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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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Democratic primary debate on "Special Edition: This Week", hosted by George Stephanopoulos, August 19, 2007
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Budget & Economy
Barack Obama: Regulate financial instruments to protect home mortgages.
Bill Richardson: Mortgage industry needs more liquidity & more transparency.
Chris Dodd: Mortgage market has seized up; provide more market liquidity.
Dennis Kucinich: Bailing out mortgage lenders just postpones crisis.
Hillary Clinton: Help people facing foreclosure; don’t just bail-out banks.
Joe Biden: More transparency for hedge funds and private equity funds.
John Edwards: Need home rescue fund for those worried about losing homes.
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Corporations
Chris Dodd: We need Justice Department to deal with antitrust issues.
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Education
Barack Obama: We left the money behind for No Child Left Behind.
Barack Obama: Pay “master teachers” extra, but with buy-in from teachers.
Bill Richardson: Minimum wage for our teachers: $40,000 per year.
Bill Richardson: One-point plan on No Child Left Behind: Scrap it.
Chris Dodd: Incentive pay for tougher schools, but not performance pay.
Dennis Kucinich: Fund universal pre-K with 15% cut in Pentagon budget.
Hillary Clinton: Incentive pay for school wide performance.
Hillary Clinton: Universal pre-kindergarten; and make family the best school.
Joe Biden: There needs to be performance-based pay for teachers.
Mike Gravel: Supports merit pay for teachers; make education top priority.
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Foreign Policy
Barack Obama: No “strategic ambiguity” on foreign policy issues.
Chris Dodd: No time to get new Pres. ready; need experience in advance.
Hillary Clinton: Should not telegraph our adversaries about preconditions.
Joe Biden: Pakistan is potentially most dangerous country in the world.
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Free Trade
Barack Obama: Congress subsidizes megafarms & hurts family farmers.
Hillary Clinton: Export from big agribusiness, but also from small farmers.
John Edwards: Trade agreements now focus on profits for big multinationals.
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Government Reform
Barack Obama: Prayer can’t prevent disasters; good policy can handle them.
Chris Dodd: It’s not who funds you, but how you vote that matters.
Hillary Clinton: Move to public election financing, not banning lobbyists.
John Edwards: Let’s all pledge not another dime from Washington lobbyists.
Mike Gravel: Asks candidates to pledge to use existing public finance law.
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Health Care
Dennis Kucinich: Challenge system of premiums, co-pays and deductibles.
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Homeland Security
Bill Richardson: No first use of nukes; but keep options on table.
Chris Dodd: Should have filibustered vote to abandon habeas corpus.
John Edwards: No hypothetical nuke talk in Pakistan; eliminate all nukes.
Mike Gravel: We are STILL expanding our nuclear capability.
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Jobs
Bill Richardson: Focus our farm policy on renewable fuels.
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Principles & Values
Barack Obama: Most decisive moment: transition from high school to college.
Bill Richardson: With me, you get both change AND experience.
Bill Richardson: My sense of social justice comes from being a Roman Catholic.
Bill Richardson: Decisive political moment: wife agreeing to marry him.
Chris Dodd: Decisive moments: joining Peace Corps; & loss of father.
Dennis Kucinich: Decisive moment: living as child out of family car.
Hillary Clinton: Rove is obsessed with me because I take them on & beat them.
Hillary Clinton: I believe in prayer; I’m dependent on my faith.
Hillary Clinton: Owes opportunity for presidency to generations of women.
Joe Biden: Prayer gives you strength, but doesn’t prevent crises.
Joe Biden: Most decisive moment: engaging in civil rights movement.
John Edwards: We can’t negotiate change; must take from those in power.
John Edwards: Prays daily; but prayer doesn’t prevent bad things.
John Edwards: Decisive moment: father self-educating by watching public TV.
Mike Gravel: I believe in the power of love over the power of prayer.
Mike Gravel: Decisive moment: realizing representative gov’t is broken.
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Technology
Chris Dodd: Extend broadband access to our rural communities.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: Deal with al Qaeda on Pakistan border, but not with nukes.
Bill Richardson: Tri-partite entity within Iraq; reconcile three groups.
Bill Richardson: Move out troops, through Turkey & Kuwait, in 6-8 months.
Hillary Clinton: Rule out nukes against Iran.
Hillary Clinton: Push Pentagon to start planning for Iraq withdrawal.
Joe Biden: Leaving Iraq will cause generation-long regional war.
John Edwards: GOP candidates are Bush on steroids; Dems would all end war.
Mike Gravel: Bush cooking books on Iran; resolve against invading Iran.
Mike Gravel: Blaming Iraqis for war problems is American imperialism.
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Welfare & Poverty
Dennis Kucinich: Separate state from church, not from spiritual values.
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The above quotations are from Democratic primary debate on "Special Edition: This Week", hosted by George Stephanopoulos, August 19, 2007 .
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