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~~George Allen~~
(Former Virginia Senator) Never entered race.

~~Michael Bloomberg~~
(NYC Mayor).

~~Sam Brownback~~
(Kansas Senator) Withdrew Nov. 2007.

~~Jeb Bush~~
(Governor of Florida): Never entered race.

~~John Cox~~
(Chair of Cook County GOP, Chicago IL).

~~Bill Frist~~
(Tennessee Senator): Withdrew Nov. 2006.

~~Newt Gingrich~~
(former Speaker of the House): Opted out of race, Sept. 2007.

~~James Gilmore~~
(former Governor of Virginia): Withdrew July 2007.

~~Rudy Giuliani~~
(former NYC Mayor). Withdrew Jan. 30, 2008, after Florida primary

~~Chuck Hagel~~
(Nebraska Senator): Never entered race.

~~Mike Huckabee~~
(Governor of Arkansas).

~~Duncan Hunter~~
(California Representative). Withdrew after Nevada caucuses, Jan. 2008

John McCain
(Arizona Senator).

~~George Pataki~~
(New York Governor): Never entered race.

Ron Paul
(Texas Representative).

~~Mitt Romney~~
(Massachusetts Governor).

~~Tom Tancredo~~
(Colorado Representative): Withdrew, Dec. 2007.

~~Fred Thompson~~
(former TN Senator). Withdrew Jan. 2008 after SC primary

~~Tommy Thompson~~
(former Wisconsin Governor and Secretary of HHS): Withdrew Aug. 2007.

~~Mark Sanford~~
(South Carolina Governor): Never entered race.

Possible 2008 Democratic presidential challengers:

~~Evan Bayh~~
(IN Senator): Withdrew Dec. 2006.

~~Joe Biden~~
(DE Senator): Withdrew after Iowa Cuacus, Jan 2008.

~~Wes Clark~~
(former NATO commander): Never entered race.

Hillary Clinton
(NY Senator).

~~Tom Daschle~~
(Former SD Senator): Never entered race.

~~Christopher Dodd~~
(CT Senator): Withdrew after Iowa Cuacus, Jan 2008.

~~John Edwards~~
(former NC Senator). Withdrew Jan. 30, 2008, after Florida primary.

~~Russ Feingold~~
(WI Senator): Withdrew Nov. 2006.

~~Al Gore~~
(former V.P.): Never entered race.

~~John Kerry~~
(MA Senator): Withdrew Jan. 2007.

~~Dennis Kucinich~~
(OH Representative); withdrew Jan. 2008 to defend House seat.

Barack Obama
(IL Senator).

~~Bill Richardson~~
(NM Governor); withdrew after NH primary, Jan. 2008.

~~Al Sharpton~~
(Reverend): Never entered race.

~~Tom Vilsack~~
(IA Governor): Withdrew Feb. 2007.

~~Mark Warner~~
(VA Governor): Withdrew Oct. 2006.

Possible 3rd-Party presidential challengers:

Constitution Party:
Chuck Baldwin
(Radio talk-show host): Nominated, May 2008.

Libertarian:
Bob Barr
(former GA Rep.)

Independent:
~~Michael Bloomberg~~
(NYC Mayor)

Libertarian:
Mike Gravel
(former AK Senator)

Constitution Party:
~~Alan Keyes~~
(Maryland talk-show host): Lost nomination, May 2008.

PLS:
Gloria La Riva
(Liberation & Socialism)

Green Party:
Cynthia McKinney
(Former GA Representative).

Socialist Party:
Brian Moore

Independent:
Ralph Nader
(2000 & 2004 candidate).

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Dennis Kucinich on Abortion

Click here for 23 full quotes on Abortion OR other candidates on Abortion OR background on Abortion.

