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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
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) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
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) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
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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Vice Presidential possibilities for 2016
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from 2016 Vice Presidential prospects (number of quotes indicated):
- Amy Klobuchar (2) Minnesota Democratic candidate for President; Minnesota Senator
- Bill Weld (7) Massachusetts Republican presidential primary challenger
- Bob Corker (2) Republican Jr Senator Tennessee
- Dianne Feinstein (1) Democratic Sr Senator California
- Elizabeth Warren (15) Massachusetts Senator
- Eric Garcetti (2) California Ambassador to India
- Howard Schultz (1) Starbucks CEO; independent for President (suspended)
- Jeff Sessions (2) Alabama Attorney General 2017-2018
- Mike Pence (19) Indiana Republican Vice President
- Thomas Perez (3) Maryland Democratic Challenger for Governor
- Tim Kaine (36) Virginia Democratic Nominee for Vice President
- Tom Vilsack (13) Iowa USDA Secretary
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Tom Vilsack: Informed consent is government telling women what to do.
Tom Vilsack: Vetoed requiring info about abortion risks and alternatives.
Tom Vilsack: Personal choice includes taxpayer funding.
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Budget & Economy
Thomas Perez: 6 years of steady job growth, but not nearly enough.
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Civil Rights
Tim Kaine: Property rights important when mapping pipeline routes.
Tom Vilsack: Appointed judges who said yes to gay marriage.
Tim Kaine: Same-sex couples should have the same legal rights.
Tim Kaine: 2005: No gay adoption; 2011: gay adoption okay.
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Corporations
Tim Kaine: Protect banking industry's ability to serve consumers.
Mike Pence: Pushed manufacturing tax cuts & corporate tax cut.
Tim Kaine: Fix the tax code to help businesses without lobbying clout.
Mike Pence: Corporate tax cuts create jobs & grow economy.
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Crime
Tim Kaine: Kaine's Project Exile disproportionately impacted blacks.
Mike Pence: OpEd: even-minded on ending racist police brutality.
Elizabeth Warren: Supports anti-gang, safe neighborhood initiatives.
Elizabeth Warren: Unfair: Kid in trouble for petty theft; CEO steals billions.
Elizabeth Warren: Advocates stiff punishment for corporate offenders.
Tim Kaine: Opposes death penalty as a Catholic, but upholds VA law.
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Drugs
Tim Kaine: Against decriminalizing marijuana at state or federal level.
Tim Kaine: Supported Senate bill to fight opioid epidemic.
Bob Corker: Keep drugs out of our schools.
Tom Vilsack: $51.4 million for opioid abuse clinics in rural communities.
Elizabeth Warren: Legalizing marijuana will reduce opioid deaths.
Tom Vilsack: Notes the revenue potential of an acre of marijuana.
Tim Kaine: Reduce sentences but do not decriminalize pot.
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Education
Tim Kaine: Protect LGBT students at schools, including gender identity.
Tim Kaine: Individualized learning, not charter schools.
Mike Pence: Replaced Common Core with state-standards version.
Bob Corker: Engage private foundations to provide teacher bonus pay.
Elizabeth Warren: Preserve Head Start and school lunch programs.
Bill Weld: Prefers state input on education, not one national standard.
Tim Kaine: School vouchers divert resources from our public schools.
Bill Weld: Establish the first 25 charter schools in Massachusetts.
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Energy & Oil
Mike Pence: Climate change is not a resolved issue in science.
Elizabeth Warren: Cannot support export bill just cause big oil does.
Thomas Perez: Promote SolarCity manufacturing solar panels.
Elizabeth Warren: Transition to green energy now for long-term growth.
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Environment
Tim Kaine: We must protect resources like oyster reefs and clean water.
Eric Garcetti: No-sunset transportation sales tax to fund Los Angeles Metro.
Bill Weld: Favored EPA's electric car mandate and stricter smog limits.
Bill Weld: Favored EPA's electric car mandate and stricter smog limits.
Tom Vilsack: Cut food waste in half by 2030.
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Foreign Policy
Elizabeth Warren: Military action that kill civilians may create radicalism.
Elizabeth Warren: Unequivocally support Israel's qualitative military edge.
Elizabeth Warren: No UN membership for Palestine until two-state solution.
Amy Klobuchar: Fight ISIS Internet recruiting, but don't indict Islam.
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Free Trade
Mike Pence: Supports TPP and trade agreements with Pacific Rim and China.
Elizabeth Warren: Strong export economy means influence around the world.
Tim Kaine: Global trade is a reality; need more good trade deals.
