BOOK SUMMARY by OnTheIssues.org:

This book puts OnTheIssues' web content into book form -- a direct comparison of issue stances -- not personal biographies, not political horserace analysis, not scandal histories. Each headline below is backed up with a referenced citation, in context, so you can compare for yourself what each candidate says. The comparisons are made convenient in a side-by-side layout, with book reviews and a VoteMatch issue summary at the end.

• Domestic Issues
• Economic Issues
• Social Issues
• International Issues
• Book Reviews
• VoteMatch questionnaire
• Other books in this series

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  Domestic Issues	Rick Santorum	Newt Gingrich
  Mandatory Sentencing:	Allow felons to vote again after 5 years crime-free	3-strike laws are constitutional; enforce courts compliance
  Death Penalty:	YES on limiting death penalty appeals	Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment
  Gun Rights:	YES on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers	Don't redefine Constitution with no individual right to arms
  Drugs in Society:	Kids living with married parents less likely to use drugs	Drug-free society focuses on both drug supply & demand
  Environmental Protection Agency:	NO on including oil & gas smokestacks in mercury regulations	Replace EPA with new Environmental Solutions Agency
  Environmental Risks:	Nature is a subtle web of intricate connections	Greatest enviro dangers are poverty & command bureaucracy
  Nuclear Waste:	YES on approving a nuclear waste repository	Put nuclear waste in deep storage for 10,000 years
  Environment vs. Economy:	Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes	Combine healthy environment and a healthy economy
  WikiLeaks:	Prosecute WikiLeaks on terrorism charges	Treat WikiLeaks as enemy combatants engaged in terrorism
  Electromagnetic Pulse:	Scale of potential destruction from EMP demands action	Prepare more for electromagnetic pulse attack
  Transportation Policy:	Fund reverse-commuting for distressed suburbs	Establish three high-speed rail corridors; NY-MA; FL; & CA
  Television Censorship:	Make "airplane" edited movie versions with advisory labels	Television is the wasteland of cynicism
  Health Mandate:	If we let states mandate insurance, sterilization is ok too	If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life
  Medicare:	Give Medicare same options and opt-out as Congress	Block grant Medicaid; create individual incentives & bonuses
  ObamaCare:	Liberal states won't waive ObamaCare; we must repeal it	Repeal ObamaCare; sign tort reform instead

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  Economic Issues	Rick Santorum	Newt Gingrich
  Financial Bailout:	TARP was biggest government intrusion into private sector	Insure banks rather than pass out checks
  Mortgage Crisis:	2005: Fannie & Freddie should create housing affordability	Don't bail out Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae; break them up
  Size of Government:	Gov't has averaged 18% of GDP and we're now at 25%	The era of big government is over, and I mean it
  Regulatory Reform:	Overturn & freeze all Obama regulations in process	Abolish all White House Czars
  Federal Reserve:	Audit the Fed; but no gold standard	The Fed's secrecy & power are antithetical to a free society
  Balanced Budget:	DC doesn't work; ratify the Balanced Budget Amendment	Demand a Balanced Budget amendment
  Campaign Finance Reform:	Campaign finance should be purely voluntary	Increase federal limits on individual campaign contributions
  Government Spending:	Spend-o-meter: track spending on all Senate amendments	Democrats say they oppose earmarks, but proposed 8,000
  Right-to-Work:	Unions good community members but we need right-to-work	Defund National Labor Relations Board; favor right-to-work
  Offshore Jobs:	Offshore jobs return if you repeal manufacturing regulations	2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act drives IPOs out of the US
  Social Security Privatization:	Supports privatization if voluntary	Take Social Security off federal budget; give young a choice
  Retirement Age:	Raise retirement age? Maybe. Private investment? Yes	Take away politicians' power & control over our retirement
  Death Tax:	Changing estate tax would cost $100B, not save $730B	Death tax is a direct assault on civil society
  Tax Simplification:	Simplify tax code: just 5 deductions; everything else goes	Adopt a single-rate tax system
  Corporation Policy:	Cut all corporate tax rates to zero	Businesses focus on customers; apply Lean Six Sigma to gov't