Litmus test on Roe, but as part of a culture of life. (Apr 2007)
Women's right-to-choose is essential to gender equality. (Nov 2006)
Abortions should always be legal. (Jan 2004)
Shifted to pro-choice when women's health became at risk. (Dec 2003)
All men & women have right to make difficult moral decisions. (Aug 2003)
Supreme Court nominees must agree to uphold Roe v. Wade. (Apr 2003)
Women can't be free unless they have the right to choose. (Apr 2003)
Prevention, education, & health care, to minimize abortions. (Apr 2003)
Life begins at conception. (Jul 1996)
Voting Record
Journey in 2002 from pro-life to pro-choice. (Apr 2003)
Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother�s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals. (Sep 2006)
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Dennis Kucinich on Budget & Economy

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As Cleveland mayor, first city to default since Depression. (Nov 2007)
Cleveland declaring bankruptcy ok, to save public utility. (Sep 2007)
Bailing out mortgage lenders just postpones crisis. (Aug 2007)
Make any corporation with an American name pay taxes here. (Jun 2007)
FactCheck: military spending less than entitlement programs. (Jun 2007)
Must cut Pentagon spending. (Jan 2004)
WPA-type program will create jobs and rebuild America. (Jan 2004)
Social cuts redistribute wealth upwards. (Jan 2004)
$435B trade deficit is critical to economy. (Sep 2003)
Steel, automotive, and shipping are critical to US economy. (Sep 2003)
Cut the runaway Pentagon budget to save the economy. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)

Dennis Kucinich on Civil Rights

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Not any issue on which he disagrees with GLBT community. (Aug 2007)
Real GLBT equality includes the right to marry. (Aug 2007)
Supports reparations for slavery, to "repair the breach". (Jul 2007)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender right to marry. (Jul 2007)
Supreme Court has forgotten 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendment. (Jul 2007)
Overturn the Patriot Act as unconstitutional. (Jun 2007)
Civil marriage is not necessarily between a man & a woman. (Feb 2004)
Allow gays and lesbians to marry. (Nov 2003)
Reparations for slavery should take form of social programs. (Nov 2003)
Repeal the PATRIOT Act: stop being driven by fear. (Sep 2003)
Must challenge rationale of USA PATRIOT Act. (Aug 2003)
Same sex couples deserve equal domestic benefits. (Aug 2003)
Affirmative action is necessary & right & must be preserved. (Aug 2003)
Prayer for America: Why put aside Constitutional justice? (Feb 2002)
Focus on jobs instead of pitting people against each other. (Jul 1996)
Voting Record
Voted against the misnamed "Patriot Act". (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
Rated 64% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
Rated 94% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007)
Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements. (Jan 2008)

Dennis Kucinich on Corporations

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Break up monopolies in agriculture, in utilities, in oil. (Jun 2007)
Democracy fails without corporate regulation. (Sep 2003)
Iraq: no more Halliburton sweetheart deals. (Sep 2003)
Cleveland's bankruptcy was hard decision but right decision. (May 2003)
Enron: Dems should become party of re-regulation. (May 2002)
Need separation of corporation and state. (May 2002)
Rescued Cleveland Electric from profitable utility. (Jan 1977)
Voted YES on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
Voted NO on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
Voted NO on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)
Require Code of Conduct for US corporations abroad. (Aug 2001)
Rated 15% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Dennis Kucinich on Crime

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End mandatory minimums. (Jun 2007)
Ban the death penalty-98% of those convicted are poor. (Jan 2004)
Terminate the federal death penalty, even if unpopular. (Sep 2003)
Focus on prevention, not punishment. (Jul 1996)
Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
Rated 80% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
Rated 50% by the NCJA, indicating a "soft-on-crime" stance. (Dec 2005)

Dennis Kucinich on Drugs

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Reduce sentencing disparity for crack cocaine retroactively. (Dec 2007)
Supports national ban on smoking in public places. (Sep 2007)
Lower drinking age from 21 to 18; and voting age to 16. (Sep 2007)
Medical marijuana should be decided by doctors & patients. (Aug 2007)
Hasn't smoked marijuana, but would decriminalize it. (Nov 2003)
Emphasizes rehabilitation over incarceration. (Sep 2003)
War on Drugs benefits only the prison-industrial complex. (Aug 2003)
Racial bias in drug enforcement is pervasive. (Aug 2003)
Addiction is a medical and moral problem. (Aug 2003)
Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
Rated A+ by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
Rated +10 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)

