OnTheIssues.org


Home Issues Leaders Recent Grid Archive Senate House VoteMatch_Quiz FAQs
 2016 Election:  Hillary's book Trump's book Bernie's book Ted Cruz's book  |   2016 Senate   Debates 

Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015)
United,
by Cory Booker (2016)
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)
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017)
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)
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden)
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016)
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017)
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election
What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017)
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018)
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016)
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014)
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015)

Book Reviews

(from Amazon.com)

(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)

Democratic Presidential 2004 Primary Debate in Detroit, Sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News


 OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)
Budget & Economy
    Al Sharpton: Average Americans are doing their share.
    John Kerry: Will follow Clinton’s plan to halve deficit in four years.
    Wesley Clark: Balance budget by repealing tax cuts to wealthiest Americans.
Civil Rights
    John Edwards: Patriot Act is being abused by the Attorney General.
Crime
    Joseph Lieberman: Invest in rehabilitation, not prisons.
Foreign Policy
    Howard Dean: I have as much foreign policy experience as Bush had.
Free Trade
    Carol Moseley-Braun: Free trade must be fair trade.
    Dick Gephardt: Trade agreements must protect labor & environment.
Gun Control
    John Kerry: Supports assault weapons ban & Brady Bill.
Homeland Security
    Dennis Kucinich: Create domestic Dept. of Peace & make all war obsolete.
Tax Reform
    Dennis Kucinich: Repeal tax cuts for wealthy to fund public higher ed.
    Howard Dean: Repeal every penny of Bush tax cuts & balance budget.
    John Kerry: They’re not Bush tax cuts, they’re Democrat tax cuts.
Technology
    Dennis Kucinich: Stimulate economy with massive new WPA-type program.
War & Peace
    Al Sharpton: Bush wrong to wage war in Iraq-bring troops home now.
    Carol Moseley-Braun: Bush supports big contracts for friends, not troops.
    Dennis Kucinich: Barred from CIA briefing, but considers them misleading.
    Dick Gephardt: It is not unpatriotic to criticize the president.
    Dick Gephardt: Would not negotiate with terrorists.
    Howard Dean: Supports troops and veterans more than Bush.
    John Edwards: Leadership means standing up for what you believe in.
    John Edwards: Negotiating with North Korea would make world safer.
    John Kerry: Leadership comes from experience: share the war burden.
    John Kerry: Bush has broken his promises & is mismanaging war.
    Joseph Lieberman: Wants two-state solution in Middle East without terrorism.
    Joseph Lieberman: Leadership means consistency on war views.
    Wesley Clark: Supports war in Afghanistan, but not in Iraq.
    Wesley Clark: No $87B for Iraq war until winning strategy is produced.
Welfare & Poverty
    John Edwards: My “Cities Rising” plan is to help urban America.


The above quotations are from Democratic Presidential 2004 Primary Debate in Detroit, Sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News.


Logo
All material copyright 1999-2022
by Jesse Gordon and OnTheIssues.org
Reprinting by permission only.

E-mail: submit@OnTheIssues.org
Mail
Send donations or submit quotations to:
OnTheIssues.org
1770 Massachusetts Ave. #630
Cambridge, MA 02140



OnTheIssues.org
Home Page
Most recent quotations Archive of books & debates Candidate Matching Quiz

Page last edited: Dec 17, 2018