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Budget & Economy
Sam Brownback: Stimulate economy in places where people are in need.
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Civil Rights
Alan Keyes: Address Black community with solid Republican principles.
Duncan Hunter: GOP should ask African Americans for their vote.
Mike Huckabee: Got 48% of black vote in AR; embarrassed at national GOP.
Sam Brownback: Disgrace that national GOP narrowing base by ignoring blacks.
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Corporations
Alan Keyes: Corporate elites want cheap immigrant labor.
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Crime
Alan Keyes: Let neighborhood justices of the peace determine sentencing.
Alan Keyes: Death penalty is about universal justice.
Duncan Hunter: Trust juries to ensure equal justice.
Duncan Hunter: Death penalty is needed for deterrence.
Mike Huckabee: Nonsense of Three-Strikes makes system overrun with people.
Mike Huckabee: Death penalty is necessary part of criminal justice system.
Ron Paul: Changed opinion to anti-death penalty due to many mistakes.
Sam Brownback: Spent nights in jail & homeless shelters to study causes.
Sam Brownback: Death penalty only for bin Laden-level criminals.
Sam Brownback: Second Chance Act: faith-based & cuts recidivism in half.
Tom Tancredo: Far too many criminal statutes at the federal level.
Tom Tancredo: Death penalty is appropriate for heinous crimes like treason.
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Drugs
Mike Huckabee: More drug courts & rehab, instead of incarceration.
Ron Paul: Repeal most federal drug laws; blacks are treated unfairly.
Ron Paul: Inner-city minorities are punished unfairly in war on drugs.
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Education
Alan Keyes: Empower parents to choose schools that reflect their values.
Duncan Hunter: Make schools community-based with no mandated integration.
Sam Brownback: We still need integration, but voluntary & incentivized.
Tom Tancredo: It's racist to say integration needed to educate black kids.
Tom Tancredo: Supports charter schools and voucher systems.
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Families & Children
Alan Keyes: Culture of selfish hedonism replaces marriage partnership.
Alan Keyes: 2-parent households rear kids with better health & education.
Tom Tancredo: Welfare hurts family; families teach morals & discipline.
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Foreign Policy
Alan Keyes: No troops to Darfur; but support regional aid.
Duncan Hunter: Get UN to establish armed humanitarian convoys to Darfur.
Mike Huckabee: Genocide in Darfur matched by infanticide of the unborn.
Ron Paul: No constitutional or moral authority for US action in Darfur.
Sam Brownback: Stand up in the face of genocide in Darfur.
Tom Tancredo: Get UN to follow through in Darfur on Sudan Peace Act.
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Government Reform
Alan Keyes: No representation for DC; it has a unique unifying status.
Duncan Hunter: Voter IDs are stumbling blocks, but necessary.
Mike Huckabee: Allow DC residents to vote on getting Representatives.
Mike Huckabee: Require photo ID for voting, to avoid fraud.
Ron Paul: DC voting representation should be determined by Amendment.
Ron Paul: No federal voter ID card; but state ID cards ok.
Sam Brownback: Supports Constitutional Amendment to allow DC representation.
Tom Tancredo: No representation for DC; to do so, give it back to MD & VA.
Tom Tancredo: Ok to require valid ID for voting.
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Gun Control
Duncan Hunter: Let DC residents keep guns, then maybe ok to let them vote.
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Health Care
Alan Keyes: Before bringing back family doctor, bring back the family.
Duncan Hunter: Bring back family doctor, with tax breaks & less malpractice.
Mike Huckabee: Portable medical records that YOU own, not your doctor.
Mike Huckabee: System is upside down; focuses on intervention after illness.
Ron Paul: Managed care is expensive and hasn't worked.
Sam Brownback: Expand Health Savings Accounts.
Tom Tancredo: Supports drug reimport from Canada & Health Savings Accounts.
Tom Tancredo: Individual responsibility does work in health care.
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Homeland Security
Mike Huckabee: Raise enlistment rates with Veterans' Bill of Rights.
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Immigration
Alan Keyes: Control border first, or no other laws mater.
Alan Keyes: Blacks are hurt first by cheap immigrant labor.
Duncan Hunter: Folks here illegally have to leave, to protect our jobs.
Mike Huckabee: Focus on demand: penalize employers of illegal immigrants.
Ron Paul: No amnesty, but impractical to round up 12 million illegals.
Ron Paul: Immigration problem is consequence of welfare state.
Sam Brownback: Push enforcement at the worksite.
Tom Tancredo: Enforcing the law is not rounding people up.
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Jobs
Alan Keyes: Ensure job creation as means to provide health insurance.
Alan Keyes: Breakdown of family structure causes high black unemployment.
Mike Huckabee: Blacks still face racism & unequal opportunity in job market.
Ron Paul: Minimum wage takes away opportunities, especially for blacks.
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War & Peace
Alan Keyes: Bush focuses on democracy for Iraq; not security for America.
Alan Keyes: Our efforts in Iraq defend against a deep & terrible threat.
Duncan Hunter: Son has served two tours as a Marine in Iraq.
Ron Paul: We went into Iraq under false pretenses of WMD and 9/11.
Sam Brownback: Biden-Brownback bill: 3-state federalized solution.
Sam Brownback: We DID declare war against Iraq.
Tom Tancredo: Congress cannot decide how to fight war; only fund or defund.
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Welfare & Poverty
Duncan Hunter: GOP reforms changed cycle of welfare into employment.
Tom Tancredo: Welfare state in 1960s caused decline in black wage rates.
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