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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
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) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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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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CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2026 races
(Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2026 races)
(Click for external website)
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2026 races (number of quotes indicated):
- Bill Cassidy (3) Republican (Senate run 2014) U.S. Rep Louisiana-6
- Bill Hagerty (2) Republican Jr Senator Tennessee
- Jeanne Shaheen (1) New Hampshire Former Democratic Governor (1997-2000); elected Senator 2008
- Kathy Hochul (1) New York Democratic Lt. Governor
- Lindsey Graham (2) South Carolina S.C. Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Mark Warner (5) Virginia Former Democratic Governor (2002-2006); elected Senator 2008
- Michelle Lujan-Grisham (2) New Mexico Democrat
- Wes Moore (2) Maryland Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger
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We excerpt the Sunday pundit shows as candidates prepare for the 2026 Senate and Gubernatorial races.
Currently, five separate "talking head" programs appear on five different TV stations every Sunday morning.
OnTheIssues.org excerpts all five of the shows, listed below, with their respective interviewing pundits and each pundit's political affiliation:
- ABC This Week: 9 AM - 10 AM EST: (George Stephanopoulos, Martha Raddatz, and Jonathan Karl; liberal)
- CNN "State of the Union": 9 AM - 1 PM EST: (Dana Bash & Jake Tapper; moderate liberal)
- Fox News Sunday: 9 AM EST; plus other FOX pundit shows: (Shannon Bream & Sean Hannity; conservative)
- NBC Meet the Press: 9 AM EST; rebroadcast 4 AM Monday: (Kristen Welker; moderate)
- CBS Face the Nation: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST(Margaret Brennan; moderate)
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Citations:
- On 2026 Virginia Senate race: Interview of Mark Warner, Senate Intelligence Committee; Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Jan. 18, 2026, (Link)
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- On 2026 Lousiana Senate race: Interview of Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana; Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Dec. 14, 2025, (Link)
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- On 2026 N.H. Senate race: Interview of New Hampshire Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen; Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 16, 2025, (Link)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Bill Cassidy: FDA slow-walking Mifepristone study & should prioritize it.
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Crime
Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Deploy National Guard because of shortage of police officers.
Mark Warner: Edward Snowden was one of worst traitors in history.
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Foreign Policy
Jeanne Shaheen: Seize Russian assets in US, Europe to send to Ukraine.
Lindsey Graham: Iran's ayatollah is a religious Nazi who wants purify Islam.
Lindsey Graham: I have legislation that will crush the Russian economy.
Mark Warner: Will allies share information if we treat it this sloppily?
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Free Trade
Wes Moore: Tariffs are a tool; they're not an ideology.
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Government Reform
Bill Hagerty: The CFPB has been out of control for some time.
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Health Care
Michelle Lujan-Grisham: $50B rural healthcare fund is not nearly enough.
Bill Cassidy: Reduce ObamaCare deductible from $6000 via tax-free accounts.
Bill Cassidy: Extend ObamaCare tax credits to avoid huge rate increases.
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Homeland Security
Bill Hagerty: End USAID funding to UNRWA, which funds Hamas.
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Principles & Values
Wes Moore: People are exhausted by performative politics.
Kathy Hochul: Trump can't just come in and bully us around.
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Technology
Mark Warner: Chinese-held TikTok should not be available to Americans.
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War & Peace
Mark Warner: Russia & China benefit when Trump threatens NATO & Greenland.
Mark Warner: We should've pushed out Maduro in 2024 when he lost election.
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The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2026 races
(Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2026 races).
Related interviews from Sunday morning talk shows:
2025-2026 Sunday pundit shows (2026 primaries; 2024 presidential primarIes; and 2024-25 gubernatorial races):
2021-2023 Sunday pundit shows (events and gubernatorial races):
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