     John Featherman: The war on drugs is a failure.     Claire McCaskill: National leader in the war on meth.

Education     Charlie Crist: Early advocate for parental choice in education.     Chet Culver: Raise teacher salaries; expand early education.     Chet Culver: Students need framework for character development.     Chris Carney: Invest in our educational infrastructure.     Kirsten Gillibrand: More funds for NCLB and early education.     Mazie Hirono: Life long learning, “P through L”.     Robert Fitzgerald: Local communities can best react to education needs.     Tom Martin: Separate school and state.     Tom Martin: No School Prayer Amendment.     Tom Martin: Vouchers will make better public schools.     Cynthia Thielen: Limited opportunities for college dropout vs. college grad.     Cynthia Thielen: Quality public education is an essential service.     Cynthia Thielen: Support NCLB to make fundamental changes in schooling.     Cynthia Thielen: Ensure an excellent, free education to all children.     Jan Ting: Study foreign languages for national security.     Howie Hawkins: Guarantee a quality education to everyone.     Carl Sheeler: Supports private scholarships & portable education accounts.     Dale Groutage: Raise teacher pay and incentives for new teachers.     Keith Butler: Supports accountability, competition, and portability.     Keith Butler: Supported vouchers but respects voters’ rejection.     Larry Drown: Strong Public Education.     Richard Tarrant: Home school at school, and more individualized education.     Pete Ashdown: Public schools should be propaganda-free havens.     Allen McCulloch: More choice in where children go to school.     Ned Lamont: Teaching creationism blurs the line between church & state.     Bob Keenan: Drastically cut back federal involvement in schools.     Bob Keenan: NCLB fails because it’s a one size fits all approach.     Claire McCaskill: Expand pre-school and Head Start.     Claire McCaskill: Expand Pell Grants and HOPE Scholarships.     Claire McCaskill: Scholarships to fill science & math slots in public schools.     Harris Miller: Make urgent investments in our education system.     James Webb: Public education levels the playing field.     Jim Pederson: Public education invests in our children & our futures.     John Raese: Vouchers let all families choose like wealthy families.     John Raese: Break education monopoly; competition will improve schools.     Mike McGavick: Private initiatives are best education investment.     Ned Lamont: Vouchers are not the answer; more support is.     Thomas Kean Jr.: Measure the progress of every child’s education.     Barbara Radnofsky: Expand Upward Bound & Head Start.     Ned Lamont: Increase funding for a 21st century education system.     Bob Casey: Fight for more funding for public education.     Carl Sheeler: Tax credit for educational expenses.     Carl Sheeler: Replace property tax with gambling tax as school revenue.     David Redick: Make all schools private nonprofits.     David Redick: Phase-out property taxes as a source of school revenue.     Francesca Lobato: Use very best teaching methods in our public schools.     Zane Lawhorn: Return education back into the hands of professionals.     Zane Lawhorn: Majority wants to see prayer return to our schools.     Robert Lorge: Supports education tax credits.     Erik Fleming: Fully fund No Child Left Behind.     Erik Fleming: Tax credits for private schools ok, but not vouchers.     Erik Fleming: Not opposed to charter schools.     Rosalind Kurita: Invest in pre-kindergarten programs.     Rosalind Kurita: More HOPE lottery scholarships for college.     Rosalind Kurita: Increase teacher salaries.     Brad Klippert: Supports school prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.     Brad Klippert: Tax credit for accredited private schools.     Ed Cox: Schools are bogged down in bureaucracies.     Rae Vogeler: Stop disinvesting in education.     Rae Vogeler: School vouchers and charters transfer money out.     Stan Jones: Privatize all schools-get government out.     Stan Jones: The poor advocate for school choice for good reason.     Dale Groutage: Federal incentives for teachers to stay in Wyoming.     Dale Groutage: Increase federal funding for Wyoming’s state colleges.     Harold Ford: Keep words “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.     Amy Klobuchar: No Child Left Behind is an unfunded mandate.     Amy Klobuchar: Expand early childhood education opportunities.     John Featherman: Tax credits for students at non-public schools.     John Featherman: Intelligent Design has no place in public schools.     Mike Protack: Educational choice for all students.     Pete Ashdown: Public education is key to our future economy.     Barbara Radnofsky: Strengthen Pell Grant programs.     Hiram Lewis: Supports result-oriented education programs.     Rick Snuffer: Taxes should go to schools, not bureaucrats.     Jerry Zandstra: Parental choice improves involvement & hence school quality.     Jerry Zandstra: Teacher competition improve performance of school systems.     David Kramer: Every child in America is entitled to the gift of education.     Claire McCaskill: Education dollars wasted on bureaucracy.     Ford Bell: Promise of “No Child Left Behind” lacks federal funding.     Ford Bell: Pay teachers fair wages & shrink class sizes.     Jon Tester: Public education is the backbone of our democracy.     Kweisi Mfume: End devastating cuts to public colleges and universities.     Kweisi Mfume: Committed to strengthening our public schools.     Kweisi Mfume: Public schools overcrowded, understaffed & under-equipped.     Barbara Radnofsky: Improve and fund our public school systems.     Barbara Radnofsky: Vouchers are divisive.     Barbara Radnofsky: Vouchers bankrupt our public educational system.

