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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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2007 AFL-CIO Democratic primary forum, August 8, 2007
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Corporations
Hillary Clinton: Stop bankruptcies to get rid of pension responsibilities.
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Education
Hillary Clinton: Total change in No Child Left Behind.
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Energy & Oil
Chris Dodd: 80% reduction in CO2 by the year 2080.
Chris Dodd: Tax polluters & invest funds in alternative tech.
Hillary Clinton: Invest in alternative energy; jobs that won’t be outsourced.
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Environment
Hillary Clinton: Support green-collar job training.
Hillary Clinton: Put someone in charge of Katrina recovery who actually cares.
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Foreign Policy
Barack Obama: My critics engineered our biggest foreign policy disaster.
Barack Obama: China is a competitor, but not an enemy.
Bill Richardson: Be tougher on China; it’s a strategic competitor.
Chris Dodd: Pakistan’s dictator is only thing preventing fundamentalism.
Chris Dodd: China is a competitor, but getting close to adversary.
Dennis Kucinich: My most favored nation is America; no MFN for China.
Hillary Clinton: Our fiscal responsibility undercuts Chinese power over us.
Joe Biden: China holds the mortgage on our house, to pay for war.
John Edwards: We need country-of-origin labeling for China trade safety.
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Free Trade
Barack Obama: People don’t want cheaper T-shirts if it costs their job.
Barack Obama: Amend NAFTA to add labor agreements.
Bill Richardson: Enforce labor & environmental standards & job safety.
Chris Dodd: Include labor, environmental & health in trade deals.
Dennis Kucinich: Manufacturing policy: trade based on workers right.
Dennis Kucinich: Base trade on worker rights, human rights & environment.
Hillary Clinton: Smart, pro-American trade: NAFTA has hurt workers.
Hillary Clinton: No fast-track authority for this president.
Hillary Clinton: Better approach: real trade adjustment assistance.
Joe Biden: President’s job is to create jobs, not to export jobs.
John Edwards: NAFTA is perfect example of bigger need for change.
John Edwards: FactCheck: NAFTA did not cost US a million jobs.
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Government Reform
Barack Obama: No “bundled” money from federal-registered lobbyists.
Barack Obama: Campaigns last too long & cost too much.
Chris Dodd: Creation of DHS was not a good idea; it’s far too large.
Hillary Clinton: End no-bid contracts, end revolving door in government.
Joe Biden: Would consider a Republican for head of DHS or Pentagon.
Joe Biden: Pledges to stop no-bid contracts.
John Edwards: Money from trial lawyers OK because they don’t push policy.
John Edwards: Public campaign finance would reduce length of campaigns.
John Edwards: Democrats should say no to all insider lobbyist money.
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Health Care
Joe Biden: Start with catastrophic insurance and insuring all kids.
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Homeland Security
Barack Obama: We are no safer now than we were after 9/11.
Bill Richardson: Focus on international terrorism & fissionable material.
Chris Dodd: Star Wars program is wrong priority for 21st century.
Chris Dodd: We’re not safer than after 9/11; we’re still vulnerable.
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Immigration
Barack Obama: Pathway to citizenship, but people have to earn it.
Barack Obama: Let’s be a nation of laws AND a nation of immigrants.
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Jobs
Dennis Kucinich: Restore right to organize; to collective bargain; to strike.
Joe Biden: Implement current recommendations on job safety.
John Edwards: Treat CEO pensions exactly as we treat every other worker.
Barack Obama: Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium construction created jobs.
Chris Dodd: Ban the outsourcing of jobs.
Joe Biden: FactCheck: His AFL-CIO rating of 85% is not best of all Dems.
Mike Gravel: Claims 100% rating with AFL-CIO for full legislative career.
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Principles & Values
Hillary Clinton: Bring your brooms & vacuum cleaners; we got to clean up DC.
Joe Biden: Next president has no margin of error, post-Bush.
Hillary Clinton: If you want a winner to take on right wing, I’m your girl.
John Edwards: Don’t change one group of insiders for different insiders.
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Social Security
Hillary Clinton: Make sure nobody ever tries to privatize Social Security.
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Technology
Chris Dodd: Each $1B invested in infrastructure creates 40,000 jobs.
Hillary Clinton: Infrastructure investment creates jobs AND improves security.
Bill Richardson: Partner on rail & smart growth; no privatized toll roads.
Dennis Kucinich: Create a federal bank of infrastructure modernization.
Joe Biden: Proposed $980M for tunnel repair; others have dropped ball.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: Get al Qaeda hiding in hills between Afghanistan & Pakistan.
Barack Obama: Military action in Pakistan if we have actionable intel.
Barack Obama: No good options in Iraq--just bad options & worse options.
Bill Richardson: Withdrawing from Iraq lets real peace & reconciliation begin.
Chris Dodd: Any unilateral military action in Pakistan is a mistake.
Dennis Kucinich: Use $97 billion of Iraq funding to bring troops home.
Dennis Kucinich: November 2006 election meant Dems promised to exit Iraq.
Hillary Clinton: Strategizing about Pakistan destabilizes a nuclear power.
Hillary Clinton: Redeploy responsibly, with regional diplomatic effort.
Joe Biden: It’s already US policy to go into Pakistan to get al Qaeda.
Joe Biden: Bush has lied for 7 years; tell truth on Iraq.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Yes, Obama said invade Pakistan to get al Qaeda.
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The above quotations are from 2007 AFL-CIO Democratic primary forum, August 8, 2007.
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