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Candidate Debates
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St. Anselm NH debate
June 13, 2011 |
Faith & Freedom Conference
June 4, 2011 |
South Carolina debate
May 5, 2011 |
NRA Conference
May 1, 2011 |
CPAC Conference
Feb. 11, 2011 |
Candidate Books
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Mitt Romney: The Man, His Values and His Vision, by Lisa Ray Turner and Kimberly Field
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Real Change, by Speaker Newt Gingrich
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The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, published April 2008
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Tim Pawlenty: The Sam's Club Republican, by J. A. McClure
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The Audacity of Hope,
by Sen. Barack Obama (D, IL)
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Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, by Joe Biden
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Withdrawn Candidates
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The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump
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Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee
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Leadership, autobiography by Rudolph Giuliani
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America by Heart, by Sarah Palin
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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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The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click here for 25 full quotes from Ronald Reagan in the book The Role of a Lifetime.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
Abortion
Allowed abortion as CA Gov.; didn’t push pro-life as Pres.
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China
Open door to PRC, but maintain alliance with Taiwan.
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Civil Rights
Opposed Voting Rights Act of 1965 as “humiliating to South”.
Promised to appoint a female Justice; O’Connor was the first.
Supported Bob Jones Univ.’s miscegeny policy, inadvertently.
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Crime
Approved three new prisons and 6% growth in law enforcement.
Oversaw one execution as CA Gov., supported death penalty.
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Defense
SDI averts biblical prophecy of Armageddon.
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Drugs
Fought drugs beyond “Just Say No”.
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Education
Supported school prayer but didn’t push it.
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Environment
Western enviro ethic: pro-development, common-sense.
Dismissed acid rain proposals as burdensome to industry.
Decontrolled oil prices, but didn’t fill oil reserves.
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Foreign Policy
Ignored ICJ ruling against mining Nicaraguan harbors.
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Free Trade
Proposed concept behind NAFTA in 1979.
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Government Reform
Principal mission was government deregulation.
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Health Care
Despite accusations, didn’t much cut Medicare.
Slow to fight AIDS; focused on prevention.
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Immigration
Allow free movement of people from Mexico & Canada.
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Principles & Values
Cared more about policies than being “Great Communicator”.
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School Choice
Targeted Dept. of Education to be abolished, but failed.
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Social Security
Wanted to privatize retirement, but never had opportunity.
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Tax Reform
Serious on tax simplification; mocked as “secret tax plan”.
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Welfare & Poverty
Championed “workfare” as California Governor.
Cut back AFDC & other targeted poverty programs.
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The above quotations are from The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon.
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