Energy & Oil     Chet Culver: Move agriculture from feeding the world to fueling the world.     Chris Carney: Sustainable energy plan to reduce fossil fuel dependence.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Raise CAFE; plus alternative energy R&D.     Mazie Hirono: Ratify Kyoto; raise CAFE and apply to SUVs.     Paul Hodes: Manhattan Project to address global warming.     Robert Fitzgerald: Develop renewable energy by tax incentives & research funds.     Tom Martin: Global Warming is inconclusive.     Cynthia Thielen: We’re missing the wave on ocean energy replacing oil.     Jan Ting: Foster new refineries, and new on- and off-shore drilling.     Kenneth Chase: Supports Cape Wind Project.     Carl Romanelli: Overhaul development to focus on other energy technologies.     Howie Hawkins: Solar-Based Renewable Energy.     Howie Hawkins: More mass transportation, and fuel cell cars.     Keith Butler: Kyoto Accord puts an undue burden on the US.     Larry Drown: Don’t drill for oil in our national parks.     Mike Bouchard: Look for energy efficiency & alternative sources.     Pete Ashdown: R&D to wean America off addiction to oil.     Claire McCaskill: Energy independence by 2020 via alternative fuels.     Jim Pederson: Climate change is real; renewables needed and ready.     Jim Pederson: Commonsense market-based solutions for climate change.     Mike McGavick: Drill ANWR but also explore coal, nuclear, & biofuel.     Mike McGavick: Keep existing dams to maintain clean hydro power.     Ned Lamont: Overarching plan for clean energy and energy independence.     Bo Heyward: Tap our own resources and build more refineries.     Barbara Radnofsky: Promote energy independence & renewables.     Jon Tester: Long-term tax credits for wind power development.     Jon Tester: 4-point plan for getting over America’s oil addiction.     KT McFarland: Dependence on foreign energy makes US vulnerable.     Bob Casey: Reduce emissions & dependence on foreign oil.     Bob Casey: Opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.     Carl Sheeler: Make alternative energy a national priority.     Zane Lawhorn: Global warming is punishment for not caring for environment.     Zane Lawhorn: Tax incentives for hybrid cars & alternate energy.     Erik Fleming: Opposes drilling in Alaska’s ANWR.     Rosalind Kurita: We can’t drill our way out of our energy problems.     Brad Klippert: Drill ANWR and build more oil refineries.     Ed Cox: Supports cheaper energy from domestic sources.     Rae Vogeler: Support renewable, clean energy.     Rae Vogeler: No such thing as the safe disposal of nuclear waste.     Kevin Zeese: Foreign oil is the root cause of many military conflicts.     Stan Jones: Electricity deregulation fosters innovation.     Dale Groutage: Shift from foreign energy to local energy.     Dale Groutage: Energy Blueprint for alternative energy & cars.     Harold Ford: We need an energy policy that reduces Mideast oil.     Amy Klobuchar: Invest in homegrown, renewable energy sources.     Amy Klobuchar: Gas gouging penalty against oil companies.     Amy Klobuchar: National strategy to address global warming.     Don Stenberg: Develop domestic energy to lower prices.     John Featherman: Tax credits & incentives for alternative renewable energy.     John Featherman: Fund research on nuclear fission.     John Featherman: Proposes national intra-city transportation system.     Barbara Radnofsky: National policy of energy independence.     Rick Snuffer: We have a right to mine and transport coal.     David Kramer: Emphasize hybrid, fuel cell, and hydrogen technologies.     Ford Bell: Energy independence-now.     Ford Bell: Bush’s energy bill supports oil companies, not renewables.     Ford Bell: Join the Kyoto Treaty and do what’s right.     Ford Bell: Dependence on foreign oil is a national security threat.     Ford Bell: Replace oil dependence with clean, renewable sources.     Jon Tester: Affordable energy first in our resource-rich state.     Barbara Radnofsky: Make renewable energy a priority.

Environment     Robert Fitzgerald: Supports regulated market of pollution credits.     Tom Martin: Sell off federal assets, including National parks.     Claire McCaskill: Enforce the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.     Jon Tester: Respects tribal sovereignty and supports trust reform.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Protect our public wetlands from development.     Jean Hay Bright: Label genetically-modified crops, as a first step.     Mike McGavick: Endangered Species Act is ineffective.     Dick Mountjoy: Protect private property rights against eminent domain.     Bob Casey: Fund brownfield and Superfund cleanups.     Zane Lawhorn: Do everything in our power to protect the environment.     Brad Klippert: Balance between land use and environmental stewardship.     Scott Jameson: Prevent pollution by more private ownership.     Ed Cox: Overregulation is not the answer.     Rae Vogeler: We must reverse course and protect the environment.     Michael Cavlan: Root causes: throw-away society & corporate polluters.     Stan Jones: Most environmental problems can be traced to the government.     Dale Groutage: Control wolves outside protected areas.     Amy Klobuchar: Preserve open spaces, farmlands, hunting lands, & wetlands.     Pete Ashdown: Against reopening the Nevada nuclear test range.     Kevin Scott: Chair of Wakefield Rails-to-Trails Committee.     Ford Bell: Our leaders lost their way on safeguarding our environment.     Jon Tester: Clean air & water are Montana’s treasured resources.     Jon Tester: Keep open access to public lands.     Kweisi Mfume: Clean air and clean water are American birthrights.     Barbara Radnofsky: Incentivize pollution control to spur innovation.

Families & Children     Corrogan Vaughn: Priority on family and marriage values.     Tom Martin: Can’t replace family & church with government.     Howie Hawkins: Raise minimum wage to family-supporting wage.     Zane Lawhorn: Keep the traditional family unit whenever possible.     Brad Klippert: Supports traditional family unit with traditional values.     Stan Jones: Restore the right and responsibilities of parenting.     Amy Klobuchar: Strengthen Family and Medical Leave Act.     Don Stenberg: Strong, traditional families are foundation of our culture.     Mike Protack: Supports “Mom’s Agenda” of addressing parental challenges.

Foreign Policy     Tom Martin: End foreign aid; exit the UN.     Carl Romanelli: Demand the administration comply with international law.     Carl Sheeler: Combine energy policy & improve relations with oil exporters.     Pete Ashdown: US should become fair player in international arena.     Bill Bowlin: Maintain Great Britain and Israel as our strongest allies.     Bill Bowlin: Don’t use religion as a divisive force, as superpower.     Chuck Pennacchio: Withdraw from PNTR to force reforms in Communist China.     Claire McCaskill: US should create respect abroad, not just fear.     Erik Fleming: Fully fund our financial obligation to the UN.     Brad Klippert: Opposes UN approval of US military actions.     Scott Jameson: Convert foreign aid from gov’t gifts to volunteer donations.     Rae Vogeler: End the economic blockade of Cuba.     Kevin Zeese: US should chide Israel for human rights abuses.     Michael Cavlan: Work toward a world of greater tolerance and acceptance.     Michael Cavlan: America engineered coup in Haiti for corporate interests.     Van Hilleary: Never delegate to the UN or the European Union.     Bob Corker: Iran and North Korea must renounce nuclear weapons.     Kevin Scott: Speaks Russian and studies U.S.-Russian relations.

