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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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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) |
Guide to Political Revolution, by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here, by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight, by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United, by Cory Booker (2016) |
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) |
Becoming, by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty, by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump, by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Higher Loyalty , by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues , by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House, by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Media coverage of Massachusetts political races in The Boston Herald
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OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Ed Markey: Litmus test for Supreme Court nominees on abortion.
Gabriel Gomez: 24-hour waiting period for a woman to get an abortion.
Mitt Romney: For safe, legal abortion since relatives death from illegal.
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Budget & Economy
Kevin O`Connor: $2000 monthly payments during pandemic grossly irresponsible.
Ed Markey: Home mortgage deduction should not be on the table.
Bob Schaffer: $700 billion bailout is necessary but essentially a tax.
Mark Udall: $700 billion bailout is not good for my constituents.
Mitt Romney: Balance state budget by removing waste and folderol.
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Civil Rights
Kevin O`Connor: I don't know what systemic racism means, but racism exists.
Michele Bachmann: Counselor/husband: "pray away the gay".
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Corporations
Steve Grossman: OpEd: Combines progressive values with business experience.
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Drugs
Gabriel Gomez: Federal medical marijuana OK; leave the rest to states.
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Education
Jay Gonzalez: Take on big challenge of making college affordable.
Mitt Romney: Schools can teach family values, but not religion or prayer.
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Energy & Oil
Ed Markey: Simply unneeded to subsidize oil industry.
Gabriel Gomez: Keystone XL project brings jobs.
Ted Kennedy: Opposes Cape Wind project.
Tom Reilly: Cape Wind project is a huge ripoff.
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Government Reform
Gabriel Gomez: No anti-ad pledge; my only pledge is to Constitution.
Stephen Pagliuca: Limit on personal money allowed in an election.
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Gun Control
Gabriel Gomez: A lot of people in the GOP are wrong on gun control.
Gabriel Gomez: In favor of closing the gun-show loophole.
Stephen Pagliuca: Gun control works in Europe and England.
Bill Bradley: Ban gun sales in residential neighborhoods.
Elizabeth Dole: Ban AK-47s.
Mitt Romney: Will support assault weapons bill and Brady Bill.
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Health Care
Danielle Allen: Pandemic was last straw; commonwealth ready for change.
Kevin O`Connor: Against mask mandate; "all contact is not equal".
Gabriel Gomez: Repeal medical device tax in ObamaCare.
Gabriel Gomez: ObamaCare hurts the middle class & small business.
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Homeland Security
Marty Walsh: Sad and disrespectful to vandalize veterans memorial.
Ed Markey: Don't compromise innocent haystack looking for guilty needle.
Gabriel Gomez: Only traitors reveal harmful surveillance information.
Elizabeth Warren: #1 responsibility: protect Americans from terrorism.
Paul Kirk: Assigned to Armed Services and Homeland Security committees.
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Immigration
Setti Warren: Make City Hall an immigrant sanctuary to lead sanctuary city.
Kerry Healey: Opposes in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants.
Tom Reilly: Supports in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants.
Deval Patrick: Supports in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants.
Kerry Healey: Illegal immigrants should not be here.
Tom Reilly: Children of immigrants just want a chance.
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Jobs
Ed Markey: $10 an hour minimum wage is just a first step.
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Principles & Values
Geoff Diehl: Would rather leave national politics out of governor's race.
Ben Downing: Beacon Hill postpones & relies on Mass. exceptionalism.
Kevin O`Connor: MA voters do not want Markey's socialism.
Christy Mihos: The job has not been done by Romney/Healey administration.
Tom Reilly: Accused of covering up investigation for campaign donor.
Tom Reilly: Accused of covering up investigation for campaign donor.
Barack Obama: Convention keynote speech highlights partys black targeting.
Barack Obama: First black president of the Harvard Law Review.
Max Kennedy: Meets with Democratic fundraisers to prepare for race.
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Tax Reform
Stephen Pagliuca: Raise federal capital gains tax should from 15% to 20%.
Jeff Beatty: Abolishing state income tax would act as economic stimulus.
John Kerry: Abolishing state income tax would be calamitous.
Chris Gabrieli: Supports tax rollback, but fought it in the past.
Deval Patrick: Opposes tax rollback because it would raise property taxes.
Tom Reilly: Rollback taxes to 5.0% to keep promise to voters.
Mitt Romney: My pledge: no freeze on tax rollback.
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War & Peace
Gabriel Gomez: Align with right rebel group and impose no-fly zone in Syria.
Elizabeth Warren: Get out of Afghanistan as fast as possible.
Elizabeth Warren: Military action possible to stop Iranian nukes.
Jeff Beatty: Kerry failed to read vital intelligence reports pre-Iraq war.
John Kerry: Based vote for Iraq war on CIAs intelligence reports.
John McCain: Important to win, important for US to be superpower.
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Welfare & Poverty
George W. Bush: Supports low-income heating oil assistance program.
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The above quotations are from Media coverage of Massachusetts political races in The Boston Herald.
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