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from Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2014 (number of quotes indicated): |
Making an appearance on all five talk shows on one Sunday is known as a Full Ginsburg, because it was first accomplished by William Ginsburg (Monica Lewinsky's attorney) in 1998. In 2013, both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio accomplished a Full Ginsburg, fueling speculation that both are planning a presidential run in 2016. In 2014, John Kerry was the only person to accomplish a Full Ginsburg, but no one thinks he is planning a presidential run in 2016. In 2015 so far, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough accomplished a Full Ginsburg in the follow-up to the January 2015 State of the Union speech. OnTheIssues.org excerpts all five of the shows, listed below, with their respective interviewing pundits and each pundit's political affiliation: |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Abortion Mike Huckabee: If GOP capitulates on life, they lose voters like me. Rand Paul: Supports "Plan B" morning-after contraception. Bobby Jindal: Human life amendment: define "person" from conception. Bobby Jindal: Offering contraception is dangerous federal overreach. Marco Rubio: Consensus that life begins at conception; so no abortion. |
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Budget & Economy Chris Christie: Five balanced budgets in a row, without tax increases. Paul Ryan: Attach policies to debt limit increase which decrease debt. Martin O`Malley: Closed $1.7 billion budget deficit in 7 years. Martin O`Malley: Middle-out economics instead of trickle-down economics. |
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Civil Rights Rand Paul: Don't register guns federally, nor marriages. Jeb Bush: Don't-ask-don't-tell ok if it doesn't affect policy. Mike Huckabee: If GOP abdicates on gay marriage, they lose guys like me. Mike Huckabee: Supreme Court can't allow gay marriage all by itself. Scott Walker: Supreme Court has spoken; preventing gay marriage is over. Ted Cruz: Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment. James Webb: Evolution on gay marriage has been good for the country. Chris Christie: Gay marriage is settled in NJ, but keep debating nationally. Carly Fiorina: Women professionals are not treated the same as men. Bobby Jindal: Find common ground on gay marriage even when we disagree. Rand Paul: Voter ID laws offend African Americans. Marco Rubio: Balance gay anti-discrimination with religious rights. Rand Paul: Women won the "war on women": they're no longer downtrodden. Martin O`Malley: Respect dignity of individuals & support same-sex marriage. |
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Corporations Scott Walker: Put power into hands of job creators, and job growth results. James Webb: If you've got capital, you're feeling pretty good. Bernie Sanders: Americans want change: corporations get rich & people don't. Elizabeth Warren: In 1980s, cops were taken off the beat in financial services. |
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Crime Ben Carson: Arrests for "Driving While Black" is common. Ben Carson: Equip police with body cameras to avoid abusiveness. Deval Patrick: Police & black people often don't understand each other. Ben Carson: Develop inner city resources to build alternatives to crime. Rand Paul: Blacks look who's in prison & conclude cops out to get them. Rand Paul: Death penalty is a state issue. Rand Paul: Let convicted felons regain the right to vote. Rick Perry: Death penalty is appropriate for those who kill cops or kids. Rick Perry: Don't apply one-size-fits-all to state's death penalties. Bobby Jindal: Open to method of execution but lethal injection ok. Rick Perry: International treaties shouldn't hinder Texas executions. |
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Drugs Rand Paul: Jailing people for 10 years for marijuana is ridiculous. Rick Perry: Indicted for defunding D.A. who got caught drunk-driving. Rick Perry: They're not "cartels", they're narcoterrorists. Rand Paul: Whites & blacks use drugs, but prisons are full of blacks. Rand Paul: War on drugs has unintentionally had a racial outcome. Bobby Jindal: No legalization; but focus on rehabilitation for addicts. Marco Rubio: There is no responsible way to recreationally use marijuana. Marco Rubio: Enforce federal laws even where states have legalized pot. Marco Rubio: Enforce federal law even in states with legal pot. Bobby Jindal: We lock up too many people for casual drug use. Martin O`Malley: Proportionality in marijuana arrests, but not legalization. Martin O`Malley: Let Colorado experiment with legalization, not Maryland. |
