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Excerpts from Books by and about 2008 candidates
Sen. Joe Biden
Promises to Keep
Sen. Sam Brownback
From Power to Purpose
Sen. Hillary Clinton
Living History
Pres. Bill Clinton
My Life
Sen. Chris Dodd
Letters from Nuremberg
Sen. John Edwards
Ending Poverty in America
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Leadership
Sen. Mike Gravel
Citizen Power
Gov. Mike Huckabee
From Hope to Higher Ground
Amb. Alan Keyes
Our Character, Our Future
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
A Prayer for America
Sen. John McCain
Why Courage Matters
Sen. Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope
Rep. Ron Paul
A Foreign Policy of Freedom
Gov. Bill Richardson
Between Worlds
Gov. Mitt Romney
Turnaround
Rep. Tom Tancredo
Mortal Danger
Sen. Fred Thompson
Government at the Brink

(click a book cover for excerpts and a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)

2007 Democratic Primary Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov.15, 2007


Education
   Bill Richardson: Create science and math academies with 100,000 new teachers.
   Chris Dodd: Merit pay for poor areas ok; not for better neighborhoods.
   Hillary Clinton: Get more teachers into hard-to-serve areas.
   Joe Biden: Laid out a $30 billion plan over five years for education.
Energy & Oil
   Dennis Kucinich: Voted against drilling in Alaska, against union preference.
Foreign Policy
   Bill Richardson: Set conditions on foreign aid assistance to Musharraf.
   Joe Biden: Move from a Musharraf policy to a Pakistan policy.
Free Trade
   John Edwards: Hold China responsible for their trade obligations.
Health Care
   Barack Obama: Problem isn't mandating coverage, but affording it.
   Barack Obama: FactCheck: Coverage plan might leave 8.5 million uninsured.
   Hillary Clinton: Health care tax credit ensures affordability.
Homeland Security
   Barack Obama: Human rights and national security are complementary.
   Bill Richardson: Human rights can be more important than national security.
   Chris Dodd: National security is more important than human rights.
   Hillary Clinton: National security is more important than human rights.
   John Edwards: Lead a long-term effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Immigration
   Barack Obama: Comprehensive solution includes employers & borders.
   Barack Obama: Undocumented workers come here to work, not to drive.
   Barack Obama: Support granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
   Barack Obama: FactCheck: Lightning IS likelier than employer prosecution.
   Bill Richardson: Allowed giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
   Chris Dodd: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
   Dennis Kucinich: There aren't any illegal human beings.
   Hillary Clinton: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
   Joe Biden: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
   John Edwards: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Jobs
   Dennis Kucinich: I'm the one candidate who comes from the working class.
Social Security
   Barack Obama: FactCheck: Removing $97,500 cap would be $1.3T tax increase.
   Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, removing $97,500 cap affects middle-class.
War & Peace
   Barack Obama: Surge strategy has made a difference in Iraq but failed.
   Bill Richardson: Donor conference: get EU & Arabs to pay for reconstruction.
   Dennis Kucinich: The surge strategy is fueling the insurgency.


The above quotations are from 2007 Democratic Primary Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov.15, 2007.

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