Barack Obama on Principles & Values : Dec 17, 2007
Attends church with press, to dispel rumors that he's Muslim

His attendance at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Mason City, Iowa, with the news media in tow, was as much an observation of faith as it was a rejoinder to baseless e-mailed rumors that he is a Muslim and poses a threat to the security of the US. Obama did not address the rumors, but described how he joined Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago two decades ago while working as a community organizer. "I realized that Scripture and the words of God fit into the values I was raised in," he told the congregation.

Obama regularly attends church, but seldom with reporters watching. He is known to invoke religious references in his speeches and has said he has a "personal relationship" with Jesus Christ. He often has said that religion has a place in public life and that faith and politics are not exclusively the domain of conservatives.

Ron Paul on Principles & Values : Dec 2, 2007
Broke fundraising records by spontaneous support on Internet

A: Yesterday it went over $10.5 million. Our goal was to raise $12 million by the end of the quarter. And there is going to be another super day sponsored by our supporters, spontaneously, like they did on 11/5, when they raised $4.3 million. And they say this one is going to be bigger, and that's December 16th. So, something big is going on. The people are really annoyed with conventional politics, and we're spending this money in Iowa. So I think those polls are going to continue to shift.

Mike Huckabee on Technology : Nov 25, 2007
We modernized Arkansas & made state accessible online

We went from a road system that was deemed the worst in the country, by Truckers Magazine, to the most improved. I changed the way to get a driver's license so that, instead of it taking seven hours, all day, it took four minutes on the Internet.

Brown University said we had done more in technology to make our state accessible online and to do more electronic services than any other state in the country.

So what we did, we modernized Arkansas. We rebuilt its education system. The things that were done were done to make government functional. People don't hate government. They just want it to work. And that's what we did in my state, and that's what I would do as president.

John Edwards on Technology : Oct 30, 2007
Use technology to protect children on Internet

A: To try to protect children -- using technology to protect children, I would.

Rudy Giuliani on Technology : Oct 9, 2007
Police the Internet, but don't tax the Internet

A: I think it's the new serious area of crime that's emerging. First of all, let's separate the economics from the safety and security, like we have to do with free trade agreements; that we should not tax the Internet. There are people who are proposing taxing the Internet. That'd be a really, really big mistake. We should police the Internet in that we should make sure that child predators aren't taking advantage of the Internet. There are a lot of good state and local law enforcement efforts in that regard. I think a task force between the federal government and state and local governments, in order to police it, to share information--those are the kinds of things that we have to do.

Q: Should we have an FCC-style agency for the Internet?

A: If it becomes worse--I'm not big on setting up new agencies. I'm sort of bigger on making the ones that we have work.

John McCain on Technology : Oct 9, 2007
Don't police Internet crime; go after money to reduce crime

A: Absolutely not, but I also want to point out this Internet child pornography is a terrible evil. It's got to be addressed. And everybody knows the way you stop it is go after the money.

John Edwards on Technology : Sep 1, 2007
One America, Many Voices: let America's many voices be heard

Network television and commercial radio are now dominated by a few loud corporate voices, with little room for independent perspectives and local grassroots participation. Radical deregulation has removed critical public interest obligations from broadcasting, and while the Internet has the potential to be the most democratic medium in history, access remains divided by wealth and neighborhood.

John Edwards is committed to building One America where everyone has a chance to succeed. He believes that an open, democratic media is essential to enabling free expression, fair competition and the entrepreneurial drive of ordinary Americans. As president, he will promote local, open, diverse, and accessible media by:

Duncan Hunter on Technology : Sep 1, 2007
Supports broadcast decency enforcement & Parent Empowerment

I also have concerns with the questionable material our children continue to have through the Internet and other entertainment products. I believe those distributing harmful material to young people should be held responsible. As a result, I drafted legislation, the Parent's Empowerment Act, which will allow parents to sue any person who knowingly sells or distributes a product that contains material that is harmful to minors, empowering parents to protect their children from the predatory practices of pornographic distributors.

Mitt Romney on Crime : Jul 21, 2007
One Strike, You're Ours: lifetime GPS tracking

Sam Brownback on Health Care : Jul 3, 2007
Supports competitive marketplace with price transparency

The problem with the current health care system is that it's not generally seen as using our own money, and we have no price transparency. We don't know what we're paying for. Frequently a third party pays the bill.

The patient needs more information, and we need more price transparency. I've cosponsored a bill requiring the disclosure of the amount Medicare reimburses on typical procedures [made] available over the Internet.