Dennis Kucinich on Education

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Cut the Pentagon budget 15% for tuition-free college. (Oct 2007)
End No Child Left Behind; end testing as be-all & end-all. (Sep 2007)
Free education from pre-kindergarten to college. (Sep 2007)
Fund universal pre-K with 15% cut in Pentagon budget. (Aug 2007)
Teach sex ed in schools; including AIDS prevention. (Aug 2007)
Sent kids to public school; apply that to all kids. (Jul 2007)
Stop funding war, start funding education; 15% DoD reduction. (Jun 2007)
Constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal opportunity. (Jun 2007)
Quality education is a core American right. (Nov 2006)
Vouchers divert public money away from public schools. (Jan 2004)
Stop making us a nation of test-takers: free education. (Jan 2004)
Establish universal pre-kindergarten programs. (Aug 2003)
Keep public education separate from private education. (Jul 1996)
Voted NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
Voted NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
Voted YES on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3. (Mar 2001)
Teacher development grants to improve math & science classes. (Jan 2001)
Opposes requiring schools to allow school prayer. (Jan 2001)
Rated 90% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

Dennis Kucinich on Energy & Oil

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Voted against drilling in Alaska, against union preference. (Nov 2007)
Cost of nuclear energy ignores storage continuing forever. (Sep 2007)
Current approach to energy results in war for oil. (Jul 2007)
Twin threats of global warring and global warming. (Jun 2007)
Raise CAFE standard from 27.5 mpg to 45, and 40 for SUVs. (Jan 2004)
Nuclear waste poses grave danger to US. (Aug 2003)
Auto-dependent sprawl causes runoff pollution. (Aug 2003)
Double our energy from renewable sources by 2010. (Jun 2003)
Global Green Deal for renewable energy. (Jun 2003)
$50B solar venture fund for developing nations. (Aug 2002)
Voting Record
Journey to planet Earth: renewable energy by 2010. (Jan 2004)
Would sign Kyoto climate change treaty. (Aug 2003)
Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
Voted YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)
Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)
Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
Voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
Voted NO on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
Voted YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
Voted YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)

Dennis Kucinich on Environment

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Katrina response underscores what's wrong about race. (Jun 2007)
Scored 100% on Humane Society Scorecard on animal protection. (Jan 2007)
Water should forever be in the public domain. (Aug 2003)
Bush's wetland rules would increase flooding. (Aug 2003)
Clean, safe water is a human right. (Aug 2003)
A clean environment is not a luxury. (Aug 2003)
Market-based system has no place in water distribution. (Aug 2002)
Water Marks: 10 principles for water protection. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (May 2006)
Voted NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
Prohibits commercial logging on Federal public lands. (Apr 2001)
Rated 85% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
Health impact assessments for environmental health. (Apr 2006)
Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)

Dennis Kucinich on Families & Children

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Teach principles of compassion to reduce domestic violence. (Jun 2007)
Dept. of Peace should address all forms of violence. (Aug 2003)
Dept. of Peace would address violence at home. (Jun 2002)
Voted NO on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)
Rated 25% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
Ban high lead levels in children's toys. (Nov 2005)
Fund 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs in underserved areas. (Dec 1997)

Dennis Kucinich on Foreign Policy

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My most favored nation is America; no MFN for China. (Aug 2007)
If Darfur had oil, we'd be occupying Sudan. (Jun 2007)
Reject war as an instrument of foreign policy. (Jun 2007)
Americans have been misled about the Iraqi war. (Jan 2004)
Affirm intention to work with the world community. (Nov 2003)
Promote international treaties but reject global corporatism. (Aug 2003)
Lead world to sustainable energy production. (Aug 2003)
Foreign aid for peace incentives, not conflict. (Jul 1996)
Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
Voted NO on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. (May 2001)
Voted NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)
Allow Americans to travel to Cuba. (May 2000)
Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)
Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)

Dennis Kucinich on Free Trade

Click here for 36 full quotes on Free Trade OR other candidates on Free Trade OR background on Free Trade.

