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| 2020 Election: | Joe Biden's book | Cory Booker's book | Pete Buttigieg's book | Kamala Harris' book | Bernie Sanders' book | Donald Trump's book | 2018 Senate Debates |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com) |
from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2018 (number of quotes indicated): |
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Budget & Economy Mike Pence: Great Recession tax-&-spend policy led to weak recovery. Rand Paul: Trillion-dollar deficits are bad, whether by Dems or by GOP. |
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Civil Rights Corey Stewart: Protect Confederate monuments. Tim Kaine: Redefine VA as rainbow coalition instead of Unite the Right. |
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Corporations Bernie Sanders: Americans in red OR blue states oppose enriching the top 1%. Bernie Sanders: Middle class needs tax breaks; top 1% does not. |
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Crime Tim Kaine: Systemic racial inequities in the criminal justice system. |
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Energy & Oil Bernie Sanders: No more debate on climate change; it's here & costs $100Bs. Joe Neguse: Comprehensive solution for planetary crisis, climate change. Marco Rubio: Climate change is reality, but we're a country, not a planet. Mike Bloomberg: America should be big part of climate solution. Mike Bloomberg: If some countries do right thing on climate, we all benefit. |
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Environment Lindsey Graham: Manage forest underbrush better, to avoid raging wildfires. Mike Bloomberg: EPA failing to focus on clean air and clean water. Bernie Sanders: Leave a planet to our kids that is healthy & habitable. |
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Families & Children Kirsten Gillibrand: Women run for office because Trump demeans & devalues women. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: More women in Congress means more focus on family leave. |
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Foreign Policy Marco Rubio: Engage with Putin, but recognize he supports zero sum games. Donald Trump: European Union is a foe in trade, & in lack of NATO payments. Bernie Sanders: Gaza is humanitarian disaster; Israelis shouldn't over-react. |
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Free Trade Joni Ernst: Worth the pain of tariffs to get a better deal with China. John Kasich: Tariffs lead to acrimony among friends & going it alone. John Kasich: Tariffs slow down the economy and hurt 40 million jobs. Steve Mnuchin: 3-part agenda: tax & regulatory relief; free & fair trade. |
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Government Reform Bernie Sanders: Russian cyber-attacks threaten integrity of US elections. Marco Rubio: Sanctions against Russia for interfering in 2016 election. |
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Homeland Security Bernie Sanders: Don't privatize the Veterans Administration. Rand Paul: Fiscal conservatives must oppose unlimited military spending. |
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Immigration Dan Crenshaw: Build a wall on some parts, but other security along river. Deb Haaland: Separating children from parents at the border is appalling. Joe Neguse: Using troops to secure southern border is the wrong approach. Joni Ernst: Troops on Mexican border is ok, for logistical support. Lindsey Graham: Change asylum law to not apply to illegal border crossers. Ted Cruz: Use all tools available to stop asylum for migrant caravan. Marco Rubio: Child separation policy at border is simply un-American. John Kasich: DREAMers are part of the fabric of America. Marco Rubio: Children are trafficked into US illegally by criminal groups. Bernie Sanders: The Great Wall was ok in 1600s; not so smart today. |
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Principles & Values Bernie Sanders: Learn from Gingrich in 1994: propose bold Democratic agenda. John Kerry: Let's get back to fact-based democracy. Jennifer Wexton: Women run in 2018 because Trump makes democracy look fragile. Mike Bloomberg: Trump was not a business manager; I ran large organizations. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Republican Party needs to attract women & minorities. Jeff Flake: Republican Party needs to attract millennials & minorities. |
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Technology Chrissy Houlahan: We need to prioritize a big infrastructure bill. Marco Rubio: When Chinese companies steal I.P., put them out of business. |
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War & Peace Bernie Sanders: Withdraw US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen. Rand Paul: Cut off arms sales to Saudis; war in Yemen hurts US security. Marco Rubio: Selling arms to Saudi Arabia gives us leverage over them. Marco Rubio: Khashoggi: stop Saudi arms sales & reduce Yemen involvement. Mike Pence: Progress toward denuclearization & peace on Korean Peninsula. John Kerry: Change calculation in Syria by enforcing ceasefires. John Kerry: Use of force to respond to Syrian sarin gas attacks. John Kasich: Talk with North Korea, but reimpose sanctions if no results. Marco Rubio: North Korea should denuclearize, but I'm not optimistic. Lindsey Graham: Iran nuke deal allows a bomb after 15 years. Nikki Haley: Military action & sanctions against Syrian chemical weapons. Tim Kaine: Respond to Syrian chemical attack, but only via Congress. Rand Paul: Lesson of Iraq: unintended consequences from regime change. Rand Paul: We're actively in war in 7 countries, and none are declared. |
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2018 Sunday pundit shows (2018 Senate races and 2017-19 Gubernatorial races): |
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