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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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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 "Face the Nation" interviews for 2025 races
(Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2021-2025 races)
(Click for external website)
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2025 races (number of quotes indicated):
- Bill Hagerty (2) Republican Jr Senator Tennessee
- Jeanne Shaheen (1) New Hampshire Former Democratic Governor (1997-2000); elected Senator 2008
- Karen Bass (1) Democrat U.S. Rep California-37
- Kathy Hochul (1) New York Democratic Lt. Governor
- Kristi Noem (2) South Dakota Republican
- Lindsey Graham (2) South Carolina S.C. Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Marco Rubio (4) FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Mark Warner (3) Virginia Former Democratic Governor (2002-2006); elected Senator 2008
- Mehmet Oz (4) Republican Challenger Pennsylvania
- Michelle Lujan-Grisham (2) New Mexico Democrat
- Mike Waltz (1)
- Tulsi Gabbard (1) Hawaii Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from HI-2
- Wes Moore (2) Maryland Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger
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We excerpt the Sunday pundit shows as candidates prepare for the 2026 Senate and Gubernatorial races.
Currently, five separate "talking head" programs appear on five different TV stations every Sunday morning.
OnTheIssues.org excerpts all five of the shows, listed below, with their respective interviewing pundits and each pundit's political affiliation:
- ABC This Week: 9 AM - 10 AM EST: (George Stephanopoulos & Martha Raddatz; liberal)
- CNN "State of the Union": 9 AM - 1 PM EST: (Dana Bash & Jake Tapper; moderate liberal)
- Fox News Sunday: 9 AM EST; plus other pundit shows: (Shannon Bream & Sean Hannity; conservative)
- NBC Meet the Press: 9 AM EST; rebroadcast 4 AM Monday: (Kristen Welker; moderate)
- CBS Face the Nation: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST(Margaret Brennan; moderate)
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Citations:
- On L.A. Mayoral: July 20, 2025 interview: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, (Link)
- Trump Cabinet interviews: May 18, 2025 interview: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, (Link)
- On 2026 NM Governor race: Aug. 3, 2025 interview: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, (Link)
- Trump Cabinet interviews: Aug. 3, 2025 interview: CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, (Link)
- On 2026 Virginia Senate race: March 30, 2025 interview: Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, (Link)
- Trump Cabinet interviews: March 23, 2025, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, (Link)
- On 2026 S.C. Senate race: March 16, 2025 interview: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, (Link)
- Trump Cabinet interviews: March 16, 2025 interview: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, (Link)
- On 2026 MD Governor race: March 16, 2025, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, (Link)
- Trump Cabinet interviews: March 9, 2025 interview: Secretary of DHS Kristi Noem, (Link)
- On 2026 NY Governor race: Feb. 23, 2025, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, (Link)
- On 2026 N.H. Senate race: Feb.16, 2025 interview: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, (Link)
- On 2026 TN Senate race: Feb.9, 2025 interview: Sen. Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, (Link)
- On 2026 Virginia Senate race: Feb.2, 2025 interview: Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, (Link)
- Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Jan. 26, 2025, Vice President JD Vance, (Link)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Crime
Mark Warner: Edward Snowden was one of worst traitors in history.
Tulsi Gabbard: Edward Snowden broke the law, but not a traitor.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Deploy National Guard because of shortage of police officers.
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Drugs
Kristi Noem: Tariffs on Canada, Mexico really about fentanyl.
Mehmet Oz: Address substance abuse with Medicaid app.
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Foreign Policy
Jeanne Shaheen: Seize Russian assets in US, Europe to send to Ukraine.
Lindsey Graham: Iran's ayatollah is a religious Nazi who wants purify Islam.
Lindsey Graham: I have legislation that will crush the Russian economy.
Mark Warner: Will allies share information if we treat it this sloppily?
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Free Trade
Marco Rubio: We're resetting the baseline for new bilateral agreements.
Wes Moore: Tariffs are a tool; they're not an ideology.
Mehmet Oz: Tariffs on India and Europe to equalize U.S. drug prices.
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Government Reform
Bill Hagerty: The CFPB has been out of control for some time.
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Health Care
Mehmet Oz: Save Medicaid despite costs rising due to tariffs.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham: $50B rural healthcare fund is not nearly enough.
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Homeland Security
Bill Hagerty: End USAID funding to UNRWA, which funds Hamas.
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Immigration
Kristi Noem: Don't prioritize people from other countries above Americans.
Marco Rubio: We welcome white refugees from South Africa.
Mike Waltz: TDA is acting as a proxy of the Maduro regime.
Karen Bass: Identify ICE agents, or it looks like violent kidnapping.
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Principles & Values
Kathy Hochul: Trump can't just come in and bully us around.
Wes Moore: People are exhausted by performative politics.
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Technology
Mark Warner: Chinese-held TikTok should not be available to Americans.
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War & Peace
Marco Rubio: We don't want just endless talks on Ukraine.
Marco Rubio: We're doing the entire world a favor bombing the Houthis.
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Welfare & Poverty
Mehmet Oz: Work requirement of 20 hours/week to qualify for Medicaid.
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The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2025 races
(Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2021-2025 races).
Related interviews from Sunday morning talk shows:
2024-2025 Sunday pundit shows (2026 primaries; 2024 Veepstakes; 2023-24 presidential primarIes; 2024 Senate races; and 2024-25 gubernatorial races):
2020-2022 Sunday pundit shows (2021 events; 2022 Senate races and 2021-2023 gubernatorial races):
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