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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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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Bob Stefanowski: Don't make abortion illegal; but parental notification ok.
Catherine Templeton: 100% pro-life; won't back down.
Ned Lamont: Criticizes Republican candidate: "choice is on the ballot".
Tom Foley: Pro-choice.
Jen Tooker: Government shouldn't be involved in woman's right to choose.
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Budget & Economy
Bob Stefanowski: Smart, responsible fiscal reform will turn around economy.
Bob Stefanowski: Take a holistic approach to modernize infrastructure.
David Walker: 2007: deficit spending saddles millennials with debts.
Joe Visconti: Unfunded liabilities crush our financial plans.
Ned Lamont: $30M in COVID relief to restaurants, hospitality industry.
Tom Foley: AdWatch: Malloy's policies drive jobs out of state.
Tom Foley: Tax credits are spending; oppose $400M job expansion credits.
Jen Tooker: Budget designed to keep tax rate stable.
Ryan Fazio: Use increased revenue for tax cuts, not for programs.
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Civil Rights
Bob Stefanowski: I'm a civil rights Republican, not a white nationalist.
Bob Stefanowski: Transgender policy in school sports needs to be evaluated.
Joe Visconti: Labelled Chinese candidate as "Kim Jong Tong".
Tom Foley: Maintain gay marriage law, although personally against it.
Jen Tooker: Firm supporter of town's multi-cultural diversity committee.
Jen Tooker: Local pride event makes a better community.
Ryan Fazio: Promote acceptance, freedom, and equality in society.
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Corporations
Dan Malloy: Small Business Express Program: grants for 944 companies.
Dan Malloy: Businesses should suggest which state regulations to abandon.
Dan Malloy: Invest state funds in businesses that preserve in-state jobs.
Mark Lauretti: Top priority: don't over-burden business.
Tom Foley: Small Business Express Program is too generous with aid.
Tom Foley: Criticized for bankruptcy of a Georgia textile mill.
Tom Foley: Investigate Economic and Community Development loan fraud.
Tom Foley: We pay huge sums in corporate welfare to keep jobs in CT.
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Crime
Bob Stefanowski: I will advocate for a holistic approach to reform.
Bob Stefanowski: Wrong to take away qualified immunity from police officers.
Tom Foley: Veto efforts to repeal the death penalty.
Tom Foley: Arrested twice for motor vehicle incidents.
Ryan Fazio: Remove anti-policing policies allowing dangerous crime.
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Drugs
Mark Lauretti: Law enforcement AND treatment to fight opioid abuse.
Tom Foley: Recreational marijuana use is a gateway drug.
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Education
Bob Stefanowski: Give parents the choice to find a school that works for them.
Catherine Templeton: School money & school control should be local.
Mark Lauretti: Get the government out of the classroom.
Tom Foley: Local control instead of Common Core mandates.
Tom Foley: In-district public school choice, money follows the child.
Tom Foley: Charters are part of the solution, but not whole solution.
Ryan Fazio: Adopt tax credit for donations for school choice vouchers.
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Energy & Oil
Dan Malloy: Moving Canadian oil thru the US is not best for the economy.
Danny Drew: Enacted sustainable, green energy policies.
Tom Foley: No gas tax increase to pay for rail transport.
Jen Tooker: Lower costs, diversify energy sources.
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Environment
Bob Stefanowski: Make sure that environmental regulations make sense.
Danny Drew: Restored Middletown's waterfront & public parks.
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Families & Children
Dan Malloy: 21-year-old son arrested in robbery, suffering depression.
Ned Lamont: Proposed 12 weeks paid family leave from 1/2% payroll tax.
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Foreign Policy
Bob Stefanowski: Helps set up, support school for Ukrainian refugee children.
Ryan Fazio: Entire town of Greenwich stands with Ukraine.
Jen Tooker: Visited and supports Ukraine against Russian attack.
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Free Trade
Dan Malloy: Trade trips to China to promote aerospace & bioscience.
Ned Lamont: Tariff is a six-letter word for tax; it's a tax on you.
Ryan Fazio: Tariffs going in wrong direction, but not very significant.
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Government Reform
Bob Stefanowski: Budget information should be a click away.
