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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Withdrawn Candidates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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Budget & Economy
Alan Keyes: Can’t address budget deficit until we address moral deficit.
Dick Armey: Improve economy by encouraging savings via tax code.
Dick Gephardt: People are working harder for same wages.
Lamar Alexander: Reduce government to spur growth.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Back out of debt the same way we got in.
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Civil Rights
Alan Keyes: Affirmative action turns back the clock.
Pat Buchanan: Tear out diversity programs, root and branch.
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Crime
Rev. Jesse Jackson: 4 Balls, not 3 Strikes.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: More African-American parolees than graduates.
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Defense
Lamar Alexander: Stop the free fall in defense spending.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Pentagon is largest federal source of waste, fraud & abuse.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Defense pork projects are immoral.
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Drugs
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Crack vs. powder is black vs. white.
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Education
Lamar Alexander: Allow organized voluntary prayer in public schools.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Lifetime of prayer, not one minute in school.
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Environment
Dick Gephardt: Use gas tax for highway infrastructure.
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Families & Children
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Nurture, not police.
Tommy Thompson: Demand child support or fathers face jail.
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Foreign Policy
Pat Buchanan: End New World Order; end foreign aid.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Let Europe & Japan share more of defense burden.
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Free Trade
Dick Gephardt: Fair trade on an equal playing field.
Pat Buchanan: GATT surrenders our national sovereignty.
Pat Buchanan: We will rue the day we passed NAFTA.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: American workers can’t compete with slave labor.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Working people cannot afford adding Chile to NAFTA.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Joined with Perot as “Odd Couple” in opposing NAFTA.
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Government Reform
Alan Keyes: Call halt to “War on this” and “War on that”.
Alan Keyes: Only valid reason to go to Washington is to break up power.
Dick Gephardt: Limit campaigns to 8 weeks, with no TV.
Lamar Alexander: Complete Reagan Revolution with term limits & line-item veto.
Pat Buchanan: Term limits for federal judges.
Tommy Thompson: Common sense over “government sense”.
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Health Care
Dick Gephardt: Health care reform: no selective insurance.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Balance budget to afford comprehensive coverage.
Tommy Thompson: Let states reform Medicaid; fight “one size fits all”.
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Immigration
Pat Buchanan: Treat illegal immigration as an invasion & repel it.
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Principles & Values
Ross Perot: UWSA: Focus on issues & solutions without special interests.
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School Choice
Lamar Alexander: Give school decisions back to families.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Choice schools to choice children is un-American.
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Tax Reform
Dick Armey: Flat tax of 17% for businesses too.
Dick Armey: Flat tax of 17% with family allowance of $33,000.
Dick Armey: 3/5 super-majority to raise tax rates.
Dick Armey: Tax unearned income at same rate as regular income.
Dick Armey: Replace home mortgage deduction with bigger standard ded.
Dick Armey: Eliminate charitable deduction.
Dick Gephardt: Remove special interests from tax code.
Lamar Alexander: Flatter, fairer, simpler federal income tax.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Richest 1% benefit from tax cuts; should be working poor.
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War & Peace
Pat Buchanan: Casualties “in the service of the UN” breaches sovereignty.
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Welfare & Poverty
Rev. Jesse Jackson: We spend more on corporate welfare than on AFDC.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Poor are not lazy; they do our dirty work.
Tommy Thompson: No government handouts; demand something in return.
Tommy Thompson: Supports block grants to foster state experimentation.
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