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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America, by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United, by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime, by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here, by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad , by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative, by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths, by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday, by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious, by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home, by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe , by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming, by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight, by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty, by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened , by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty , by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues , by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming , by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House, by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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The Democratic Platform for America: Strong at Home, Respected in the World, the Party Platform of the Democratic National Committee, approved July 2004
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Click here for 58 full quotes from Democratic Party in the book The Democratic Platform for America.
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OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Pursue embryonic stem cell research.
Support right to choose even if mother cannot pay.
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Budget & Economy
Cut the deficit in half over the next four years.
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Civil Rights
Strengthen some parts of Patriot Act and change other parts.
Support affirmative action to redress discrimination.
Racial and religious profiling is wrong.
Keep marriage at state level; no federal gay marriage ban.
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Corporations
Tax credits and investment support for small business.
Transparency in corporate accounting.
End corporate welfare as we know.
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Crime
Crack down on gangs and drugs.
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Drugs
Bring to justice those bringing drugs to America.
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Education
Support lifelong learning and Distance Learning.
Bush broke promise of NCLB by not funding it.
Standardized tests to advance learning, not bureaucracy.
Charter schools OK, vouchers not.
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Energy & Oil
Energy independence to avoid dealing with repressive regimes.
Develop renewable energy and efficient vehicles.
We cannot drill our way to energy independence.
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Environment
Reject choice of healthy economy vs. healthy environment.
Honor hunting & fishing heritage via more conservation lands.
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Families & Children
Family is the center of American life.
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Foreign Policy
Bush bullies when he should instead persuade.
US leadership in Africa for economic & humanitarian goals.
Commit to “One China” policy but support Taiwan.
Asia: Enhance relations with Japan, S.Korea, India, Pakistan.
Community of the Americas for US-Latin American relations.
End Castro regime, but allow travel.
Russia: work on nukes, human rights, and democracy.
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Free Trade
Knock down barriers to free, fair and balanced trade.
Review all trade agreements; investigate China rights abuses.
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Government Reform
Line-item veto to root out pork-barrel spending.
Ensure accessible, independently auditable, accurate voting.
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Gun Control
Reauthorize assault weapons ban, close gun show loophole.
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Health Care
Bush’s Medicare Rx program helps companies more than seniors.
Expand coverage and cut healthcare costs.
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Homeland Security
We respect and honor our veterans.
3 challenges: War on Terror; WMDs, stable world democracy.
Reform intelligence community internationally and locally.
Safeguard nuclear material and stop creating new material.
Add 40,000 new soldiers and keep military all-volunteer.
Focus on cargo containers and border security.
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Immigration
Path for undocumented aliens to earn citizenship.
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Jobs
A strong America begins with good jobs that support families.
Change tax system to not encourage shipping jobs overseas.
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Principles & Values
New vision for America: strong at home, respected abroad.
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Social Security
Bar practice of keeping retirement funds in company stock.
Oppose privatization and oppose raising retirement age.
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Tax Reform
Cut taxes for middle class, not the wealthy.
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Technology
Put science ahead of ideology in research and policymaking.
Vigorous federal highway and transit initiatives.
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War & Peace
“Name and shame” terrorist sponsors, tough on Saudi Arabia.
Focus on Afghanistan to avoid renewing terrorist haven.
Focus on preventing terrorism by education in Muslim world.
Need a plan to “win the peace” in Iraq.
Internationalize Iraqi military and political presence.
Committed to Israel but support Palestinian state.
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Welfare & Poverty
Raise EITC & minimum wage to $7 & expand middle class.
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The above quotations are from The Democratic Platform for America: Strong at Home, Respected in the World, the Party Platform of the Democratic National Committee, approved July 2004.
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