Sam Brownback on Technology : Jul 3, 2007
Internet porn destroys the minds and souls of many

It's important that we find ways to block these images so that children aren't exposed to salacious materials in this way. It's just as important that we counsel our kids if we find that they've been exposed to it. Pornography exploits both men and women in the most vulgar ways. It treats them as meat, to be bought and sold and manipulated. That in itself is offensive.

Fred Thompson on Technology : Jun 1, 2007
Internet guerrilla campaign ads democratize politics

Over 100 million Americans reportedly watch videos online. The Websites of citizen journalists, the bloggers, have an estimated 75 million Americans reading them. Cheap software and computers put tools into the hands of teenagers that used to belong only to networks and studios.

There's no question that this is democratization. Professional journalists and campaign staffers no longer control the political debate. Individuals can now make headlines and directly influence elections--though some of the accountability that once existed is gone.

Al Gore on Technology : May 16, 2007
Defend Internet freedom as ferociously as freedom of press

Ron Paul on Technology : May 3, 2007
Trusts the Internet a lot more than the mainstream media

A: Some of them. But I trust the Internet a lot more, and I trust the freedom of expression. And that's why we should never interfere with the Internet. That's why I've never voted to regulate the Internet. Even when there's the temptation to put bad things on the Internet, regulation of bad and good on the Internet should be done differently.

Sam Brownback on Immigration : Mar 14, 2007
Increase legal immigrants & build a fence on Mexican border

We've got to not only secure our border, but we also need to increase the number of legal immigrants, or we'll continue to push people into an illegal system. We allow in 50,000 legal agricultural workers each year. The marketplace demands 500,000. What do you think is going to happen in that type of a system?

We need to focus on the criminal element and the terrorist element. And if people want to legitimately work, let's supply a simpler system to let them. We've got to secure that border.

Hillary Clinton on Jobs : Oct 11, 2006
Passed 2 planks of 7-plank platform, "New Jobs for New York"

1. Create "technology bonds" to fund interest-free loans to improve Internet access.
2. A "Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative" to provide grants & loan guarantees to fund networks in "under-served rural areas."
3. Fund research on broadband technology in rural areas.
4. Tax credits for small businesses that created jobs in smaller communities.
5. Federal funding for "entrepreneurs who have good ideas but cannot afford lawyers and consultants to help them."
6. Funding for the Commerce Department's Cooperative Extension Service to allow it to subsidize non-agricultural technologies.
7. Create "Regional Skills Alliances" to provide training to technology workers.

Hillary Clinton on Technology : Oct 11, 2006
Balance Internet freedom of speech against defamation

Q: I wonder if you think this new Internet media is necessarily an entirel good thing?

A: Every time technology makes an advance, we are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, because there are always competing values. As exciting as these new developments are, there are a number of serious issues without any kin of editing function or gate-keeping function. What does it mean to have the right to defend your reputation, or to respond to what someone says? I'm a big pro-balance person.

Q: Sounds like you favor regulation.

I don't know enough to know what to b in favor of, because I think it's one of those new issues we've got to address. We've got to see whether our existing laws protect people's right of privacy & protect them against defamation. So I think we have to tread carefully.

Tom Tancredo on Technology : Jul 11, 2006
Allow online gambling

Al Gore on Principles & Values : May 28, 2006
On 2008: can bide his time & raise Internet money later

Yet as much as Gore wants to be president, his image and legacy-think the defining first clause in his eventual biography-could not absorb another race in which he lost again, or really lost. What that means is that Gore would only run if he was absolutely confident that he could win.

If Gore wanted to run, he would have no trouble enlisting the resources. Gore could bide his time before entering the race, confident that the power of the Internet would permit him to raise money almost instantly. Current praise from the netroots and left suggests there is a ready-made base just waiting for him.

Al Gore on Technology : May 26, 2006
Internet restores press integrity lost by 1-way TV dominance

Bill Richardson on Education : Jan 20, 2004
Equip every 7th grader with a laptop computer

Newt Gingrich on Technology : Sep 22, 2003
Focus on investing in science and discovery

1. Math & science education: We must fundamentally change the way we educate our children about science & discovery, to produce more math & science students.
2. Increased funding for the NSF (National Science Foundation): Increase annual funding from $4.7 billion to $15 billion
3. We must fund large-scale marquee projects like Internet-based astronomical data and collected.
4. High priority for CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
5. Mobilize a movement in favor of scientific research
6. Space: space exploration has a proven record of achieving major scientific breakthroughs.