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It’s hard to still wrap my head around where all the candidates stand on the different issues, so I did some research and thought I would share what I found. Below is a list of links of sites that help summarize how the candidates stand on the issues. The first link is for a quiz to help determine who to vote for based on the issues, that seems to be pretty good.
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html
http://www.2decide.com/table.htm
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.abortion.html
http://usinfo.state.gov/politics/elections/issues.html
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/issues/index.html#/context=index/issue=health
Hope this helps!
That is, despite the fact that many Republicans candidates have whored themselves out on You Tube (i.e., Giuliani, Romney, and Tancredo), only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) have agreed to participate in the CNN/You Tube Republican debate scheduled for September 17th (link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700283_pf.html) And it doesn’t look like many more are going to commit. Cowards….
Ever since the pivotal Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the GOP has been at the forefront to try to reverse this ruling. And in a country where the past few elections were based on moral values, having moral values that match that of the red is key. Since announcing his bid for candidacy Rudy Giuliani has “flip-flopped” on this issue multiple times and hasn’t stood firmly behind the pro-choice contingent.
Now he brought the Rudy back to his campaign and made a firm decision stating, “I’m very, very passionate about the issue of abortion. I oppose it. That’s a principle I’ve held forever, and I’ll hold it forever. That’s not going to change. But I also believe that in a society like ours, where people have very, very different consciences about this, it’s best to respect each others’ differences and allow for choice.”
Mitt Romney has caused some concerns for his recent switch on the issue going from a pro-choice stance to pro-life.
It will be interesting to see how much this one issue takes effect on the overall GOP nomination.
Senator John McCain may not know that contraceptives prevent the spread of H
IV, but at least he does believe in evolution. At the Republican presidential debates last night, when moderator Chris Matthews asked if anyone did not believe in evolution, Senator Sam Brownback, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo all raised their hands. Amazing.
I love Law & Order as much as the next guy (my favorites were the Orbach-Bratt years, ahhh the good ‘ol times), but Fred Dalton Thompson who currently plays Arthur Branch, District Attorney, on Law & Order (and in shortly lived Law & Order: Trial By Jury) is thinking of entering the race. Fred formerly filled Al Gore’s vacant spot as Tennessee’s Senator, and prior to that he was also in a number of movies including Days of Thunder, Die Hard 2, and my personal favorite Curly Sue.
ABC News also recently reported that Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel may also enter the race for the Republican ticket. Although following the news conference he held yesterday, he stated that he needed to focus on the war and other pressing issues before making a final decision, and that entering the race later this year is still possible. Chuck has opposed the Iraq war since the beginning and back in January he called President Bush’s plan to send an addition 21,500 U.S. troops to Iraq “the most dangerous foreign policy blunder carried out since Vietnam.”
Very interesting new poll from the NY Times and CBS who found that 40% of Republicans believe a Democrat will win the 2008 election, while only 12% of Democrats believe that the GOP will be elected into office.
Republicans are also not satisfied with their current candidate offering – 6 in 10 want more options, while 6 in 10 of Democrats are happy with their selection. Pollsters also stated that supporting Bush’s war policy could put the candidate at a disadvantage.
“Asked what was more important to them in a nominee, a commitment to stay in Iraq until the United States succeeds or flexibility about when to withdraw, 58 percent of self-identified Republican primary voters said flexibility versus 39 percent who said a commitment to stay. The three leading Republican candidates are strong supporters of the war and the increase in American troops there. ”
One Republican polled said that the front runner for the Republican ticket hasn’t come forward yet, and it seems as though his party is behind him. If this is the case, what other possible Republicans will come forward?
2008 Election Watch 