We need a policy of constructive engagement with China. (Dec 2007)
Either buy America or bye-bye America. (Dec 2007)
NAFTA accelerated immigration from Mexico, in search of jobs. (Sep 2007)
FactCheck: NAFTA coincided with (not caused) peso collapse. (Sep 2007)
Manufacturing policy: trade based on workers right. (Aug 2007)
Base trade on worker rights, human rights & environment. (Aug 2007)
Go back to trade based on worker's rights. (Jul 2007)
Democrats started NAFTA; Democrats will end it. (Jun 2007)
NAFTA and GATT intentionally limit workers rights. (Feb 2007)
Withdraw from NAFTA and WTO. (Nov 2006)
Withdraw from WTO because they disallow protecting jobs. (Feb 2004)
Americans' social consciousness overrides cheap goods. (Jan 2004)
Free trade encourages privatization, so avoid it. (Jan 2004)
Bilateral trade structure to support American manufacturing. (Jan 2004)
President has authority to cancel NAFTA and WTO-I will. (Jan 2004)
Push trade deals based on power of US market leverage. (Nov 2003)
First act as president will be to cancel NAFTA. (Sep 2003)
Need specific worker rights written into trade agreements. (Sep 2003)
Companies profit from trade based on Third World misery. (Sep 2003)
Review & modify all treaties not respecting human rights. (Aug 2003)
No NAFTA, No WTO, No Fast Track. (Aug 2003)
Cancel NAFTA and the WTO. (May 2003)
Don't sacrifice our rights to global corporate ethic. (Apr 2003)
Retaliatory tariffs yes; GATT no. (Jul 1996)
Voting Record
Against China MFN because of $100B trade deficit. (Sep 2003)
Voted NO on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
Voted NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
Voted NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
Voted NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)
Maintain anti-dumping restrictions against foreign importers. (Oct 2001)
Rated 39% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)

Dennis Kucinich on Government Reform

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14th and 15th Amendment are being shredded. (Dec 2007)
1967: Argued "not a job agency"; reduce size of City Council. (Nov 2007)
Introduced impeachment resolution to make Cheney accountable. (Jun 2007)
Public campaign financing yields to public control. (Nov 2003)
Public financing for elections. (Aug 2003)
Register on election day; more voting rights enhancements. (Aug 2003)
Give DC residents proper representation. (Aug 2003)
Debate reform opens the door to new candidates. (Aug 2003)
Implement Instant Runoff Voting in US. (Aug 2003)
Will not accept corporate PAC money. (Aug 2003)
Private campaign financing leads to private control of gov't. (Aug 2003)
Spend money on job creation, not corporate cronies. (Jun 2003)
End privatization: it sells government to lowest bidder. (May 2003)
Voting Record
Voted against certifying 2004 election because of Ohio fraud. (Jul 2007)
Impeach VP Cheney for taking US into Iraq War based on lies. (Apr 2007)
Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
Voted NO on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)
Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
Voted NO on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
Voted NO on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)
Voted NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)
Criminalize false or deceptive info about elections. (Nov 2005)
Reject photo ID requirements for voting. (Sep 2005)

Dennis Kucinich on Gun Control

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We have babies dying in the streets; ban handguns. (Jul 2007)
Ban sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns. (Nov 2006)
Require background checks, licensing, and fingerprinting. (Jan 2004)
Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)