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Education Bobby Jindal: Teach kids the best science; but no comment on evolution. Bobby Jindal: Local control instead of Common Core. Bobby Jindal: I am for standards, but against Common Core. Bobby Jindal: Supported Common Core initially; now opposes it. Elizabeth Warren: Allow refinancing student loans; it's a crushing $1.2T. Rahm Emanuel: Expanded graduation rate at city colleges from 7% to 14%. Bobby Jindal: For school choice & tenure reform. Ted Cruz: Facilitate school choice for poor Americans. Marco Rubio: Turn over Head Start to states. |
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Energy & Oil Ben Carson: EPA must work with business; warming or cooling not relevant. Carly Fiorina: Pass the Keystone Pipeline even if Obama vetoes it. Bobby Jindal: The left loves energy to be expensive and scarce. Marco Rubio: Climate is always changing; it's not from human activity. Marco Rubio: Human activity is not causing climate change. Bobby Jindal: Keystone pipeline creates jobs without environmental damage. Bobby Jindal: Cheap, affordable domestic energy is economically critical. |
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Environment Chris Christie: Vetoes regulation of animal confinement for gestating sows. Rahm Emanuel: Let every child have 10-minute walk to park or playground. Rahm Emanuel: Gentrification can be done right, with active zooming laws. |
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Families & Children Rand Paul: Revival of values depends on fusing freedom and virtue. Rand Paul: Volunteer eye surgery for blind kids in Guatemala. Rand Paul: Re-establish inter-country adoptions from Guatemala. Bobby Jindal: Entered into "covenant marriage" with his wife. Mitt Romney: Impact of same-sex marriage on kids won't be known for years. |
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Foreign Policy Lindsey Graham: Condemn & isolate Cuba; they deserve no new engagement. Lindsey Graham: Cuba is still a security threat to America; no aid. Lindsey Graham: Sanctions on North Korea: terrorist list & China's help. Marco Rubio: North Korea is a criminal syndicate, not a government. Marco Rubio: Our policy should lead to more liberty for the Cuban people. Marco Rubio: Cuba must improve on human rights for engagement to continue. Marco Rubio: Engagement with Vietnam & China has not led to freedom. Marco Rubio: Cuba embargo was designed to protect American companies. Rand Paul: 50-year embargo with Cuba hasn't worked; lift it. Rand Paul: Normalizing relations with Cuba can lead to positive change. Jeb Bush: Strengthen the Cuban embargo instead of lifting it. Jeb Bush: We are leader among equals in community of nations. Jeb Bush: Words matter: presidents should mean it when they say it. Rand Paul: No quarantine on returning Ebola doctors unless symptomatic. Rand Paul: Temporary stop on elective travel to fight Ebola. Rick Perry: Hasn't called for defense cuts; hasn't endorsed Bush's wars. Rick Perry: Tolerating vicious ideas is weakness: condemn ISIS & Putin. Rick Perry: Warsaw Pact failed & NATO survived: we keep our commitments. Ted Cruz: Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize. James Webb: We need a clearly articulated doctrine for the Mideast. James Webb: Arab Spring: stay out if no Americans at risk. Chris Christie: Given who I am, Putin would not have invaded Crimea. Rick Perry: There shouldn't be any air between us & our best ally Israel. Lindsey Graham: Without American leadership the world disintegrates rapidly. Lindsey Graham: Sanctions against Putin; arm & train the Ukrainians. Lindsey Graham: UN has become more anti- Israeli & anti-Semitic. Carly Fiorina: Lack of American leadership causes world trouble. Lindsey Graham: America is the glue that holds the free world together. Ted Cruz: Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine. Rick Perry: We can't isolate ourselves within our shores; we must engage. Marco Rubio: Provide more assistance to Jordan, to prepare against ISIS. Marco Rubio: Stay involved against ISIS or Iran becomes regional hegemon. Ted Cruz: America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership. Rand Paul: GOP hawks fear my world view, but Americans support it. Rand Paul: Neocons are neoisolationist: 'all should behave like us'. Rand Paul: Eventually end all foreign aid, but unrealistic for now. Marco Rubio: Press freedom is a universal human right, especially in Cuba. Ben Carson: US is exceptional, with different values than rest of world. Marco Rubio: Tough sanctions against Russia for Ukraine aggression. Mitt Romney: Russia is our adversary but not our enemy. Mitt Romney: World has been losing respect for America for last 5 years. Rand Paul: We don't need grandstanding tough talk against Russia. Russell Feingold: As special envoy to Congo, cajoled both sides of civil war. Ted Cruz: Sanctions on Putin for Ukraine: tyrants respond to weakness. Ted Cruz: US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad. Lindsey Graham: Create a democratic noose around Putin's Russia. Marco Rubio: Putin wants to reconstitute Russian power & Russian prestige. Marco Rubio: The Russian government is a government of liars. Mitt Romney: Russia & China waster $50B on Olympics; should be $3B. Paul Ryan: Argentina has crony capitalism, based on exploitation. |
