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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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CBS News Republican Debate
at The Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina
Moderated by John Dickerson
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from CBS GOP S.C. Debate (number of quotes indicated):
- Ben Carson (7) HUD Secretary
- Donald Trump (12) Republican Presidential candidate
- Jeb Bush (9) Florida Former FL Governor; Republican Presidential candidate
- John Kasich (9) Ohio Republican Governor
- Marco Rubio (8) FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Ted Cruz (6) Republican 2016 Primary Challenger
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- This debate took place on Feb. 13, 2016, in the leadup to the South Carolina primary on Feb. 20, 2016.
- Donald Trump won all 50 delegates in the South Carolina Republican primary -- but it was NOT a "winner-take-all" primary.
Trump won a majority of votes in each district in the state; had some other candidate won in any district, the delegates would have been split.
- The March 15 "SEC primary" may give Trump a decisive lead, or the opposite, because several of the contests are "winner-take-all" (whoever gets the highest popular vote gets all the delegates).
So far, there have been no winner-take-all contests: Sanders won all the delegates in Vermont, and Trump won all the delegates in Sourth Carolina, because they won in every district. In contrast....
- Florida on March 15 is a winner-take-all primary with 99 delegates; Rubio is the popular Senator of Florida and will likely win, doubling his current delegate count. If Rubio loses Florida, he will likely drop out.
- Ohio on March 15 is a winner-take-all primary with 66 delegates; Kasich is the popular governor of Ohio and will likely win, tripling his current delegate count. If Kasich loses Ohio, he will likely drop out.
- Other big upcoming winner-take-all Republican contests:
- Michigan (59 delegates on March 8);
- Missouri (52 delegates on March 15);
- Arizona (58 delegates on March 22);
- Wisconsin (42 delegates on April 5);
- Indiana (57 delegates on May 3);
- California (172 delegates on May 24).
Those contests are designed to finish off the contested primaries and decide a winner -- and they will likely do so!
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Donald Trump: Planned Parenthood does great work on women's health.
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Budget & Economy
Jeb Bush: Florida thrived under my leadership.
John Kasich: Ohio went from $8 billion deficit to $2 billion surplus.
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Corporations
Jeb Bush: Hedge fund managers should pay taxes the same as others.
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Education
Ben Carson: Free college is a non-starter.
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Environment
Donald Trump: Eminent domain is something you need very strongly.
Jeb Bush: Eminent domain should not be used for private purposes.
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Families & Children
John Kasich: A big mosaic: we all take care of each other.
Marco Rubio: Make investing in kids deductible like business expenses.
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Foreign Policy
Donald Trump: Figure out who our allies are.
Donald Trump: Iran deal is one of the worst I've ever seen.
Jeb Bush: Russia's Putin is not an ally of the US & everyone knows it.
John Kasich: US should not be world's police in places like Iraq.
Marco Rubio: Three main threats: Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Russia.
Marco Rubio: I voted against the president's inadequate Syria strategy.
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Free Trade
Donald Trump: Trade pacts are no good for us and no good for our workers.
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Government Reform
Ben Carson: Appointing a justice before election would be divisive.
Ben Carson: We have 645 federal agencies--that's way, way too many.
Donald Trump: Delay, delay, delay on Supreme Court appointment.
Donald Trump: I would build consensus, not use Executive Orders.
Jeb Bush: I'm an Article II guy: Presidency over Supreme Court.
John Kasich: Country too partisan to appoint justice before election.
Marco Rubio: No to a simple majority to confirm a Supreme Court justice.
Marco Rubio: I will reverse US decline, both at home and abroad.
Ted Cruz: 80-year history of no Supreme Court changes in election year.
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Health Care
John Kasich: Ohio expanded Medicaid but not for ObamaCare.
John Kasich: We save $22,500 a year by treating addicts & mentally ill.
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Homeland Security
Donald Trump: How did W keep us safe? WTC came down during his watch.
Jeb Bush: Reverse the sequester and rebuild the military.
Marco Rubio: George W. Bush kept us safe and dealt with Hussein.
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Immigration
Jeb Bush: Show compassion to illegals with a path to legal status.
John Kasich: Nuts to deport 11M people; legalize with fine & back taxes.
Marco Rubio: Amnesty means no consequences; I was never for that.
Ted Cruz: I led the fight to defeat the Reid-Schumer amnesty bill.
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Jobs
Donald Trump: Bring jobs back from China, Mexico, Japan, and Vietnam.
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Principles & Values
Ted Cruz: FactCheck: Yes, Cruz speaks Spanish & understands Univision.
Ben Carson: 2AM phone calls are about presidential judgement.
Donald Trump: We should have impeached George W. Bush for Iraq War lies.
Jeb Bush: We need someone with a servant's heart and also a backbone.
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Social Security
Donald Trump: I will save Social Security with more jobs, less waste.
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Tax Reform
Ben Carson: Taxes start at 150% of poverty level & some tax below that.
Ted Cruz: Tax returns on a postcard.
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War & Peace
Ben Carson: Replacing Mideast dictators leads to chaos, like in Iraq.
Ben Carson: Bomb oil tankers even if it hurts the environment.
Donald Trump: We've spent $5T in the Mideast and gotten nothing.
Jeb Bush: Policy of containment against ISIS just | |