Free Trade     Kirsten Gillibrand: Protect American jobs from going overseas.     Mazie Hirono: Protect workers & environment in new trade agreements.     Tom Martin: Open trade policy without NAFTA or WTO.     Michael Steele: Led trade mission to Ghana and South Africa.     Jon Tester: Recent trade agreements put our jobs & farms in jeopardy.     Carl Romanelli: Supports fair trade; opposes FreeTrade Area of the Americas.     Carl Sheeler: Charge companies $20,000 per worked for each exported job.     Keith Butler: Fair trade: no agreements that hurt our economy.     Richard Tarrant: Globalization is inevitable, and good for Vermont.     Chuck Pennacchio: Trade is beneficial only if there’s a level playing field.     Chuck Pennacchio: Replace NAFTA & CAFTA with bilateral fair-trade agreements.     Claire McCaskill: Supports fair trade which avoids shipping jobs overseas.     James Webb: Enforce existing trade laws to create fair trade.     Peter Ricketts: Free trade in our vital interest.     Thomas Kean Jr.: Our jobs depend on the free flow of international trade.     Barbara Radnofsky: Fair trade policy and reduced reliance on China.     Ned Lamont: Strictly enforce fair trade policies.     Bob Casey: Opposes CAFTA and other unfair trade laws.     Rosalind Kurita: Opposes CAFTA.     Brad Klippert: Link between Human Rights and trade with China.     Katherine Harris: Worked to get Free Trade Area of the Americas office in FL.     Sherrod Brown: Fight against unfair trade agreements.     Rae Vogeler: US policy good for business, but bad for people.     Rae Vogeler: Renegotiate NAFTA, CAFTA and GATT.     Amy Klobuchar: I will fight for fair trade.     Amy Klobuchar: Opposes CAFTA.     Jerry Zandstra: Global trade provides great opportunity for Michigan.     Barbara Radnofsky: Promote fair trade with incentives to keep jobs at home.

Government Reform     Chet Culver: Stricter ethical rules, with stricter enforcement.     Kirsten Gillibrand: No lobbyist gifts.     Robert Fitzgerald: Lobbyist scandals and bribes threaten faith in democracy.     Robert Fitzgerald: Both parties have given away power to the Presidency.     Tom Martin: Limiting ballot access is a monopoly tactic by Dems & GOP.     Tom Martin: Remove citizens campaign donation limits.     Christine O`Donnell: Pledges only 2 terms, so decisions not based on keeping seat.     Bob Casey: Require more public lobbyist financial disclosure.     Bob Casey: Attack the source of corrupt “pay-to-play” culture.     Claire McCaskill: Ban lobbyist gifts to root out corruption.     Carl Romanelli: Reduce restrictions on third-party ballot access.     Carl Romanelli: Establish a system of public financing of federal elections.     Howie Hawkins: Abolish the Electoral College; support IRV.     Leonard Schwartz: Busybody law system unfair and wasteful.     Carl Sheeler: Reduce federal election spending & lobbying influence.     Keith Butler: Supports tort reform and medical liability reform.     Keith Butler: Against Judges who legislate from the bench.     Kevin Zeese: Supports clean money campaigns and other election reforms.     Larry Drown: Bring back honesty and openness into government.     Mike Bouchard: Tort Reform: end frivolous lawsuits.     Pete Ashdown: Supports public election financing.     Pete Ashdown: Opposes term limits; but choose Senate leaders by lottery.     Jean Hay Bright: Impeach Bush & Cheney for violating Constitution.     Jack Carter: Stop the mauling of our Constitutional balance of powers.     John Morrison: Major ethics reforms needed to end cronyism.     Bob Keenan: End pork barrel spending and earmarks.     John Raese: Supports line-item veto to reduce deficit.     Mike McGavick: Lawsuits drive up healthcare costs and reduce access.     Mike McGavick: End budget earmarking for pet projects.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Stricter rules for lobbyists and ethics.     Bo Heyward: End frivolous lawsuits.     Bo Heyward: Supports Congressional term limits.     Barbara Radnofsky: Post all bills on Internet, with honest bill titles.     Barbara Radnofsky: Supports earmark reform and an office of public integrity.     KT McFarland: Supports stricter lobbying rules.     Zane Lawhorn: Reform elections for easier access for more parties.     Rosalind Kurita: No personal profit or pay raises for Congress.     Brad Klippert: Supports photo ID for voter registration.     Katherine Harris: In wake of 2000 election controversy, led impetus for reform.     Scott Jameson: Make campaign contribution tax-deductible so more can donate.     Ed Cox: New Yorkers want tort reform.     Kevin Zeese: Impeach Bush & Cheney for lying about Iraq.     Kevin Zeese: Doubt about election results weakens democracy.     Kevin Zeese: Require a paper record for computerized voting.     Kevin Zeese: Supports IRV, debates, & same day registration.     Stan Jones: Drastically reduce state government.     Stan Jones: All elected offices should have term limits.     Stan Jones: No public finance of political campaigns.     Stan Jones: No public financing of the arts, but encouragement ok.     Stan Jones: Privatize all possible government services.     Don Stenberg: Judges should not impose liberal social policies on families.     Mike Protack: Judges should interpret the Constitution, not write new laws.     Mike Protack: Bankruptcy laws should recognize its causes.     Barbara Radnofsky: Transparency, honesty, and integrity in government.     Rick Snuffer: Judges should uphold the original Constitution.     Jerry Zandstra: Tort abuse adds 2% to the cost of everything.     Matt Brown: America’s promise is broken by problems in Washington.     Matt Brown: $15M for voter list improvements.

Gun Control     Charlie Crist: Strongly supports Second Amendment rights.     Chris Carney: Protect the Second Amendment.     Paul Hodes: Support Second Amendment rights.     Tom Martin: Gun restrictions are unconstitutional.     Jon Tester: Strongly believes in our Second Amendment rights.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Common-sense solutions to fight gun crime.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Fight to keep guns off our streets.     Leonard Schwartz: Robbers and Rapists love gun control laws.     Dale Groutage: Avid sportsman who supports second amendment.     Keith Butler: Has always supported our 2nd amendment rights.     Keith Butler: Right to bear arms is as important as other freedoms.     Pete Ashdown: Current laws are reasonable and are working.     Chuck Pennacchio: Irresponsible gun policy is a plague on our nation.     Chuck Pennacchio: Supports limits on weapons & sales, and closing loopholes.     John Raese: Disarming citizens makes them less safe.     Peter Ricketts: I strongly support the Second Amendment.     Barbara Radnofsky: Fully support a legally armed citizenry.     Mike Bouchard: Endorsed by NRA in Sheriff campaign.     David Redick: Second amendment only applies to state militias.     David Redick: Leave responsible gun owners alone.     Zane Lawhorn: The Second Amendment IS the Constitution.     Zane Lawhorn: The right to carry makes violent crimes drop dramatically.     Zane Lawhorn: High powered rifles ok; gun lawsuits not ok.     Zane Lawhorn: Right to protect your home & property by blasting criminals.     Robert Lorge: 100% pro-Second Amendment rights.     Brad Klippert: Absolutely supports of the Second Amendment.     Scott Jameson: God bless a self-defended America.     John Spencer: Second Amendment is the first right among equals.     John Spencer: No gun ban, no gun lawsuits.     Ed Cox: Supports Second Amendment rights.     Stan Jones: Inalienable right to protect our lives.     Bob Corker: Protect the Second Amendment’s guarantee.     Harold Ford: Supports Second Amendment rights.     John Featherman: Second Amendment has conditions.     John Featherman: No lawsuit immunity for gun manufacturers.     Hiram Lewis: Protect our right to bear arms.     Rick Snuffer: No infringement of the right to keep and bear arms.     Jerry Zandstra: Defend our Second Amendment rights.     David Kramer: Defend our right to bear arms.     Ford Bell: Lifelong hunter & outdoorsman.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Strengthened penalties for armed criminals.