Dennis Kucinich on Health Care

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Insurance companies make money by NOT providing health care. (Oct 2007)
Let the US be like every other industrialized democracy. (Sep 2007)
Fake debate if we talk about maintaining present system. (Sep 2007)
FactCheck:Insurance industry profit is under $97B, not $600B. (Sep 2007)
Challenge system of premiums, co-pays and deductibles. (Aug 2007)
Medicare For All: all long-term care totally covered. (Aug 2007)
Healthcare access is a basic right in a democratic society. (Jun 2007)
Half of all bankruptcies come from medical bills. (Jun 2007)
Universal not-for-profit health care. (Apr 2007)
Break the hold of the insurance companies. (Mar 2007)
Competition between insurers only drives up profits. (Mar 2007)
Key to reform: end role for for-profit insurance companies. (Feb 2007)
Streamlined national health insurance as Enhanced Medicare. (Nov 2006)
Single-payer isn't in platform because it offends donors. (Feb 2004)
Not socialism, but a change from predatory capitalism. (Feb 2004)
Not-for-profit system differs from Hillary's pro-HMO system. (Jan 2004)
Tax employers to pay for single-payer plan. (Jan 2004)
Rally to elect a new Congress to pass new health care deal. (Nov 2003)
I'm not selling insurance-switch to not-for-profit system. (Nov 2003)
Single-payer for alternative medicine, mental health, more. (Sep 2003)
7.7% tax to pay for full coverage. (Sep 2003)
Health is a right, not a privilege. (Sep 2003)
Take profit motive out of health care. (Sep 2003)
Insurance companies do not heal people; practitioners do. (Aug 2003)
Seniors forced to choose between medicine and food. (Aug 2003)
Prescription for America: ceiling on drug company profits. (Aug 2003)
Regulate prescription drug prices like utility rates. (Aug 2003)
Medicare for All: universal single-payer national system. (Aug 2003)
Private companies charge 18% admin & Medicare charges 3%. (May 2003)
Raise taxes for guaranteed, single payer, universal care. (May 2003)
Voting Record
HR 676, Conyers-Kucinich bill, establishes Medicare for all. (Mar 2007)
Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
Voted NO on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)

Dennis Kucinich on Homeland Security

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National service yes; military draft no. (Dec 2007)
Strength through peace. (Sep 2007)
Cut military spending by 25%; fund diplomacy instead. (Jun 2007)
Believe in international law, not assassination politics. (Jun 2007)
Global war on terror is pretext for aggressive war. (Apr 2007)
Treaties on nuclear, bio & chem non-proliferation. (Apr 2007)
Opposes the use of war as an instrument of policy. (Jan 2007)
Repeal the Patriot Act. (Nov 2006)
Bush doctrine of preemption and unilateralism is wrong. (Jan 2004)
Weapons in outer space and missile shields are DOD waste. (Jan 2004)
Create domestic Dept. of Peace & make all war obsolete. (Oct 2003)
$550B defense budget implies more taxes. (Sep 2003)
Cut defense budget by 15%, even if unpopular. (Sep 2003)
End the ban on gays in military. (Aug 2003)
Terminating ABM treaty was unconstitutional. (Aug 2003)
Violence and war are not inevitable. (Aug 2003)
Confront the bloat and waste in Pentagon budget. (Aug 2003)
Hometown Security: social spending instead of military. (Aug 2003)
Abide by Non-Proliferation, ABM, and Test Ban Treaties. (Aug 2003)
Bush's foreign policy of preemption is destabilizing. (May 2003)
Abandon plans for a missile shield. (Mar 2002)
Voting Record
We did not authorize a permanent war economy. (Feb 2002)
Voted NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)
Voted NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)
Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)
Voted NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
Voted NO on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
Voted NO on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
Voted NO on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)
Voted NO on supporting new position of Director of National Intelligence. (Dec 2004)
Voted NO on adopting the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. (Oct 2004)
Voted NO on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
Voted NO on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
Voted NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
Voted NO on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)
Take US nuclear missiles off high alert. (Aug 2001)
End the use of anti-personnel mines. (Mar 2001)
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)
Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Feb 2007)

Dennis Kucinich on Immigration

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No vigilantism & no sending illegals home willy-nilly. (Dec 2007)
Encourage the American people to reach out; learn languages. (Dec 2007)
There aren't any illegal human beings. (Nov 2007)
Promote Spanish as a second national language. (Sep 2007)
Build relationships between nations, not walls. (Sep 2007)
Sanctuary cities follow moral law if not federal law. (Sep 2007)
Stop blaming immigrants for our system of slave labor. (Jun 2007)
Roadmap to citizenship for immigrants. (Jan 2004)
Bush immigration program is indentured servitude. (Jan 2004)
Extend our arms to world-immigrant amnesty and more. (Sep 2003)
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
Voted NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)
Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)

