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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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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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Jan. 2020 Iowa Democratic Debate (7th Debate)
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from Iowa Democratic Primary Debate (number of quotes indicated):
- Amy Klobuchar (7) Minnesota Democratic candidate for President; Minnesota Senator
- Bernie Sanders (9) Democratic Presidential candidate
- Elizabeth Warren (6) Massachusetts Senator
- Joe Biden (8) Democratic V.P.
- Pete Buttigieg (9) Indiana Democratic candidate for President; Mayor of South Bend, IN
- Tom Steyer (9) Possible Democratic candidate for President from California
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Seventh Democratic primary debate, with six candidates, at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 14, three weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Three candidates withdrew after not qualifying for the debate (and will not participate in the Iowa caucuses):
- Sen. Cory Booker withdrew on Jan. 13
- Mayor Julian Castro withdrew on Jan. 2, and endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Jan. 6.
- Marianne Williamson terminated her campaign on Jan. 3, and withdrew on Jan. 10.
The rules of the Iowa caucuses are more complicated than typical presidential primaries:
- Meeting places are set up by local Democratic Committees in over 1,600 locations across Iowa, one per town or one per precinct in larger cities.
- Any registered Democrat can attend in their neighborhood, with or without a pre-commitment to any candidate, but there are no absentee ballots nor early voting (only those who attend can vote, except people with disabilities and military members abroad can participate by video).
- Candidates' supporters make speeches to persuade the uncommitted voters, and then each candidate's supporters gather in one section of the room to be counted.
- A preliminary count determines which candidates make a 15% minimum cutoff for "viability." Supporters of non-viable candidates can then move to another candidate's section for the final count.
- National news media report the percentage of the caucus final tallies, which are only approximate, because national delegates are actually chosen over the course of two more events:
- Caucus delegates are apportioned, based on the final count for each candidate in each local caucus, to attend a County Convention; Iowa has 99 counties.
- The County Conventions will be held on March 21, and then a Statewide Convention on April 25, to elect 41 delegates to the Democratic National Convention where the presidential nominee will be determined.
- Iowa also will send 8 superdelegates to the National Convention; they are called "PLEO delegates" (Party Leaders and Elected Officials) and are members of Congress or Democratic National Committee members.
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
Pete Buttigieg: Campaign co-chaired by member of Congressional Black Caucus.
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Corporations
Tom Steyer: Can beat Trump on economy, did not inherit a penny.
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Education
Amy Klobuchar: Free college isn't enough; also 2-year degrees & plumbers.
Tom Steyer: Redistribute tax dollars so every kid gets a good education.
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Energy & Oil
Joe Biden: I introduced the first climate change bill in 1986.
Pete Buttigieg: Put environmental justice at the core of our climate plan.
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Environment
Pete Buttigieg: Fight climate change and prepare for flood and fire.
Tom Steyer: Environmental justice, not managed retreat.
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Families & Children
Bernie Sanders: Guaranteed child care: Age 0 to 4 are most important years.
Pete Buttigieg: It makes no sense to spend 2/3 of income on childcare.
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Foreign Policy
Tom Steyer: Don't meet with North Korea without preconditions or allies.
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Free Trade
Amy Klobuchar: We need a North American trading bloc to take on China.
Bernie Sanders: Need trade deal that includes stakeholders, not just CEOs.
Elizabeth Warren: China trade deal will help farmers, then work to improve it.
Pete Buttigieg: I support USMCA, but focus on people over corporations.
Tom Steyer: Undo Trump tariffs; negotiate trade deals for U.S. workers.
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Health Care
Amy Klobuchar: Non-profit public option: I have a plan for that.
Amy Klobuchar: We need a paid-for healthcare plan, not a pipe dream.
Bernie Sanders: Medicare-for-All saves money to offset raising taxes.
Bernie Sanders: End the absurdity of co-payments and $600B corporate costs.
Bernie Sanders: Help insurance industry employees transition to new jobs.
Elizabeth Warren: Let government manufacture drugs when there's a price spike.
Elizabeth Warren: Tax the 1 percent and we can provide health care to all.
Joe Biden: 4% tax doesn't bring in trillions to cover Medicare for All.
Joe Biden: Add mental health parity to ObamaCare, with Biden option.
Pete Buttigieg: Individual mandate so no such thing as an uninsured American.
Pete Buttigieg: My plan does not cost the most, but isn't small.
Tom Steyer: Break corporate stranglehold to get public option.
Tom Steyer: Term limits will break stranglehold on low taxes for rich.