Health Care     Chet Culver: Affordable, quality health care for every Iowan.     Chris Carney: Moral obligation to ensure access to quality healthcare.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Medicare for all; allow drug reimportation.     Linda Lingle: Vigorously pursue medical malpractice reform.     Mazie Hirono: Single-payer plans are viable starting points.     Paul Hodes: Universal access to quality healthcare.     Robert Fitzgerald: Balance affordability with universality.     Tom Martin: Make the FDA advisory, not regulatory.     Bruce Guthrie: Consumer-Directed over Insurance-Directed care.     Carl Romanelli: Only sensible approach is a universal single-payer.     Howie Hawkins: Supports Universal Medicare.     Alan Schlesinger: Plan for $30 trillion in future elderly medical expenditure.     David Redick: Federally mandated health services just raise costs.     Larry Drown: Healthcare that works for everyone.     Mike Bouchard: Shifting costs to government exacerbates problem.     Richard Tarrant: Free-market-based system for the uninsured.     Jean Hay Bright: National health care system is long overdue.     Jack Carter: Support individual states enforcing their coverage standards.     Bob Keenan: Supports small business health plans.     Bob Keenan: Single payer universal healthcare is socialistic.     Claire McCaskill: Expand Medicare for people, not for drug companies.     Claire McCaskill: Negotiate for lower Rx prices and reimportation.     James Webb: Focus on health access, not on corporate profits.     Jim Pederson: Feds should negotiate for better Rx prices.     Joe Carraro: Taxing nursing homes to finance Medicare is a scam.     John Morrison: Watch out for bogus “union plans” & “association plans”.     John Raese: Free market is best approach for affordable health care.     John Raese: Supports Health Savings Accounts.     Mike McGavick: Harness competition to make system simpler & cheaper.     Mike McGavick: Health Savings Accounts give stewardship to families.     Ned Lamont: Business-required, federally-subsidized insurance pool.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Provide all families with insurance.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Scrap Medicare Rx plan, and negotiate for drug prices.     Thomas Kean Jr.: Supports individual Health Savings Accounts.     Bo Heyward: Healthcare should be handled by states, not feds.     Barbara Radnofsky: Federal insurance reform via free markets for fair prices.     Barbara Radnofsky: Federal negotiations with drug companies for prescriptions.     Bob Casey: Fill the “doughnut hole” of missing Medicare Rx costs.     Carl Sheeler: Preventive medicine is real health care.     Carl Sheeler: We have a shared responsibility to take care of ourselves.     David Redick: Institute federal catastrophic health insurance.     David Redick: More consumer choice in health care.     Francesca Lobato: We must ensure Medicaid is fully funded.     Robert Lorge: Supports private insurance premium tax credits.     Erik Fleming: Make Medicaid funding a budgetary priority.     Erik Fleming: Cooperation from industry could provide universal coverage.     Erik Fleming: Provide additional funding for abstinence education.     Rosalind Kurita: Access for all to quality, affordable healthcare.     Rosalind Kurita: Worked as a nurse doing hands-on healthcare.     Rosalind Kurita: Re-import safe prescription drugs.     Jon Tester: Negotiate for lower prescription drug prices.     Jon Tester: Extend enrollment period for new Medicare.     Brad Klippert: Strongly opposes socialized health care.     Ed Cox: Rhetoric of big government doesn’t solve healthcare problems.     Rae Vogeler: Single-payer provides better health at same cost.     Rae Vogeler: Health care should not be a privilege.     Rae Vogeler: Supports universal national single-payer health care.     Michael Cavlan: Take corporations out of health care.     Michael Cavlan: Institute single payer health care.     Stan Jones: Allow euthanasia, under church-state separation.     Stan Jones: Health care is not an unalienable right.     Stan Jones: Tobacco settlement is a blight upon Montana’s record.     Bob Corker: Encourage Health Savings Accounts.     Dale Groutage: Nationwide healthcare modeled after federal employee program.     Amy Klobuchar: Crack down on the price of health care.     Amy Klobuchar: Universal coverage is our goal.     John Featherman: Combine with free market to cover everyone.     John Featherman: Cap on lawsuit damages lowers healthcare cost.     John Featherman: Supports right to die with dignity.     Mike Protack: Implement a state-run National Health Care system.     Pete Ashdown: Replace Medicare by one health plan for all.     Barbara Radnofsky: Fund preventive care.     Jerry Zandstra: Increase competition among health care providers.     Claire McCaskill: Uncovering Medicaid waste reduces cost of medicine.     Ford Bell: We can’t afford not to insure every American.     Ford Bell: Supports single-payer universal health care.     Ford Bell: Cost of private health bureaucracy higher than Medicare.     Jon Tester: People can’t afford to get sick.     Kweisi Mfume: Malpractice insurance & bureaucracy focus on cost,not health.     Kweisi Mfume: Make health care affordable and accessible to everyone.     Matt Brown: Launched RIMeds to let seniors reimport drugs from Canada.     Matt Brown: Lower health costs by watch-dogging big insurance companies.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Focus on quality to address healthcare crisis.     Barbara Radnofsky: Fully fund Medicaid and restore cuts.     Barbara Radnofsky: Medicaid must be properly funded.