Tim Kaine: Pass TPP and create true free trade for U.S.
Elizabeth Warren: Key is fair, enforceable agreements that protect workers.
Elizabeth Warren: Against a Pacific Trade Deal that only works for rich.
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Government Reform
Tim Kaine: Public companies should publish their political spending.
Tim Kaine: Citizens United erodes democracy and undermines elections.
Tim Kaine: Citizens United encourages lobbyists to influence votes.
Tom Vilsack: Money is the only reason he left presidential race.
Mike Pence: Campaign finance reform is on the road to political serfdom.
Tim Kaine: Time to rethink Patriot Act.
Tim Kaine: Yes to disclosing sources of secret donations.
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Gun Control
Dianne Feinstein: Denying guns to no-fly list is a national security issue.
Amy Klobuchar: Sensible reforms like enhanced background checks.
Eric Garcetti: Mass shootings are price of easy access to fearsome weaponry.
Jeff Sessions: Overturning Heller means cities could and would ban guns.
Bill Weld: Now Libertarian, changed position to opposing gun control.
Tom Vilsack: Rural America ready to discuss gun control.
Tom Vilsack: Start conversation with a respect for the 2nd Amendment.
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Health Care
Bill Weld: Relaxed the eligibility rules for care under Medicaid.
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Homeland Security
Tim Kaine: Inspired to follow current events during the Vietnam war.
Tom Vilsack: Sees parallel skills between soldiers and farmers.
Jeff Sessions: Terrorists since 9/11 are mostly Islamic; confront them.
Tim Kaine: Help "Blue Water" veterans harmed by Agent Orange.
Tim Kaine: Repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell": let gays serve in military.
Tom Vilsack: Spending in Iraq is wrong priority; spend at home instead.
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Immigration
Elizabeth Warren: Bring people out of shadow economy & help social security.
Tim Kaine: Urges US to accept more Syrian refugees.
Mike Pence: Offensive & unconstitutional to ban Muslims from entering US.
Mike Pence: Return to country of origin before illegals get citizenship.
Tim Kaine: Supported 2013 Senate immigration reform package.
Mike Pence: Temporarily suspend immigration from terrorist havens.
Thomas Perez: Solution is to break down barriers, not to build walls.
Tim Kaine: Give millions of families an earned pathway to citizenship.
Elizabeth Warren: Supports President Obama's immigration reform.
Tim Kaine: Comprehensive immigration policy instead of xenophobia.
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Jobs
Mike Pence: Blocked statewide & local minimum wage increase.
Mike Pence: Defended Indiana's "Right-To-Work" law.
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Principles & Values
Mike Pence: I'm Christian, conservative, & Republican, in that order.
Tim Kaine: Catholicism & Quakerism influence his political views.
Tim Kaine: Authenticity as Senator means expressing religiosity.
Mike Pence: Voted for Carter in 1980 over Reagan but views changed since.
Mike Pence: I was Tea Party before it was cool.
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Social Security
Bill Weld: Will not abolish social security and receives it himself.
Mike Pence: Cutting Social Security should be on the table.
Mike Pence: Down-the-road raising of the Social Security retirement age.
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Tax Reform
Tim Kaine: As governor, Kaine signed death tax repeal on big estates.
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War & Peace
Mike Pence: Supported Iraq war and sending more US troops there in 2007.
Mike Pence: Military action to crush ISIS.
Tim Kaine: Iran is the real threat; Israel can make peace with Arabs.
Tim Kaine: Iran is the real threat; Israel can make peace with Arabs.
Tim Kaine: Afghanistan war was not a war of Obama's choosing.
Tim Kaine: Iraq was a wrong choice; Afghanistan was no choice.
Tom Vilsack: Congress should stop funding U.S. fighting in Iraq.
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Welfare & Poverty
Tim Kaine: Secured funds to help homeless vets find good housing.
Howard Schultz: FoodShare: Distribute unsold Starbucks items to food banks.
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The above quotations are from Vice Presidential possibilities for 2016.
2016 Presidential General Election:
- Second presidential debate, Oct. 9, 2016
- Vice-presidential debate, Oct. 4, 2016
- First presidential debate, Sept. 29, 2016
- NBC Commander-in-Chief forum, Sept. 8, 2016
- Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
- For Love of Politics, biography of Bill and Hillary Clinton
- Green Party platform
- Libertarian Party platform
- Joint interviews of Libertarian ticket, Gary Johnson & Bill Weld
- Joint interviews of Green Party ticket, Jill Stein & Ajamu Baraka
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