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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) |
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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 |
(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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Boston Globe questionnaire on Executive Power: sent to all major candidates and published in Dec. 20-22, 2007
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Civil Rights
Mitt Romney: Right to be kept alive means secret surveillance is OK.
Mitt Romney: Enemy combatants, if citizens, entitled to habeas corpus.
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Foreign Policy
Barack Obama: President must abide by international human rights treaties.
John Edwards: President empowered to unilaterally withdraw from treaties.
John McCain: No circumstances where president can disregard treaties.
Ron Paul: US must obey human rights treaties abroad.
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Government Reform
Barack Obama: Bad idea to over-classify information.
Barack Obama: Bush’s signing statements are a clear abuse of prerogative.
John Edwards: No use of signing statements as back-door vetoes.
John Edwards: Bush damages constitution by increasing power of presidency.
John McCain: No signing statements: either sign or veto bills.
Mitt Romney: Signing statements are an important presidential practice.
Rudy Giuliani: President must be free to defend nation with surveillance.
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Homeland Security
Barack Obama: No presidential power for secret surveillance.
Barack Obama: No holding US citizens as unlawful enemy combatants.
Barack Obama: Congress decides what constitutes torture, not president.
Barack Obama: No torture; defiance of FISA; no military commissions.
Bill Richardson: Habeas corpus may not be suspended in war on terror.
John Edwards: End Bush’s illegal spying on American citizens.
John Edwards: Bush created a national embarrassment at Guantanamo.
John Edwards: Torture does not work & undermines our moral authority.
John McCain: Surveillance of overseas communications is ok.
John McCain: Ok to hold even US citizens as enemy combatants.
Ron Paul: No presidential power for secret surveillance.
Ron Paul: Habeas corpus always applies, even to Guantanamo.
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Principles & Values
Fred Thompson: Declined to answer Boston Globe questions on Executive Power.
Mike Huckabee: Declined to answer Boston Globe questions on Executive Power.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: Congress decides deployment level & duration, not president.
Barack Obama: No action against Iran without Congressional authorization.
Bill Richardson: Only Congress has authority to declare war on Iran.
John McCain: Strategic bombing of Iran OK only if imminent threat.
John McCain: Congress can only declare war; not micromanage wars.
Ron Paul: No presidential authority to bomb Iran without Congress.
Ron Paul: Congress can defund war, but not micromanage it.
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The above quotations are from Boston Globe questionnaire on Executive Power: sent to all major candidates and published in Dec. 20-22, 2007.
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