Homeland Security     Dean Heller: Support our troops and win the war on terrorism.     Mazie Hirono: Pre-emptive strike should not be basis of foreign policy.     Paul Hodes: Reform the Patriot Act to protect individual freedoms.     Corrogan Vaughn: Strong national defense based on domestic manufacturing base.     Robert Fitzgerald: Administration’s power grab threatens 4th amendment rights.     Tom Martin: There is nothing Patriotic about the Patriot Act.     Tom Martin: Build missile defense & focus on defense.     Tom Martin: Assassinate evil leaders instead of targeting the people.     Tom Martin: Keep out of wars, rather than police the world.     Tom Martin: War on Terror is Orwellian propaganda.     Bruce Guthrie: Reduce Troops Permanently Stationed Abroad.     Bruce Guthrie: End Domestic Spying and Reform the PATRIOT Act.     Mike Bouchard: Proposes “Skycops”, incentives for off-duty officers to fly.     Jan Ting: Supports surveillance of communications coming into US.     Howie Hawkins: End secret detentions and arrests without charge.     Daniel Vovak: I do not support the Patriot Act, or any form of it.     Howie Hawkins: Repeal the Patriot Act.     Dale Groutage: Build a fail proof defense net.     Dale Groutage: Increase funding for veterans’ social services.     Keith Butler: No country has ever been attacked for being too strong.     Keith Butler: Renew the Patriot Act and expand FBI & CIA.     Larry Drown: Maintain strong Armed Forces.     Mike Bouchard: Ensure unconditional victory in the War on Terror.     Richard Tarrant: We must remain ever vigilant to end terrorism.     Dick Mountjoy: Give government necessary tools to fight terrorism.     Bob Keenan: Government’s greatest responsibility is to defend this land.     Bob Keenan: Better veteran’s benefits and veteran’s healthcare.     Chuck Pennacchio: Bush-Santorum have failed to fulfill promises to veterans.     Claire McCaskill: Republicans have not made us safer since 9/11.     Jim Pederson: Refocus on winning the War on Terror.     John Raese: We were weak on 9/11 & we must never allow that again.     Ned Lamont: Don’t compromise Constitution for war on terror.     Peter Ricketts: Fully support strong national defense.     Thomas Kean Jr.: Grants for port security and counterterrorism.     Bo Heyward: Give military EVERYTHING it needs.     Barbara Radnofsky: More funding and services for veterans.     Barbara Radnofsky: More domestic preparedness via first responders & states.     Dick Mountjoy: Give government the tools to fight terrorism.     Mike Bouchard: Served on the frontlines of homeland security.     KT McFarland: Biggest threat is Third World nuclear proliferation.     KT McFarland: Fund security in targeted cities, not for political reasons.     Bob Casey: Urgent focus on infrastructure protection.     Bob Casey: Ensure that veterans’ health care receives proper funding.     Bob Casey: More G.I. benefits for college, retirement, and disability.     David Redick: Terrorists don’t hate our way of life--it’s about occupation.     David Redick: Stop meddling with foreign nations to stop creating enemies.     David Redick: Withdraw from 100 military bases abroad.     Zane Lawhorn: Supports military draft, if needed, but not needed now.     Erik Fleming: No more domestic base closings; close bases abroad instead.     Rosalind Kurita: Equip our troops for an aggressive war on terror.     Brad Klippert: Supports Missile Defense Program.     Brad Klippert: Supports increased funding for a strong and ready military.     Scott Jameson: Withdraw all troops and close all military bases abroad.     Ed Cox: Strong national defense and a decisive foreign policy.     Rae Vogeler: Redirect the military budget to social programs.     Rae Vogeler: Fully fund veterans’ benefits.     Michael Cavlan: Dealing with terrorism militarily is counter-productive.     Greg Parke: Our military needs fiscal support.     Greg Parke: Win war on terror while protecting civil liberties.     Bob Corker: We can never adequately repay our military troops.     Bob Corker: Do more for our nation’s intelligence gathering capability.     Dale Groutage: Fail proof defense net and better alliances abroad.     Harold Ford: Bush’s illegal wiretaps are unnecessary & wrong.     Amy Klobuchar: Our troops need the best equipment and intelligence.     Amy Klobuchar: More screening at ports and nuclear plants.     Don Stenberg: Defeat terrorists at home & abroad.     Pete Ashdown: Reduce nuclear warheads to a number needed for protection.     Hiram Lewis: Supports strong homeland security and defense.     Rick Snuffer: Supports strong national defense & going after terrorists.     Jerry Zandstra: I will vote for a strong military.     David Kramer: Support our troops and veterans.     Kevin Scott: Immediately deport all illegal immigrants.     Ford Bell: Don’t exclude foreigners from US colleges for security.     Ford Bell: Focus on infrastructure protection, not just intelligence.     Kweisi Mfume: We are not doing enough to protect our infrastructure.     Kweisi Mfume: Don’t surrender our essential liberties for anti-terrorism.     Jim Pederson: Give our border patrols & police the tools they need.     Barbara Radnofsky: Fully fund the Veterans Administration.

Immigration     Chris Carney: Secure our borders; no amnesty.     Dean Heller: Opposes amnesty; defend America’s borders.     Paul Hodes: Beef up the border & work with Mexico on jobs & fairness.     Robert Fitzgerald: Secure the border and enforce same-pay laws for immigrants.     Tom Martin: No red carpet; immigrants must earn their keep.     Jan Ting: No amnesty for illegal aliens.     Jan Ting: Secure our southern border with a physical barrier.     Claire McCaskill: Building a border fence is a first step.     Claire McCaskill: No amnesty for illegal immigrants; no guest workers.     Rae Vogeler: No human being is illegal: extend rights to immigrants.     Steve Osborn: No amnesty for illegal immigrants.     Steve Osborn: Great influxes weaken sovereignty and yields Globalization.     Steve Osborn: Temporary Worker Program OK as long as borders are secure.     Alan Schlesinger: Seasonal Employee Visa without road to citizenship.     Kenneth Chase: Rewarding illegal aliens with citizenship is wrong.     Keith Butler: Drastic buildup in our Border Patrol system.     Keith Butler: Completely opposed to any amnesty for illegal immigrants.     Richard Tarrant: Earned citizenship after fines, taxes, tests, and work.     Allen McCulloch: Secure our borders to stop illegal immigration.     Bob Keenan: Enforce laws, or change laws so they can be enforced.     Bob Keenan: Create opportunities in Mexico to reduce need to immigrate.     Joe Carraro: Stop treating immigrants like criminals.     Mike McGavick: Stop inflow of illegal immigrants-whatever it.     Mike McGavick: Guest worker program for industry and students.     Peter Ricketts: Secure America’s borders, without amnesty.     Bo Heyward: Illegal immigration is harmful to the welfare of US citizens.     Bo Heyward: End illegal immigrants leeching off Americans.     Barbara Radnofsky: More border patrols, but not by vigilantes.     Dick Mountjoy: We must control our borders; and no amnesty.     Carl Sheeler: Discriminating against immigrants is false justification.     David Redick: End birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens.     David Redick: Adopt English as an official language.     David Redick: Multiculturalism causes cultural disintegration.     Zane Lawhorn: Require immigrants to speak English & learn our customs.     Zane Lawhorn: Tax immigrants upon entering the US.     Zane Lawhorn: Require all immigrants to carry National ID Card.     Zane Lawhorn: Supports English as official language, opposes bilingualism.     Erik Fleming: Opposes English-only legislation.     Erik Fleming: Let immigrant kids in schools; let parents earn legal status.     Brian Macdonald: Deport illegal immigrants and stop illegal immigration.     Brad Klippert: No citizenship to children born in the US to illegal aliens.     John Spencer: Increase enforcement personnel at the border.     John Spencer: Crack down on illegal immigrants and their supporters.     Van Hilleary: We MUST STOP the massive illegal immigration.     David Pfeffer: Amnesty only encourages more uninvited immigration.     David Pfeffer: Take a lesson from Minutemen about securing border.     Greg Parke: Allow guest workers while discouraging illegal behavior.     Bob Corker: Control our borders and patrol our points of entry.     Don Stenberg: Strengthen our borders.     Mike Protack: To survive, nations must protect and defend borders.     Barbara Radnofsky: Encourage legal trade with Mexico as part of border strategy.     Jerry Zandstra: I will vote to defend our national borders.     David Kramer: Secure our borders so illegal immigration isn’t commonplace.     Kevin Scott: First and foremost, we need to secure our borders.     Kevin Scott: Illegal immigrants pose threat to rule of law itself.     Kevin Scott: Amnesty programs reward illegal behavior.     Kevin Scott: Volunteer work earns right to remain in country.