Bob Stefanowski: Biden won the election and it's past time to move on.
Joe Visconti: State & feds should pay for construction inspection failures.
Mark Lauretti: Opposed publicly finance campaigns, but will participate.
Peter Lumaj: Peter's Plan: require voter ID; end same-day registration.
Tom Foley: 2010: criticized public campaign financing; 2014: accepts it.
Tom Foley: AdWatch: Complains about ethics, but was fined for PAC.
Ryan Fazio: Focused on identifying opportunities to roll back regulation.
Jen Tooker: State goes too far in trying to override local zoning.
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Gun Control
Bob Stefanowski: No more gun controls; gun owners have been persecuted.
Catherine Templeton: Gun owner & NRA member.
Dan Malloy: NRA has developed into a terrorist organization.
Ned Lamont: We learn first hand the cost of unregulated gun ownership.
Ned Lamont: Ban bump stocks, and other common sense restrictions.
Prasad Srinivasan: It is person behind AR15s that bring about massacres.
Tom Foley: Enough on gun control; focus on preventing another Newtown.
Tom Foley: Supports 2nd amendment but require reporting stolen firearms.
Tom Foley: Let stand current gun laws, but no specific proposals.
Tom Foley: Newtown law added inconveniences on law-abiding citizens.
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Health Care
Bob Stefanowski: Expand access to private healthcare for veterans.
Bob Stefanowski: Government option is fine, but give people more choices.
Tom Foley: Post costs for treatments to give consumers options.
Ryan Fazio: Reduce Medicaid by $116 million over two years.
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Homeland Security
Bob Stefanowski: Encourage the hiring of Veterans and their spouses.
Tom Foley: Appoint veteran-friendly Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.
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Immigration
Ann-Marie Adams: Immigrants need their voices to be heard.
Catherine Templeton: Cracked down on undocumented workers.
Dan Malloy: Muslim ban harkens back to darkest times in our history.
Peter Lumaj: Albanian refugee but opposes sanctuary cities.
Tom Foley: We need a federal comprehensive immigration policy.
Tom Foley: House child refugee immigrants at Southbury Training School.
Jen Tooker: Upholds state law in not using police to enforce immigration.
Ned Lamont: Schools to protect students from federal immigration raids .
Ryan Fazio: Allow local police to cooperate with federal authorities.
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Jobs
Catherine Templeton: Fought to keep unions out of SC.
Joe Visconti: Opposes state public employee unions.
Tom Foley: Pledge not to change public employee collective bargaining.
Tom Foley: Raise minimum wage nationally, but focus on jobs in CT.
Tom Foley: OpEd: His company moved 3,000 jobs to Mexico.
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Principles & Values
Mark Lauretti: Denies involvement in two Shelton development scandals.
Tom Foley: AdWatch: NYC residents should move to CT under new governor.
Tom Foley: Partial facial paralysis means he smiles on only left side.
Tom Foley: Will not participate in primary debates.
Tom Foley: 1981: Arrested for 1st-degree attempted assault in car crash.
Jen Tooker: The freedoms and opportunities Americans enjoy are unmatched.
Jen Tooker: Condemns antisemitic snowman, all should feel they belong.
Ned Lamont: Attended Trump inaugural out of respect for the presidency.
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Tax Reform
Bob Stefanowski: Eliminate the state income tax over the next 8 years.
Bob Stefanowski: Immediately cut the sales tax, eliminate new restaurant tax.
Catherine Templeton: Fiscal conservative for low taxes.
David Walker: 2007: higher taxes needed; 2018: not so much.
Mark Lauretti: Lower taxes & be business-friendly.
Ned Lamont: Middle-class gets hammered by $800B federal deficit.
Jen Tooker: Would love to cut taxes but needs to make sure math works.
Ryan Fazio: Reduce income tax by $1500, cap local property tax.
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Technology
Catherine Templeton: Infrastructure repair a top priority.
Dan Malloy: Invest in Jackson Labs & Bioscience Connecticut.
Mark Lauretti: Make repairs; claim abandoned properties.
Tom Foley: No comment on reducing mass transit funding.
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Welfare & Poverty
Tom Foley: New urban enterprise zones and urban renewal initiatives.
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