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

Abortion     Rick Santorum: No abortions even in cases of rape; one violence is enough.     Tim Pawlenty: Criminal sanctions against abortion doctors, not women.

Budget & Economy     Herman Cain: Don't raise debt ceiling; that doesn't solve problem.     Jon Huntsman: I'm gonna do for the US what I did for Utah.     Jon Huntsman: I stood up for debt ceiling increase and against default.     Michele Bachmann: Don't raise debt ceiling; country not at risk of default.     Michele Bachmann: I was the leading voice against raising the debt ceiling.     Mitt Romney: 7 principles for leadership on the economy.     Newt Gingrich: The Super-committee is as dumb an idea as I've ever heard.     Newt Gingrich: It's a scandal that the Federal Reserve is secret.     Rick Santorum: Govt has averaged 18% of GDP and we're now at 25%.     Rick Santorum: Audit the Fed; but no gold standard.     Rick Santorum: Stopping debt ceiling increase is showmanship not leadership.     Ron Paul: Country is bankrupt & we can't keep spending.     Ron Paul: I'm delighted that auditing the Fed has become mainstream.     Tim Pawlenty: I'll offer a prize to anyone who can find Obama's plan.

Civil Rights     Jon Huntsman: I believe in traditional marriage but also civil unions.     Michele Bachmann: I support federal AND state marriage amendments.     Mitt Romney: Federal definition of marriage as one-man-one-woman.     Newt Gingrich: Loyalty test for everyone, not just for Muslims.     Rick Santorum: No polygamy; no gay marriage.     Ron Paul: No federal marriage licenses & no state licenses either.

Corporations     Herman Cain: Take the capital gains tax rate & repatriation tax to zero.     Herman Cain: Suspend taxes on repatriated profits, permanently.     Jon Huntsman: EPA's regulatory reign of terror prevents building in USA.     Rick Santorum: Cut corporate tax rate to zero & jobs will come back.

Education     Herman Cain: No Child Left Behind has unfunded mandates.     Jon Huntsman: No Child Left Behind has failed; we need vouchers.

Energy & Oil     Michele Bachmann: I opposed cap-and-trade, including Lightbulb Choice Act.

Families & Children     Michele Bachmann: Bible's "be submissive to husband" means mutual respect.     New Testament: Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.

Foreign Policy     Herman Cain: Foreign policy should include bombs & bullets AND economics.     Rick Santorum: No apologies for past American interventions in Iran.     Ron Paul: We installed Shah in Iran; we should mind our own business.     Tim Pawlenty: Sanctions for Iran nukes; regime change for Syria.

Free Trade     Ron Paul: Trade sanctions never worked on Cuba, and won't work on Iran.

Government Reform     Newt Gingrich: Press corps focuses on campaign minutia & not basic ideas.

Health Care     Michele Bachmann: I fought; when others ran, I fought.     Michele Bachmann: Government has no authority to force people to buy insurance.     Mitt Romney: ObamaCare's biggest difference: I believe in 10th Amendment.     Mitt Romney: MA Constitution allows mandate; US Constitution does not.     Rick Santorum: If we let states mandate insurance, sterilization is ok too.     Ron Paul: States CAN mandate insurance, but it's a bad idea.     Tim Pawlenty: We did healthcare the right way in Minnesota.     Tim Pawlenty: ObamneyCare: ObamaCare was patterned after RomneyCare.

Homeland Security     Michele Bachmann: No Miranda rights for terrorists; expand Guantanamo.     Ron Paul: Neither Dems nor GOP will cut one nickel from militarism.     Ron Paul: Many terrorists have been properly tried in US courts.

Immigration     Herman Cain: We have a path to citizenship: it's called legal immigration.     Jon Huntsman: End patchwork of state laws & just secure the border.     Mitt Romney: I like legal immigration; let business determine visas.     Newt Gingrich: Citizen Boards to decide which immigrants stay and go.     Ron Paul: Pay attention to US borders, not international borders.

Jobs     Mitt Romney: The free economy means sometimes we lose jobs.     Mitt Romney: Replace jobless benefits with unemployment savings accounts.

Principles & Values     Jon Huntsman: If you love your country, you serve her.     Michele Bachmann: Make Obama a one-term president.

Tax Reform     Michele Bachmann: Health Impact Fee: opposed cigarette tax but voted for life.     Mitt Romney: I cut taxes 19 times as MA governor.     Tim Pawlenty: Health Impact Fee: increased cigarette tax but regretted it.

Technology     Jon Huntsman: Cyber intrusion is the new battlefield, and an act of war.

War & Peace     Michele Bachmann: Iran is a state sponsor of terror; can't be a nuclear power.     Mitt Romney: We should withdraw from Afghanistan after 2012.     Newt Gingrich: Wrong to intervene in Libya; covert action more effective.     Rick Santorum: We should withdraw from Afghanistan more slowly.     Rick Santorum: Iran has been at war with us since 1979.     Rick Santorum: Iran must be confronted to stop them from getting nukes.     Ron Paul: Of course Iran wants nukes; talk to them like we did USSR.     Ron Paul: I worry about war propaganda will lead to war against Iran.     Tim Pawlenty: We should withdraw from Afghanistan more slowly.

Welfare & Poverty     Rick Santorum: No compromise on core principles; compromise on all else.

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