Jobs     Robert Fitzgerald: Encourage farmers to produce ethanol, biodiesel & wind power.     Tom Martin: Minimum wage is Government coercion.     Jon Tester: Raise minimum wage to fair livable wage.     Carl Romanelli: Living wage for all Americans.     Howie Hawkins: Full Employment at Living Wages.     Howie Hawkins: Supports Fair Labor Laws.     Larry Drown: Jobs in America based on alternative energy industry.     Mike Bouchard: Support manufacturing sector as heart of economy.     Richard Tarrant: Raise the federal minimum wage, and tie in COLA increases.     Chuck Pennacchio: Supports “living wage” increase in minimum wage.     Claire McCaskill: Raise the minimum wage.     Ned Lamont: Our high-skill jobs are being sent overseas.     Francesca Lobato: Increase minimum wage by more than $1 in 3 years.     Zane Lawhorn: China is developing at the expense of our jobs.     Brad Klippert: Support family bread-winners.     Stan Jones: Get rid of minimum wage laws.     Stan Jones: Only businesses create jobs, not government.     Dale Groutage: Graze livestock on federally owned lands.     Amy Klobuchar: Level playing field and fair prices for farmers.     Don Stenberg: Assist our family farmers to compete globally.     Mike Protack: All should compete for decent jobs.     Hiram Lewis: Support initiatives for small business.     David Kramer: Preserve the family farm via Ag research.     Sherrod Brown: Our trade policy hemorrhages manufacturing jobs.     John Morrison: Opposes $3B cut to commodity & food program for farmers.

Principles & Values     Corrogan Vaughn: Experienced as faith-based leader.     Corrogan Vaughn: Co-hosted two political radio shows in Maryland.     Tom Martin: Fiscally conservative and socially liberal.     Tom Martin: Basic principle: Government needs to be smaller.     Christine O`Donnell: Bases campaign on “Deal with Delaware”.     Steve Osborn: Voting for third party candidates wakes up the two parties.     Alan Schlesinger: Served as mayor of Derby and 6-term State Rep.     David Redick: No religion on coins, in schools, or Pledge of Allegiance.     Larry Drown: America needs a change in culture as well as politics.     Jack Carter: There are certain values that are intuitive to all Americans.     Dick Mountjoy: God and prayer belong in our private AND public places.     James Webb: America doesn’t lack ideas, it lacks leaders.     James Webb: Progressive approach prioritizing fairness and justice.     Dick Mountjoy: Believes in God, Country and Family in that order.     Ned Lamont: Running to stand up for our progressive democratic values.     Ned Lamont: Progressive government can make a difference.     Jean Hay Bright: Snowe talks moderate, but votes right-wing Republican.     David Redick: No adorning government property with religious icons.     Zane Lawhorn: A mud turtle to Sen. Byrd’s junkyard dog.     Zane Lawhorn: Faith gives me the strength to keep going.     Zane Lawhorn: I support One Nation under God.     Brian Macdonald: Kennedy should have voted to convict Clinton of perjury.     Brian Macdonald: Restrictions on religion only apply to establishing churches.     Rosalind Kurita: Not persuadable once she decides something is right or wrong.     Brad Klippert: Supports a platform of strong family values.     Mark Kennedy: 4th-generation Minnesotan, 4th-generation in public service.     Mark Kennedy: Great things can happen if we trust the people.     Mark Kennedy: Married with four children; serves as church lector.     Ed Case: Our future is now!     Katherine Harris: Passed over one hundred bills in State Senate.     Rae Vogeler: We must confront our problems; not just more of the same.     Kevin Zeese: Focusing on peace, justice, democracy and prosperity.     Kevin Zeese: Member of Green, Populist, and Libertarian parties.     Michael Cavlan: America is proceeding in a dangerous direction.     Michael Cavlan: Change the debate and change society itself.     Stan Jones: I am not a politician, I’m a leader.     Stan Jones: Dedicated to government of principle, not special interests.     David Pfeffer: Seniority brings home the bacon for New Mexico.     David Pfeffer: How did Christian become a dirty word?     Keith Butler: Elected as Republican City Councilor in Democratic Detroit.     Keith Butler: Wrote 1992 Republican national platform.     Keith Butler: Columnist for Detroit News and regular TV commentator.     Keith Butler: Founding pastor of Word of Faith International Church.     Keith Butler: Holds theological degree; married 29 years; 3 grown kids.     Mike McGavick: Committed to freedom, limited gov’t, & strength of families.     Bob Corker: Keep “one nation under God” in US Senate.     John Featherman: Santorum’s book is way out of step with mainstream.     John Featherman: Santorum’s book is way out of step with mainstream.     Harris Miller: This campaign is about the future.     Harris Miller: Only bipartisan approaches find meaningful solutions.     Harris Miller: Personal story about hard work, responsible choices & future.     Harris Miller: Married for 25 years with 2 grown children.     Kevin Scott: Massachusetts is moderate; only our politicians are liberals.     Kevin Scott: Why print ballots with only one candidate?     Kevin Scott: Roots in Wakefield business and as Wakefield Selectman.     Kevin Scott: Volunteers for Concord Coalition and community organizations.     Kevin Scott: Currently earning B.A. in politics from U.Mass.     Claire McCaskill: Lifelong Missouri resident from Missouri family.     Matt Brown: Beat political insiders & took on establishment corruption.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Brings 20 years of public experience to change Washington.     Sherrod Brown: This state and this country need a new direction.

