2008 Leading Presidential Candidates

2008 U.S. Presidential Elections Forum

who do you want to be President?

Leading Democratic Candidates:
Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
Mike Gravel
Barack Obama

Leading Republican Candidates:
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Alan Keyes
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney

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Hillary Rodham Clinton born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, was a lawyer, First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, and is currently a US Senator representing the State of New York.

Policies:

• supports Kyoto Protocol
  
• supports incremental health care reforms that will help those who cannot pay insurance premiums (as opposed to Canada-style single payer health care)
  
• pro-Israeli
  
• supports giving illegal immigrants a path to legal residency
  
• voted for Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
  
• does not believe in staying in Iraq indefinitely, but does not support immediate withdraw
  
• personally opposed to abortion, but does not believe it should be illegal
  
• supports death penalty
  
• against gay marriage, supports civil unions
  
• supports stem cell research
  

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John Reid Edwards born June 10, 1953 in Seneca, South Carolina, was a plaintiff's lawyer and a United States Senator representing North Carolina. He was the Democratic candidate for Vice President with John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Elections.

Policies:

• strongly supports ending poverty
  
• College For Everyone-- If students agree to work part-time during their first year at a public-college, the Edwards administration will pay for their tuition, books and fees.
  
• supports fight against global warming
  
• opposes military draft
  
• Pro-Choice
  
• opposes gay marriage, let the states decide
  
• supports expansion of legal immigration along with tighter border security
  
• supports subsidizing health insurance, requiring employers to offer insurance through Medicare, possibly eventually moving towards a single-payer national health plan
  
• voted for Iraq War, later stating that it was a mistake and intelligence was flawed/manipulated
  
• cannot promise complete withdraw from Iraq, but will immediately pull 40,000 to 50,000 troops.
  

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Rudolph William Louis Giuliani born May 28, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, was a public prosecutor and the Mayor of New York City. His Mayoralty during the September 11th attacks gained the nickname "America's Mayor."

Policies:

• opposes flat tax
  
• against universal health care
  
• strong stance against Iran's nuclear program
  
• strong supporter of Iraq War
  
• supports domestic survellience
  
• proposes to fight global warming by decreasing dependence on other nations for oil
  
• Pro-Choice
  
• supports stem cell research
  
• strong crackdown on drugs, including marijuana for medicinal use
  
• supports undocumented worker's rights
  
• against gay marriage, strongly supports civil unions/domestic partnerships
  

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Maurice Robert Gravel born May 13, 1930 in Springfield, Massachussetts, served in the United States Army, was a working man in New York City, a pioneer and State Legislator in Alaska, US Senator representing Alaska, and a real estate developer.

Policies:

• get rid of IRS and replace with national sales tax
  
• supports universal single-payer national health care
  
• supports immediate and complete withdraw from Iraq
  
• supports Kyoto Protocol
  
• recognizes Hamas
  
• supports same-sex marriages
  
• supports legalization of marijuana
  
• stongly Pro-Choice
  
• supports providing a path for illegal immigrants to gain legal residency
  
• against the death penalty
  

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Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee born August 24, 1955 in Hope, Arkansas was a pastor and Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, and is currently Governor of Arkansas.

Policies:

• strongly opposed to abortion, including rape and incest. Only life/death situation is abortion permissable
  
• supports death penalty
  
• strong crackdown on drugs, including marijuana for medicinal use
  
• against embryonic stem cell research
  
• in favor of energy independence
  
• sees confronting global warming as a moral issue
  
• against gun control
  
• opposes universal health care system
  
• supports giving illegal immigrants a path to legal residence
  
• against gay marriage and civil unions, supports traditional view of marriage
  
• supports free trade
  
• supports staying in Iraq to finish the job
  
• supports diplomacy with Iran
  
• strongly pro-Israeli
  
• supports a Palestinian State somewhere in Egypt or Saudi Arabia
  

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Alan Keyes born August 7, 1950 in Long Island, New York, was a United States Diplomat, and ran for the US Senate in 1996 and 2004 and the US Presidential Election in 2000.

Policies:

• strongly Pro-Life
  
• against affirmative action
  
• pro-Israeli
  
• against embryonic stem cell research
  
• against NAFTA and WTO; financially isolationist
  
• against universal healthcare
  
• strongly against gay marriage
  
• against illegal immigration
  
• against Iraq War, US security should be handled by US alone, international politics should be handled by UN.
  
• supports right to bear arms
  

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John Sidney McCain III born August 29, 1936, in Coco-Solo, Panama Canal Zone (US Territory), was a Navy pilot, Vietnam veteran and POW, and United States Congressman and Senator representing Arizona.

Policies:

• supports Iraq War
  
• firmly pro-Israeli
  
• emphasizes deficit reduction over tax cuts
  
• against universal health care
  
• gay marriage should be left up to states
  
• strongly Pro-Life
  
• supports stem cell research
  
• pro-guns
  
• supports path to legal residence for illegal immigrants
  

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Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii was a State Legislator in Illinois and is a United States Senator representing Illinois.

Policies:

• supports alternative fuel
  
• strong supporter of universal health care
  
• increase military presence in Afghanistan/Pakistan
  
• pro-Israeli
  
• denounces Hamas
  
• supports pathway to legal residence for illegal immigrants
  
• against Iraq War
  
• abortion: supports Roe v. Wade
  
• combat global warming
  
• personally opposed to gay marriage, supports civil unions, gay marriage left up to states
  
• supports gun control
  
• supports embryonic stem cell research
  

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Ronald Ernest Paul born August 20, 1935 in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, was drafted into the United States Air Force, was an ob/gyn doctor, ran for Presidency in 1988, and is a United States Congressman representing Texas.

Policies:

• isolationist
  
• against Iraq War
  
• urges Congress not to start war with Iran
  
• supports free trade, not NAFTA or WTO
  
• against illegal immigration
  
• low taxes, small government
  
• minimize market interference, pro-capitalism
  
• against domestic survellience
  
• against draft
  
• against affirmative action
  
• strongly Pro-Life
  
• pro states' rights
  
• supports stem cell research
  
• supports capital punishment
  
• environmental issues should be handled by states
  
• against War on Drugs
  

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Willard Mitt Romney born March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, was a businessman and is Governor of Massachussetts.

Policies:

• abortion illegal except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to mother's life
  
• supports death penalty in "no doubt" situations
  
• opposes foreign energy dependency
  
• pro-environment regulations
  
• supports subsidized health care
  
• against same sex marriage and domestic partnerships/civil unions
  
• supports War on Drugs
  
• supports free trade
  
• against amnesty for illegal immigrants
  
• finish job in Iraq, more troops
  

Congratulations for your Introductory work, Dekka00 !

It's strange that, this time, people didn't yet start publishing here, but it could soon start...

=> Particularly if the Primaries are not sealed-off too quickly, but leave some useful and much needed space for Real Debates on Issues !

what do you think are the chances of Ron Paul winning?