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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 National Public Radio Presidential Debate for the Democratic candidates, at the Iowa State Historical and was co-sponsored by Iowa Public Radio, moderated by Steve Inskeep, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel; Dec. 4, 2007


Budget & Economy
   Barack Obama: Take China "to the mat" about currency manipulation.
Corporations
   Hillary Clinton: Bush defanged the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
   Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, Bush shrunk CPSC; but it shrank before Bush.
   John Edwards: Trade policy caters to interests of big corporate America.
   John Edwards: Corporate interests have taken over democracy.
Education
   Chris Dodd: Education is the heart of who we are.
Energy & Oil
   Barack Obama: Aggressively address accelerating climate change.
   Joe Biden: FactCheck: Oil did not jump $18/bbl due to Iran Resolution.
Environment
   Chris Dodd: Country-of-origin & ingredient labeling for food imports.
   Hillary Clinton: Better track kids' products for exposures to toxic materials.
Foreign Policy
   Chris Dodd: Gold medal to Tibetan Dalai Lama sends strong message.
   Hillary Clinton: China respects us if we call them on human rights breaches.
   Hillary Clinton: Deeply involved with Bill Clinton's foreign policy team.
   Hillary Clinton: Operate from a position of strength, but not confrontation.
   Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Chinese did black out Hillary, but DID invite her.
   Joe Biden: Hold China accountable; it's capitulation, not competition.
   Mike Gravel: With policy of "beggar thy neighbor," we all become beggars.
Free Trade
   Joe Biden: Toughest choice: rationalizing competition & trade policy.
Immigration
   Barack Obama: Illegals shouldn't work; but should have path to citizenship.
   Barack Obama: Don't deputize Americans to turn in illegal immigrants.
   Barack Obama: OK to provide government services in Spanish.
   Chris Dodd: Hold employers accountable for knowingly hiring illegals.
   Dennis Kucinich: No vigilantism & no sending illegals home willy-nilly.
   Dennis Kucinich: Encourage the American people to reach out; learn languages.
   Hillary Clinton: English unifies us; teach ESL but support other languages.
   Joe Biden: H1-B visas only for jobs Americans can't do.
   Joe Biden: FactCheck: 67% of illegal aliens speak Spanish; not 40%.
   John Edwards: Loss of middle-class jobs drives down wages, not immigrants.
   John Edwards: No short-term solution; need comprehensive reform.
   John Edwards: H1-B visas only for jobs Americans can't do.
   Mike Gravel: We're making a mountain out of a mole hill on immigration.
Jobs
   John Edwards: Trade policy should look out for manufacturing jobs.
Principles & Values
   Dennis Kucinich: I've been right all along on Iraq, Iran, & healthcare.


The above quotations are from 2007 National Public Radio Presidential Debate for the Democratic candidates, at the Iowa State Historical and was co-sponsored by Iowa Public Radio, moderated by Steve Inskeep, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel; Dec. 4, 2007.

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