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Free Trade Chris Christie: Trade mission to Mexico doubles as foreign policy tour. |
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Government Reform Rick Santorum: Censure & lawsuit for too many executive actions. Ted Cruz: Executive actions override Congress & the Constitution. Mike Rounds: America is not broken, but Washington is. Rand Paul: Supports early voting; but voter ID also ok. Bernie Sanders: Citizens United opens up the road to oligarchy. Elizabeth Warren: It's THEIR money & power against OUR voices & votes. Newt Gingrich: Allow unlimited campaign contributions to anybody. Rahm Emanuel: My position on term limits is called elections. Bernie Sanders: Underclass see the political deck stacked; and don't vote. Paul Ryan: Making law with executive orders circumvents Constitution. Rand Paul: President should not bypass Congress with executive orders. Ted Cruz: Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending. |
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Health Care Deval Patrick: ObamaCare is interconnected with debt and other problems. Ted Cruz: Government shutdown on ObamaCare worked: GOP won in 2014. Carly Fiorina: Repeal ObamaCare; it's vast legislative overreach. Carly Fiorina: Competitive insurance market instead of crony capitalism. Mike Rounds: Remove medical devices tax & payment advisory board. Scott Walker: No Medicaid expansion means no waiting list for poor. Chris Christie: Mandatory quarantine for travelers from Ebola areas. Chris Christie: 3-week quarantine for Ebola medical workers. Ted Cruz: Suspend commercial air travel to Ebola-infected areas. Rick Perry: Ban air travel to Ebola-stricken countries, except doctors. Lindsey Graham: US troops in Africa is the right way to fight Ebola. Bobby Jindal: Ebola isn't the last epidemic; it's just a harbinger. Ben Carson: ObamaCare robs you of your ability to control your own life. Rick Santorum: ObamaCare wasted $500M setting up 4 failed state exchanges. Rahm Emanuel: I was charged to produce ObamaCare; and it happened. Rick Santorum: The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare. Tea Party: The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare. Ted Cruz: To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it. Martin O`Malley: ObamaCare will get past the scare tactics and will work. Ted Cruz: 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare. Marco Rubio: Medicaid expansion fails because funded only for a few years. Martin O`Malley: ObamaCare website has problems, but we're enrolling citizens. Scott Walker: To best benefit economy, replace ObamaCare. |
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Homeland Security Lindsey Graham: Fill Guantanamo with more terrorists instead of closing it. Marco Rubio: We need coherent interrogation policy, & keep it classified. Rand Paul: Transparency is mostly good; we should not have torture. Ted Cruz: Torture was rightly outlawed, but keep tactics classified. Marco Rubio: We need NSA intel to fight emerging terrorist threats. Rand Paul: Need NSA reform, but not the USA Freedom Act. Lindsey Graham: Benghazi:Focus on talking points, not how intel was gathered. Marco Rubio: Increased military investment demonstrates leadership. Ted Cruz: Americans who join ISIS should be barred from coming home. Rick Perry: Barbarism of 9/11 terrorists still threatens us today. Marco Rubio: ISIL's goal is to drive us out of the region. Marco Rubio: ISIL is a threat because many members have US passports. Paul Ryan: We need strategy to defeat ISIS, before they come to America. Rick Perry: NSA listening in on our phones breaches rule of law. Rick Perry: Hamas uses civilians as shields; help Israel defend itself. Marco Rubio: ISIS is a more serious threat than al Qaeda. Rand Paul: Multiple requests for security at Benghazi were ignored. Rand Paul: Benghazi disqualifies Hillary from the presidency. Hillary Clinton: More Benghazi hearings ok only to learn what to do better. Bernie Sanders: Don't let released terrorists get back onto the battlefield. James Webb: President should consult Congress about POW exchanges. Bernie Sanders: V.A. doesn't have resources to accommodate 2 million vets. Marco Rubio: No one has been held accountable for Benghazi. Rick Santorum: Getting out facts about Benghazi makes hearings successful. Rand Paul: Don't let people who make money off weapons define policy. Rand Paul: National defense is important, but no blank check. Mitt Romney: No new cold war with Russia, just very different interests. Peter King: US FBI should investigate when planes disappear abroad. Rand Paul: Deploy missile defense in Eastern Europe but they pay for it. Ted Cruz: Vital role for deploying military force abroad. Lindsey Graham: More budget & more than 440,000 troops against North Korea. Newt Gingrich: Snowden should be tried as a felon for releasing secrets. |
