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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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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
J.B. Pritzker: This should be a right that is a constitutional right.
Brad Raffensperger: Opposed abortion while in the state legislature.
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Budget & Economy
Bill Hagerty: The debt ceiling has become a tool to extract pain.
Cory Booker: GOP is dismantling the protections of Americans' safety.
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Crime
Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump should not be convicted of a process crime.
Chris Coons: Consider commuting death sentences to life without parole.
Lindsey Graham: Pardoning attackers of police sends the wrong signal .
Wes Moore: Reform juvenile justice system, give boys a second chance.
Jasmine Crockett: Look for crimes in the Epstein files, not smearing Trump.
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Energy & Oil
Jared Polis: All-of-government approach to climate change.
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Foreign Policy
Mike Pence: US security requires Greenland, but by persuasion, not force.
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Free Trade
Mike Rounds: Tariffs are a way to open negotiations on trade agreements.
Tim Walz: In trade wars, agriculture gets hit the hardest.
Jared Polis: Tariffs are a regressive tax that hurt our economy.
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Government Reform
Michael Whatley: Claimed massive fraud in 2020 presidential election.
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Gun Control
Jocelyn Benson: Ban open carrying of guns at polling places .
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Health Care
Jared Polis: Focus on danger of processed foods, but support vaccinations.
Bill Cassidy: Vaccines are safe; vaccines do not cause autism.
Bill Cassidy: Proposes Health Savings Accounts within ObamaCare.
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Homeland Security
Markwayne Mullin: Hegseth qualifies as SecDef because he's a civilian.
Ed Markey: Two ICE shootings in Chicago were murder by ICE agents.
Tom Cotton: Regime change in Venezuela was great thing for America.
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Immigration
J.B. Pritzker: Deport violent criminals, not law-abiding immigrants.
Lindsey Graham: Congress needs to appropriate money for more ICE agents.
Tim Walz: For a bipartisan policy that strengthens immigration control.
Kristi Noem: Renee Good was a domestic terrorist, impeding an ICE action.
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Jobs
Cory Booker: DEI actually allows us to hire the best of the best.
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Principles & Values
Vivek Ramaswamy: Deliver national unity with our shared American identity.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Capitalism has to stay apolitical to bring us together.
J.B. Pritzker: Trump should have called out Musk for Nazi salute.
Wes Moore: Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.
Brad Raffensperger: Refused to change 2020 vote totals when Trump demanded.
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Technology
Bill Hagerty: Thank God Elon Musk bought Twitter & exposed spending bill.
Ed Markey: Video everything, to gather evidence against ICE and CBP.
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War & Peace
Mike Rounds: Putin could have had peace a long time ago if he wanted it.
Mike Pence: Support Iran protests including use of force against mullahs.
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