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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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2012 Missouri Senate Debate
Missouri Senate debates:
- Feb 19, 2012: Republican Senate primary debate in Kansas City, KSDK coverage
- April 22, 2012: coverage of debate at Tiger Hotel by Columbia Daily Tribune
- May 27, 2012: Yahoo.com coverage of Republican primary debate; two-hour event in Willard covered by KYTV.
- Todd Akin editorial in Kansas City Star, June 26
- July 7, 2012: Associated Press in News-Tribune; Fox-2-Now St. Louis; and PoliticMO.com: coverage of GOP candidates debate
- July 9, 2012: Ballwin-Ellisville Patch coverage of GOP debate at Washington University
- Aug. 14-19, 2012: TheHill.com, TheGatewayPundit.com and FreakoutNation.com coverage of election scandal: Akin comments and McCaskill reaction.
- Sept. 21-27, 2012: Associated Press and Los Angeles Times coverage of 9/26/2012 debate in Rolla, and 9/21/2012 Missouri newspaper editors' debate.
- Oct. 19, 2012: Reuters coverage of 10/18/2012 debate in Kansas City.
- Oct. 26, 2012: KSDK-5 I-Team FactCheck on Senate TV ads
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Todd Akin: Resisted stepping aside after "legitimate rape" comment.
John Brunner: Pledges support to overthrow of Roe v. Wade.
Sarah Steelman: Life begins at conception; consider Constitutional Amendment.
Todd Akin: Life begins at conception; support Constitutional Amendment.
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Civil Rights
Claire McCaskill: FactCheck: Akin's female staff are not paid as much as men.
Todd Akin: No policy to pay female staff less than men (but he does).
Claire McCaskill: Women shouldn't get paid less simply because they're women.
Todd Akin: Women's pay should be left to discretion of employers.
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Corporations
John Brunner: Served as CEO of personal care products manufacturer.
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Education
Sarah Steelman: More competition in college loans; end federal monopoly.
Todd Akin: Federal government should be out of the student loan market.
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Government Reform
Todd Akin: Get rid of Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce.
Todd Akin: Reversing 17th Amendment gives power back o the states.
Todd Akin: Denounces intrusive government regulations and ObamaCare.
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Health Care
Sarah Steelman: End intrusive regulations; repeal ObamaCare.
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Immigration
Todd Akin: Illegal immigrants receiving benefits is unacceptable.
John Brunner: Citizenship for veterans; but not for college grads.
Sarah Steelman: Take away all the incentives that are attracting illegals.
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Principles & Values
Sarah Steelman: Elected officials are trustees of the people.
Todd Akin: I'm no career politician; I left a safe district.
Todd Akin: Experienced conservative voice in Congress.
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The above quotations are from 2012 Missouri Senate Debate.
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