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  Social Issues	Rick Santorum	Newt Gingrich
  Birth Control:	States have the right to ban contraception, but shouldn't	Reward high-school girls who graduate as virgins
  Abortion Funding:	FactCheck: Under 1/4 of pregnancies end in abortion, not 1/3	Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers
  Abortion Morality:	Scientifically, embryo is human from moment of conception	Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations
  Welfare State:	Poverty is not a disability; believe in ability to work	When free welfare is provided, people choose not to work
  Welfare in Contract With America:	Drafted 1994 Contract with America Welfare Reform	Welfare vouchers allow choice & reduce bureaucracy
  Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell:	Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell; punish behavior	Army & Marines wanted Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell
  Defense of Marriage Act:	Marriage is a federal issue; we need one definition, not 50	I helped author DOMA; if it fails, amend Constitution
  Churches and Same-Sex Marriage:	Right to gay sex implies right to bigamy, incest, & adultery	Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations
  Affirmative Action:	Affirmative program for minority business-building	Affirmative action OK individually, but not by group
  Homeschooling:	Home-schooled six children with wife Karen	Let parents choose public, private, parochial, or homeschool
  School Vouchers:	Rich people already have school choice; give it to the poor	Voucherize inner-city programs from schools to groceries
  Religion in Schools:	Expose kids to legitimate debate of evolution & creationism	Voluntary school prayer creates bond between you & Creator
  Church-State Separation:	Church-state "neutrality" is not in US Constitution	Declaration assumes God created man
  American Faith:	Govern via both faith & reason	Five habits of liberty sustain American Exceptionalism
  The Tea Party:	Tea Party is now the backbone of conservative movement	Tea Party prevents mistake of electing conservative Dems
  Conservative Values:	I'm a conservative but not a libertarian; some government OK	Liberals exploit weakness; conservatives offer strength

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  International Issues	Rick Santorum	Newt Gingrich
  Global Warming :	Out of office, I stayed in the fray to defeat cap-and-trade	Kyoto treaty is bad for the environment and bad for America
  Oil Drilling:	Sagging economy caused by stop sign on oil drilling	2008 book: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less
  China Trade:	I'm for making US more competitive than China	Protectionism helps China & India challenge US supremacy
  Border Security:	Finish the border fence; make English the official language	Review all illegal aliens & if you have no ties, go home
  Guest Workers:	No tricks like 1986; secure the border first	I voted for Reagan's legal guest worker program
  Pakistani Nukes:	Deal with Musharraf in Pakistan in advance of trouble	Contain nuclear threats: China, Russia, Pakistan, North Korea
  Israel/Palestine:	West Bank residents are Israelis; there are no Palestinians	Tell the truth: Palestinians are an "invented people"
  Iranian Sanctions:	Iran's theocracy encourages use of nuclear weapons	Sabotage Iran's oil refinery
  Foreign Aid:	YES on capping foreign aid at only $12.7 billion	1993: $1.6B Russia aid package was "great defining moment"
  The Patriot Act:	War against Islamic fascism will be won or lost in America	Defend America & allies with information policies
  Defense spending:	Don't cut one penny out of defense spending	Defense as percentage of GDP is lowest since WWII
  Sources of Terrorism:	Jihadists want to kill us for what we are	The "Irreconcilable Wing of Islam" threatens our way of life
  Unconventional Weapons:	Terrorism is an asymmetric threat; we need worldwide bases	Biological threat bigger than nuclear threat
  Iraq War:	We need 20,000 troops to stay in Iraq to achieve victory	Goal was to liberate Iraq from Saddam, not to occupy
  Afghanistan War:	Stay in Afghanistan until security of our country is secure	We have mismanaged region-wide crisis in Middle East

  OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

  Abortion     Rick Santorum: Gingrich's abortion stances compared to Santorum's.

  Budget & Economy     Rick Santorum: Newt Gingrich's economic stances compared to Santorum's.

  Health Care     Newt Gingrich: Rick Santorum's healthcare stances compared to Newt's.

  Immigration     Newt Gingrich: Santorum's immigration stances compared to Newt's.

  
  

  Click for quotations from other sources by:
  • Newt Gingrich
  • Rick Santorum

  The above quotations are from Santorum vs. Gingrich On The Issues:
  Side-by-side stances on the issues
  by Jesse Gordon of OnTheIssues.org.

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  VoteMatch Social Issues	Rick Santorum	vs.	Newt Gingrich
  Abortion is a woman’s right	strongly opposes		strongly opposes
  Require companies to hire more women & minorities	favors		strongly opposes
  Same-sex domestic partnership benefits	strongly opposes		opposes
  Teacher-led prayer in public schools	strongly favors		strongly favors
  Parents choose schools via vouchers	strongly favors		strongly favors
  VoteMatch Domestic Issues	Rick Santorum	vs.	Newt Gingrich
  More federal funding for health coverage	strongly opposes		strongly opposes
  Death Penalty	strongly favors		strongly favors
  Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws	favors		favors
  Absolute right to gun ownership	favors		favors
  Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it	strongly favors		strongly favors
  VoteMatch Economic Issues	Rick Santorum	vs.	Newt Gingrich
  Privatize Social Security	strongly favors		strongly favors
  Make taxes more progressive	strongly opposes		opposes
  Stricter limits on political campaign funds	strongly opposes		strongly opposes
  Allow churches to provide welfare services	favors		favors
  Replace coal & oil with alternatives	strongly opposes		strongly opposes
  VoteMatch International Issues	Rick Santorum	vs.	Newt Gingrich
  Illegal immigrants earn citizenship	strongly opposes		Neutral
  Support & expand free trade	strongly favors		favors
  The Patriot Act harms civil liberties	strongly opposes		strongly opposes
  Expand the armed forces	strongly favors		strongly favors
  US out of Iraq & Afghanistan	strongly opposes		favors

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