Social Security     Chris Carney: Let workers invest for retirement in addition to Soc. Sec.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Against privatization.     Robert Fitzgerald: Don’t make young people carry burden of solvency.     Tom Martin: Social Security is a pyramid scheme; privatize it.     Bruce Guthrie: Diversify Social Security investments.     Michael Steele: Flexibility for some ownership over retirement choices.     Carl Romanelli: Must protect taxpayer funded programs like Social Security.     Alan Schlesinger: Guarantee no diversion of trust fund to other expenditures.     David Redick: Trust fund is deceptive--we’re really on pay-as-you-go now.     Bob Keenan: Partial privatization for young workers.     Jim Pederson: Strongly opposes privatization of Social Security.     Jim Pederson: Private retirement savings in addition to guarantee.     Mike McGavick: Allow voluntary opt-out of Social Security.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Pro-privatization crowd wants to cut benefits.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Lift limit on withholding from $90,000 to $120,000.     Thomas Kean Jr.: Expand options for personal retirement planning.     Bo Heyward: Social Security should be done away with.     Barbara Radnofsky: Oppose efforts to privatize Social Security.     Bob Casey: Opposes Social Security privatization.     David Redick: Allow opting out of Social Security system partly or fully.     Francesca Lobato: Middle class & poor subsidize Social Security for wealthy.     Francesca Lobato: Privatization is irresponsible; stock market too volatile.     Zane Lawhorn: Make program stable, even at high cost to young workers.     Erik Fleming: Opposes privatizing Social Security.     Erik Fleming: Raise retirement age to 67 for full benefits.     Rosalind Kurita: Opposes radically changing with private accounts.     Brad Klippert: Protect the Social Security Program.     Scott Jameson: Compete with financial markets for retirement accounts.     Ed Cox: Supports private accounts and the ownership society.     Kevin Zeese: Bush is misleading America on privatization.     Kevin Zeese: Raise the ceiling and tax all income for Soc. Sec.     Stan Jones: No special compassion nor health programs for Seniors.     Greg Parke: System is broken and we have to fix it by providing choice.     Dale Groutage: Bush’s plan is based on risky stock investments.     Amy Klobuchar: Privatization is a risky scheme.     Amy Klobuchar: Make Social Security more secure for the long term.     Amy Klobuchar: Incentives for private retirement options.     John Featherman: Supports means testing by income & assets.     Mike Protack: Existing program is “poverty plus 10%”.     Pete Ashdown: Increase premium caps and end payouts for wealthy.     Pete Ashdown: Investing Soc.Sec. funds ok in 20s, but need stability later.     Barbara Radnofsky: Ensure that our safety net remains safe.     Rick Snuffer: Protect Social Security.     David Kramer: Social Security shouldn’t be people’s sole retirement plan.     Ford Bell: Solve the projected shortfall with safe & gradual changes.     John Morrison: Ironclad support for Social Security.     Jon Tester: Opposes privatization.     Barbara Radnofsky: Save Social Security from privatization.

Tax Reform     Chris Carney: Roll back tax cuts on to p1%; but decrease estate tax.     Dean Heller: Oppose any attempt to raise taxes.     Mazie Hirono: Eliminate tax breaks for the richest 2%.     Tom Martin: Abolish income tax & replace it with nothing.     Mike Bouchard: Prioritize our spending and hold ourselves accountable.     Mike Bouchard: Growth in government stunts economic growth.     Christine O`Donnell: Pledges to never increase taxes.     Jan Ting: Supports a simpler, fairer tax code.     Howie Hawkins: Shift to progressively-graduated income and wealth taxes.     Alan Schlesinger: Supports Tax Simplification.     Carl Sheeler: Restore millionaire tax cuts & pursue loopholes.     Keith Butler: Single flat tax rate, and simplify the tax code.     Keith Butler: Lower corporate taxes & make tax code pro-growth.     Pete Ashdown: Supports flat tax starting at $20,000 in income.     Ned Lamont: Estate tax essential to progressive taxation system.     Allen McCulloch: End the marriage penalty; extend the child tax credit.     Jack Carter: Oppose the elimination of the sales tax deduction by the GOP.     Harris Miller: Record surplus spent on tax giveaways.     James Webb: Our tax policy is creating a permanent underclass.     John Raese: Supports tax cuts to spur economic growth and job growth.     John Raese: Supports flat tax or national sales tax.     Mike McGavick: Tax increases are counterproductive.     Thomas Kean Jr.: Make permanent the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.     Bo Heyward: Supports flat tax with no penalty for high income.     Dick Mountjoy: Don’t raise taxes to pay for the overspending.     Mike Bouchard: Tax burden & government spending are too high.     Mike Bouchard: Reduced Real Estate Transfer Tax by $358M.     KT McFarland: Supports smart, fair and targeted tax cuts.     KT McFarland: Eliminate the dreaded death tax.     Francesca Lobato: Inheritance tax above $2 million shouldn’t be repealed.     Francesca Lobato: End irresponsible repeal of federal tax laws.     Zane Lawhorn: Reduce sales taxes, gas taxes, and business taxes.     Robert Lorge: We are taxed too much by Washington.     Jon Tester: Bush’s tax cuts are irresponsible.     Rosalind Kurita: Against income tax & sales tax increases.     Brad Klippert: Tax incentives to encourage business growth.     Scott Jameson: Inheritance taxes discourage the American Dream.     Ed Cox: Make the President’s tax cuts permanent.     Rae Vogeler: Supports progressive and fair taxation.     Kevin Zeese: Tax income from wealth as heavily as income from labor.     Stan Jones: Will veto laws that increase taxes.     Stan Jones: Eliminate the state income tax.     Greg Parke: Let people take care of their own hard earned money.     Bob Corker: Make President Bush’s tax cuts permanent.     Dale Groutage: Roll back tax cuts for people earning over $200,000.     John Featherman: Supports flat tax statewide and federally.     Mike Protack: Single, low rate for taxes.     Jerry Zandstra: Make Bush’s tax cuts permanent.     Jerry Zandstra: Supports “Fair Tax”: flatter, simpler, more transparent.     David Kramer: Make President Bush’s tax cuts permanent.     Kevin Scott: Supports flat tax and cutting top rate from 39% to 17%.     Kevin Scott: Simplifying taxes would save $194B annually.     Ford Bell: Focus on minimum wage, not wealthy estate tax.     Jean Hay Bright: Repealing estate tax shifts burden to working class.

Technology     Tom Martin: Keep government out of the Internet.     Cynthia Thielen: Strongly supports Net Neutrality.     Steve Osborn: Favors Net Neutrality & no higher Internet priority for pay.     James Webb: Crumbling infrastructure results from failed leadership.     Ned Lamont: Focus on interconnecting transportation strategy.     Brian Macdonald: Colonize the moon to deal with limits of earth.     Rae Vogeler: Government now listens into phones and email.     Amy Klobuchar: Maintain traditional and high-tech infrastructure.     Amy Klobuchar: Supports the V-Chip & Internet filters.     Harris Miller: 1st leader of Information Technology Association of America.     John Morrison: Supports Railroad Competition Act & ending BNSF monopoly.

