Select2008 Blog - Comparing and tracking the 2008 presidential candidates

Five issues stir up voters on Select2008, each with defining policy questions:

- Immigration Reform

- Support a legalization plan for illegal immigrants

- Require illegal immigrants to go back to their country of origin to apply for legal immigration

- Veto any immigration reform bill that offers amnesty to illegal immigrants

 

- Healthcare

- Achieve universal healthcare as quickly as possible

- Raise taxes to achieve universal healthcare

 

- Social Issues

- The U.S. Constitution should define marriage as the union between a man and a woman

- Support ban on partial birth abortion

- Support restrictions to the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms under the Second Amendment

- The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, is right to ask to maintain the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy

 

- Foreign Affairs and War on Terrorism

- Maintain a residual U.S. force in Iraq to conduct targeted counter-terrorism operations, to keep Iraq’s neighbors in check, and to train Iraqi forces

- Rule out using force with Iran

 

Popularity: 41% [?]

Sphere: Related Content

Tags: Abortion, Gay marriage, Gun Control, Health Care, Immigration Reform, Iran, Iraq, Residual forces, Taxes, Universal Healthcare, Veto

This entry was posted on Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 5:07 pm and is filed under Democratic, Government Reform, Health Care, Homeland Security, International Affairs, Primaries, Republican, Select2008, Social Issues, What's Hot. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.