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Homeland Security
Elizabeth Warren: Fight to get military benefits, but cut defense budget.
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Principles & Values
Elizabeth Warren: Women candidates out-perform men candidates.
Joe Biden: Trump's lies about me are so bad that TV won't show them.
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Technology
Bernie Sanders: Our infrastructure is crumbling because of endless wars.
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War & Peace
Amy Klobuchar: I opposed Iraq War from the very beginning.
Amy Klobuchar: Trump is taking us pell-mell into war with Iran.
Amy Klobuchar: No Iranian nukes, via reinstating joint nuclear deal.
Bernie Sanders: Great disasters of our time--Vietnam & Iraq--based on lies.
Bernie Sanders: Passed bipartisan War Powers Act to stop Yemen war.
Bernie Sanders: Endless war in Iraq cost us trillions and 4,500 troops.
Elizabeth Warren: We cannot do everything with combat troops: out of Mideast.
Joe Biden: Pull troops out of Mideast, except to patrol Gulf and ISIS.
Joe Biden: As veep, worked to end Iraq war.
Joe Biden: Iraq war vote mistake based on Bush/Cheney lies.
Joe Biden: Leave special forces in Mideast, not just combat troops.
Pete Buttigieg: No Iranian nukes, via reinstating joint nuclear deal.
Pete Buttigieg: If troops go to war, will include 3-year sunset clause.
Tom Steyer: Set a strategy: What are we trying to accomplish in Mideast?
Tom Steyer: It isn't so much about experience; it's about judgement.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Democratic candidate for President; Minnesota Senator
- Bernie Sanders Democratic Presidential candidate
- Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts Senator
- Joe Biden Democratic V.P.
- Pete Buttigieg Indiana Democratic candidate for President; Mayor of South Bend, IN
- Tom Steyer Possible Democratic candidate for President from California
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The above quotations are from Jan. 2020 Iowa Democratic Debate (7th Debate).
Debates and Surveys in the 2020 Democratic Primary:
- 11th Democratic Debate, one-on-one between Biden and Sanders, March 15, 2020
- 10th Democratic Debate, between South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday, Feb. 25 2020
- Feb. 2020 Democratic Debate (9th Debate) on eve of the Nevada caucus, Feb. 19 2020
- February Democratic candidates debate in N.H., (Feb. 7, 2020)
- CNN New Hampshire Town Halls (Feb. 5-6, 2020)
- January Democratic candidates debate in Des Moines, (Jan. 14, 2020)
- December Democratic candidates debate at UCLA, (Dec. 19, 2019)
- November Democratic candidates debate in Atlanta, (Nov. 20, 2019)
- October Democratic candidates debate in Ohio, (Oct. 15, 2019)
- CNN LGBT Town Hall (Oct. 10, 2019)
- Business Insider Republican candidates debate, (Sept. 24, 2019)
- September Democratic candidates debate in Houston, (Sept. 12, 2019)
- CNN Climate Town Hall (Sept. 4, 2019)
- July Democratic candidates debate in Detroit (July 30-31, 2019)
- June Democratic candidates debate in Miami, (June 26-27, 2019)
- CNN Town Halls (April-May, 2019)
Surveys and other coverage of the Democratic Primary:
- Survey of 2020 Presidential campaign websites
- Politico 2020Dems Presidential survey
- NPR Morning Edition 2020 Presidential survey
- CNN Kfile, investigative reporting on presidential contenders
- Jacobin Magazine, socialist perspectives on presidential contenders
- CNN Town Halls, with presidential contenders
- Fox Town Halls, with presidential contenders
- 2020 Presidential Hopefuls by OnTheIssues.org
Books by 2020 Presidential hopefuls:
- The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris (2019)
- Shortest Way Home, by Pete Buttigieg (2019)
- The Mueller Report, investigation and commentary (2019)
- From the Ground Up, by Howard Schultz (2019)
- Where We Go From Here, by Bernie Sanders (2018)
- The Right Answer, by John Delaney (2018)
- An Unlikely Journey, by Julian Castro (2018)
- Healing the Soul of America, by Marianne Williamson (2018)
- Promise Me, Dad, by Joe Biden (2017)
- This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren (2017)
- The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston (2017)
- United, by Cory Booker (2016)
- The Opposite of Woe, by John Hickenlooper (2016)
- The Senator Next Door, by Amy Klobuchar (2015)
- Off the Sidelines, Kirsten Gillibrand (2014)
- Dealing Death and Drugs, by Beto O'Rourke (2011)
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