War & Peace     Kirsten Gillibrand: Iraq: exit strategy & redeploy troops.     Mazie Hirono: Opposes Iraq war & would have opposed war vote in Congress.     Mazie Hirono: Unilateral actionin Iraq hurt our world reputation.     Paul Hodes: Withdraw our National Guard from Iraq immediately.     Robert Fitzgerald: It’s time to get out of Iraq now.     Tom Martin: The war in Iraq was a massive mistake.     Bruce Guthrie: End the Occupation of Iraq.     Cynthia Thielen: Cannot support war in Iraq unless we make changes.     Cynthia Thielen: Orderly withdrawal from Iraq; focus on winning War on Terror.     Jan Ting: Unilateral withdrawal would have disastrous consequences.     Amy Klobuchar: Fight for accountability for the run-up to the Iraq war.     Amy Klobuchar: Supported invading Afghanistan, but not Iraq.     Carl Romanelli: Bush’s intention all along was an Iraqi invasion.     Howie Hawkins: End the War in Iraq.     Chris Lugo: Time to end this immoral, unethical, and illegal war.     David Redick: End empire building and improper war in Iraq.     Carl Sheeler: Replace US occupation in Iraq with coalition forces.     Dale Groutage: Develop alliances to help control terrorism & costs in Iraq.     Kevin Zeese: Rapid, responsible withdrawal from Iraq.     Kevin Zeese: Iraq War is costing us billions of dollars weekly.     Kevin Zeese: Impeachment inquiry about misleading country into Iraq War.     Pete Ashdown: Let Iraqis vote on how long they want the US to stay.     Allen McCulloch: Take the fight to the terrorists.     Dick Mountjoy: No UN diplomacy with Iran--plausibly threaten force.     Bob Keenan: We can’t abandon Iraq.     Claire McCaskill: Define a plan for success in Iraq with a clear exit strategy.     James Webb: America is fighting the wrong war in Iraq.     Jim Pederson: Finish the job in Iraq and come home.     John Raese: Don’t cut-and-run in Iraq.     Mike McGavick: No timetable and no retreat in Iraq.     Ned Lamont: Hold Bush & Lieberman accountable for mess in Iraq.     Ned Lamont: “Stay the course” is not a winning strategy in Iraq.     Peter Ricketts: Better to fight terrorists in Iraq.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Iraq war was premature and a mistake.     Sheldon Whitehouse: Responsibly extricate ourselves from Iraq.     Barbara Radnofsky: Expose the failures of the current war on terror.     Barbara Radnofsky: Planned, professional exit from Iraq.     Ned Lamont: Iraq war has diverted our funds and our attention.     KT McFarland: Consider military to prevent Iranian nuclear bomb.     Bob Casey: Bring our troops home as soon as possible.     David Redick: Purpose of Balkans war: evict China from Eastern Europe.     David Redick: Bush planned to invade Iraq well before 9-11.     David Redick: Immediate phased withdrawal from Iraq.     Zane Lawhorn: Concerned about North Korea’s nuclear weapons.     Zane Lawhorn: Committed to the protection and support of Israel.     Zane Lawhorn: In Iraq: support our troops and finish the job.     Zane Lawhorn: We are fighting a war on two fronts, like in Vietnam.     Erik Fleming: Make Iraq our last pre-emptive unilateral occupation.     Brian Macdonald: UN should carry a big stick, but US needs one until then.     Brian Macdonald: Supports pre-emptive policy of the Bush Doctrine.     Brad Klippert: Supports America’s war on terrorism.     Benjamin Cardin: Consistent opposition to President Bush’s policies in Iraq.     Benjamin Cardin: Bush misled the American people about Iraq.     Rae Vogeler: Bring our troops home now.     Kevin Zeese: End the Iraq War and occupation.     Michael Cavlan: War in Iraq is brutal, immoral, racist, and corporate.     Van Hilleary: Give troops the equipment they need.     David Pfeffer: Changed parties after 9/11 to support fight for freedom.     David Pfeffer: OK to attack Iraq even if president lied thru his teeth.     David Pfeffer: Iraq has everything to do with September Eleventh.     David Pfeffer: Removing Middle East dictators sets people free.     Bob Corker: We must complete our mission in Iraq.     Harold Ford: Bush failed to define serious long-term nature of Iraq.     Amy Klobuchar: Fight for a clear plan to bring our troops home safely.     Amy Klobuchar: Fight for accountability for the run-up to the Iraq war.     John Featherman: Withdraw from Iraq within 2-3 years.     Mike Protack: Immediate withdrawal from Iraq is an unworkable strategy.     Pete Ashdown: Prisoner abuse and torture deeply shame our nation.     Ford Bell: Supports Iraq withdrawal.     Ford Bell: War in Iraq was knowingly sold on false premises.     Ford Bell: Iraq has become a recruiting ground for terrorists.     Ford Bell: Iraq is like the Soviet Union’s Afghanistan.     Ford Bell: Iraq war is Bush’s personal vendetta against Saddam.     Ford Bell: Victory is not just around the corner-withdraw now.     Jon Tester: Support our troops with a plan to bring them home.     Kweisi Mfume: War in Iraq has made us more vulnerable to terrorism.     Kweisi Mfume: Attends Iraq War protests-“We can do better”.     Kweisi Mfume: Exit strategy & time frame for withdrawal from Iraq.     Jim Pederson: Focus on hunting down Bin Laden and destroying al Qaeda.     Jim Pederson: Our situation in Iraq is a mess.     Sherrod Brown: Safe, orderly troop withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 2006.     Sherrod Brown: Bush and Cheney lied about Iraq.     Jon Tester: It’s time for a clear exit strategy from Iraq.

Welfare & Poverty     Tom Martin: Religious charities should handle welfare.     Howie Hawkins: Repeal Taft- Hartley.     Brad Klippert: Let churches reach out to those in need.     Stan Jones: Liberty-not government handouts-give poor chance to be rich.     Stan Jones: Private welfare programs deliver more resources to poor.     John Featherman: Opposes taxpayer funded faith-based initiatives.     Ford Bell: Don’t trade Medicare benefits for food stamps.     Kweisi Mfume: Make poverty part of our nation’s public policy agenda.     Kweisi Mfume: 37 million still in poverty-“We can do better”.     Matt Brown: Founded City Year Rhode Island for urban youth.

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