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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 Democratic debate at St. Anselm College, Manchester N.H., June 3, 2007, moderated by CNN's Wolf Blitzer
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Civil Rights
Bill Richardson: For hate crimes law, domestic partnerships, civil unions.
Dennis Kucinich: Overturn the Patriot Act as unconstitutional.
Hillary Clinton: Don’t ask don’t tell was an important transition step.
Joe Biden: Nobody asks if you’re gay in a foxhole.
John Edwards: Support all partnership benefits for same-sex couples.
Mike Gravel: Don’t ask don’t tell should have gone 20 years ago.
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Environment
Bill Richardson: Require renewable technologies and ask for conservation.
Chris Dodd: Support a carbon tax and a 50-miles-per-gallon CAFE standard.
Chris Dodd: Spend oil profits on research of alternative energy sources.
Joe Biden: Take away the billions of subsidy to the oil companies.
John Edwards: Investigate & enforce clean air laws against the refineries.
Mike Gravel: Support a carbon tax and stop fighting wars for oil.
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Health Care
Barack Obama: Give people the choice to buy affordable health care.
Barack Obama: Take on insurance companies; drive down health care costs.
Bill Richardson: NM plan: mandatory; prevention-based; choose your own plan.
Chris Dodd: Democrats agree about universality; but not getting job done.
Dennis Kucinich: Half of all bankruptcies come from medical bills.
Hillary Clinton: Lower costs and improve quality and cover everybody.
Hillary Clinton: Electronic medical records save $120 billion in health care.
John Edwards: End Bush’s tax cuts to pay for health care.
John Edwards: Obama’s health plan will leave about 15 million uncovered.
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Homeland Security
Barack Obama: Address the deficiencies in the VA system.
Barack Obama: The cost of the Iraq war should not shortchange VA benefits.
Barack Obama: Make sure the outpatient facilities work for veterans.
Bill Richardson: Provide veterans with health care anywhere they want.
Chris Dodd: Reassess military priorities and systems from the Cold War.
Dennis Kucinich: Cut military spending by 25%; fund diplomacy instead.
Dennis Kucinich: Believe in international law, not assassination politics.
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Immigration
Barack Obama: Do a better job patrolling the Canadian and Mexican borders.
Barack Obama: Give immigrants who are here a rigorous path to citizenship.
Bill Richardson: A wall divides families and doesn’t solve the problem.
Bill Richardson: The 2007 immigration bill is not an amnesty bill.
Chris Dodd: More language training is needed in a global economy.
Hillary Clinton: Making English official imperils crises needing translators.
Joe Biden: It’s impractical to deport 14 million illegal immigrants.
Joe Biden: Voted for border fence, but to tackle drug trafficking.
Mike Gravel: Make English the official language of the US.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: We live in a more dangerous world because of Bush’s actions.
Barack Obama: Focus on battle in Afghanistan and root out al Qaeda.
Barack Obama: Bush cracked down on some terrorists’ financial networks.
Barack Obama: Late to vote against war is not late to oppose war.
Barack Obama: Case for war was weak, but people voted their best judgment.
Barack Obama: Spending on the Cold War relics should be for the veterans.
Bill Richardson: De-authorize the war; withdraw during 2007.
Bill Richardson: Move troops to Afghanistan to fight al Qaeda.
Chris Dodd: Pushed the issue of having a date certain for withdrawal.
Dennis Kucinich: The Iraq war has been based on lies.
Dennis Kucinich: Democrats were elected to end the war.
Dennis Kucinich: End the Iraq occupation & use the military for peacekeeping.
Hillary Clinton: I have seen firsthand terrorists’ terrible damage.
Hillary Clinton: The Iraq war is Bush’s war.
Hillary Clinton: Iraq war wouldn’t have happened had the inspectors been sent.
Hillary Clinton: It was a mistake to trust Bush on his judgment to wage war.
Hillary Clinton: Iran having a nuclear weapon is absolutely unacceptable.
Joe Biden: Rather lose elections than to lose troops’ lives.
Joe Biden: Start to draw down troops immediately and all out by ‘08.
Joe Biden: Fund the safety of the troops till 67 anti-war votes reached.
Joe Biden: Do away with the policy of regime change for Iran.
John Edwards: The War on Terror is just a bumper sticker slogan.
John Edwards: Insist a funding bill with a troops withdrawal timetable.
John Edwards: Did not read pre-war NIE, but was fully informed.
John Edwards: Drive wedge between Iranian people & radical leader.
Mike Gravel: Vietnam caused no dominoes; Iraq won’t either.
Mike Gravel: Someone who voted for the Iraq war shouldn’t be president.
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The above quotations are from 2007 Democratic debate at St. Anselm College, Manchester N.H., June 3, 2007, moderated by CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
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