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Immigration Lindsey Graham: Need comprehensive reform, not partial executive action. Lindsey Graham: Driving out 11 million illegals impractical; fix the system. Rick Santorum: Amnesty to unskilled illegals makes worker wages stagnate. Ted Cruz: End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances. Ted Cruz: Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded. Carly Fiorina: Pass immigration reform in a series of bills. Mitt Romney: Executive action on immigration is only a temporary solution. Marco Rubio: Modernize immigration to win global competition for talent. Rick Perry: Texas border "surge" reduced influx of unaccompanied kids. Rick Perry: No comprehensive immigration reform until border is secure. Marco Rubio: Human trafficking law & deferred action caused border crisis. Rick Perry: Illegal immigrants have committed 3,000 homicides. Paul Ryan: Send illegal immigrant kids back to Central America. Lindsey Graham: Streamline and quicken deportations. Rick Perry: I warned of crisis of Central American kids in 2012. Rick Perry: Secure the border to end Central American kids' crisis. Rick Perry: Boots on the ground and the border sends a visual message. Rick Perry: Obama administration either inept or conspiring on illegals. Rand Paul: Status quo is untenable; we must do some sort of reform. Rand Paul: Move beyond amnesty, but eventually to path to citizenship. Peter King: Secure border plus a pathway to citizenship. Peter King: Don't reward illegal behavior, but can't deport 11 million. Rand Paul: Illegals are not bad people, but we have to control border. Bobby Jindal: We need a high walls and wide gate. Paul Ryan: Immigration reform possible after the border is secure. Paul Ryan: Not "trust but verify"; need "verify then trust" approach. Bobby Jindal: We've got a backwards system: low walls and a narrow gate. Bobby Jindal: A secure border means that border governors certify it. Rick Santorum: Comprehensive bill is easier than consensus on components. |
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Jobs Chris Christie: Don't raise minimum wage; create better-paying jobs instead. Joe Biden: Labor unions have built the middle class and built America. Rick Santorum: Raising the minimum wage a little is ok, if phased in slowly. Rick Perry: Focus on maximizing wages, not the minimum wage. Rob Portman: Opposed unemployment extension as unpaid-for, & needs reform. Ted Cruz: Lowest labor force participation in over three decades. Marco Rubio: Ok to extend unemployment if it's paid for. Martin O`Malley: Extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. Martin O`Malley: Raise minimum wage to $10 per hour. Rand Paul: Unemployment insurance ok if fully paid for & short-term. Scott Walker: Link unemployment benefits to job search every week. Scott Walker: Don't raise minimum wage; train for higher-wage jobs. |
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Principles & Values Scott Walker: I won with independents' and young people's votes. Rick Perry: Western ideology respects others; ISIS ideology does not. Bobby Jindal: OpEd: Appeals to both Ivy League-coasts and Bible Belt. Bobby Jindal: Washington is waging "silent war" against religious liberty. Hillary Clinton: No lingering effects of concussion; will release records. Bobby Jindal: Parents accepted my conversion; but they are actively Hindu. Martin O`Malley: Fundraising via O'Say Can You See PAC. Elizabeth Warren: Registered Independent & Republican in Pennsylvania in 1990s. Rahm Emanuel: Politicians are usually gray; I am not. Rahm Emanuel: Washington is not broken; the GOP is broken. Chris Christie: Cleared of Bridgegate blame, but more investigations coming. Bernie Sanders: My form of democratic socialism is not Communism. Bernie Sanders: Corporate interests fund the Tea Party. Ted Cruz: Washington would be better with more farmers & fewer lawyers. Bobby Jindal: We can't just be the party of no. |
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Tax Reform Martin O`Malley: Cut taxes on bottom 85% while raising taxes on top 15%. |
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Technology Marco Rubio: Release anti-North Korea movie despite cyber-attack. Marco Rubio: Net neutrality is government regulation of the Internet. Rand Paul: Oppose net neutrality; Silicon Valley has no uniform support. Ted Cruz: Net neutrality is ObamaCare for the Internet. Rick Perry: Don't saddle Internet with Great Depression-era regulations. Chris Christie: Focus on bipartisan reforms instead of Bridgegate. Lindsey Graham: Ban online gambling (but not casino gambling). Rick Perry: Time-out on online gambling at federal level. Rand Paul: 5% tax on overseas profits & put it all into infrastructure. Rand Paul: Generalized warrants for all cellphones is unconstitutional. Rand Paul: Snowden revealed NSA abuses, but a fair prison term is ok. |
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War & Peace Mitt Romney: Do whatever it takes to destroy ISIS-including ground troops. Ted Cruz: Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age. Ted Cruz: Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS. Bernie Sanders: Get Saudis & regional powers involved with fighting ISIS. Bernie Sanders: Arm the Peshmerga against ISIS, as international effort. James Webb: Iraq invasion empowered Iran & led to sectarian violence. James Webb: Anti-ISIS alliances are fluid; we've trained some ISIS. Lindsey Graham: U.S. ground troops to fight ISIL in Syria and Iraq. Lindsey Graham: We should have left 10,000 US troops in Iraq. Lindsey Graham: 2012: Arm the Syrian rebels & fight Assad's air force. Peter King: Attacking ISIS in Syria is in our national interest. Peter King: Don't let Iran participate in our fight against ISIS. Marco Rubio: Confront and defeat ISIL now, or we will have to do so later. Rand Paul: Arming Syrian rebels wades into another civil war. Ted Cruz: Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS. Marco Rubio: Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq to target ISIL. Marco Rubio: Airstrikes to topple Syrian government are counterproductive. Ted Cruz: Bomb ISIS back into the Stone Age, with Congress' approval. Chris Christie: Syria: If we draw a red line, we must finish the job. Rick Perry: Airstrike against Islamic State in Iraq avoids ISIS in Texas. Rick Perry: Arm the Kurds, and send Special Ops to fight ISIS. Lindsey Graham: Israel: stay as long as needed in Gaza to deal with Hamas. Lindsey Graham: Arm Ukraine; sanction Russia; more NATO troops to region. Rand Paul: How many Americans should die to defend Iraq? Marco Rubio: Stay involved in Iraq to fight ISIS, not for nation-building. Rand Paul: ISIS are nasty terrorists but no clear-cut American interest. Rand Paul: Iraq War gave Iran regional hegemony & caused Mideast chaos. Lindsey Graham: ISIS plans to take Jordan; that throws Mideast into turmoil. Lindsey Graham: OK for Iran to help in Iraq, but not to dominate. Lindsey Graham: ISIS makes Iraq & Syria the staging area for the next 9/11. Mitt Romney: ISIS: bad things happen as a result of inaction. Mitt Romney: Leave 20,000 US troops in Iraq as an ongoing presence. Peter King: ISIS creates a privileged sanctuary from which to attack US. Ted Cruz: Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine. Rand Paul: Maintain ambiguous policy on containing nuclear Iran. Rand Paul: Keep all options on the table, but don't declare war on Iran. Rahm Emanuel: Israel/Palestine framework deal easier than a final deal. Rand Paul: Don't get stuck in Cold War idea of tweaking Russia. Marco Rubio: Timetable in Afghanistan emboldened Taliban to wait us out. Marco Rubio: Lack of long-term US status in Iraq opens it for al Qaeda. Marco Rubio: Assist Iraqi government in fighting ISIL. Rick Santorum: Obama left Iraq because it was politically popular to do so. Brian Schweitzer: No reason to stay in Afghanistan after 12 years of war. Brian Schweitzer: Attacking Iraq was a mistake that empowered al Qaeda. |
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Welfare & Poverty Joe Biden: Americans don't want handouts, just to be given a chance. Paul Ryan: Switch from poverty management to get people out of poverty. Paul Ryan: Customize benefits for each person, run by the states. Paul Ryan: End dependency culture; end disincentives to work. Paul Ryan: Let charities & community groups compete to fight poverty. Paul Ryan: Opportunity plan: flexible funds with benchmarks & timeline. Elizabeth Warren: Nobody should work full-time and still live in poverty. Rand Paul: Tax cuts help the poor because local businesses will hire. Rahm Emanuel: Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. Marco Rubio: Take next step in War on Poverty: provide opportunity. Martin O`Malley: Anti-poverty programs grow our middle class. Rand Paul: Economic freedom zones: low taxes in high unemployment areas. |
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