Dennis Kucinich on Jobs

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I'm the one candidate who comes from the working class. (Nov 2007)
Put unemployed to work rebuilding infrastructure. (Nov 2007)
Require all government agencies to follow ENDA for GLBT jobs. (Aug 2007)
Restore right to organize; to collective bargain; to strike. (Aug 2007)
Would accept minimum wage as president, reluctantly. (Jul 2007)
Works Green Administration: WGA creates green jobs, like WPA. (Jun 2007)
Cancel tax cuts for the rich. (Nov 2003)
Rebuild infrastructure with a program like FDR's WPA. (Sep 2003)
Shift USDA funds from agribusiness to family farmers. (Aug 2003)
Labor defends workers when corporations attack. (Aug 2003)
Right to a job and to decent wages. (Aug 2003)
Labor protections; not binding employer arbitration. (Aug 2003)
Genetically-engineered food is an issue of freedom of choice. (Aug 2003)
Address plight of small farmer by canceling NAFTA & WTO. (Aug 2003)
Break apart monopolistic agribusiness companies. (Aug 2003)
National ban on packer ownership of livestock. (Aug 2003)
Farm worker safety by fining employers. (Aug 2003)
Invest in rural America. (Aug 2003)
Enshrine workers' rights in a workers' White House. (May 2003)
Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. (May 2003)
Engrave into stone the rights of working people. (Aug 2002)
Voting Record
Give teeth to the National Labor Relations Act. (Feb 2007)
Raise minimum wage to over $8.50. (Jan 2004)
Repeal portions of Taft-Hartley Act; enhance right to strike. (Aug 2003)
Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 2001)
Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)

Dennis Kucinich on Principles & Values

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Excluded from debate by Nevada Supreme Court ruling. (Jan 2008)
I've been right all along on Iraq, Iran, & healthcare. (Dec 2007)
Ran for city council seat before he was old enough to vote. (Nov 2007)
Won House seat "Because he was right" as mayor. (Nov 2007)
Met wife Elizabeth when she lobbied him on monetary policy. (Nov 2007)
Planned as teenager to become Mayor of Cleveland. (Nov 2007)
RFK assassination persuaded him to fight to change the world. (Nov 2007)
This debate is total flop for ignoring practical aspirations. (Oct 2007)
Sighted a UFO in Washington State. (Oct 2007)
Decisive moment: living as child out of family car. (Aug 2007)
Elected to Congress on 5th try; only on 2nd presidential run. (Aug 2007)
I am in the center of American people's hopes and dreams. (Aug 2007)
Biggest mistake was firing police chief on Good Friday. (Apr 2007)
I can move this country because I have no strings. (Feb 2007)
Day 1: Pull out of Iraq, NAFTA, and the WTO. (Jan 2004)
Endorsed by Natural Law Party's 2000 presidential nominee. (Jan 2004)
His campaign's lack of media coverage becomes a media story. (Nov 2003)
Will run for House and President simultaneously. (Nov 2003)
A Green Democrat, but will support Dem nominee over Green. (Nov 2003)
Favorite song: John Lennon, "Imagine". (Sep 2003)
Grew up poor, so is attuned to the concerns of the people. (Sep 2003)
Sacrificed political career to save city utility ownership. (Aug 2003)
Broccoli would be welcomed in first vegetarian White House. (May 2003)
Grass-roots campaign to take back America for the people. (May 2003)
Declaration of human economic rights of the American people. (Feb 2003)
Long list of legislative priorities in Congress. (Jul 1996)
Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Oct 2001)
Rated 92% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation. (Dec 2006)
Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)

Dennis Kucinich on Social Security

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Raise the cap to protect Social Security. (Sep 2007)
Strengthen protections for private pensions. (Sep 2007)
Privatization is off the table-I'll block it. (Sep 2003)
Return retirement age to 65-we're solid thru 2041. (Sep 2003)
Restore retirement age to 65. (Aug 2003)
Safe retirement is part of American Dream. (Aug 2003)
Double standard between employers & employees must end. (Aug 2003)
Stop privatization and return retirement age to 65. (May 2003)
Voted NO on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable. (May 2001)
Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
Voted YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)

Dennis Kucinich on Tax Reform

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Keep child tax credit, and extend it to more families. (Jan 2004)
Fact Check: Says $40K earners pay same as $400K -not really. (Jan 2004)
Repeal tax cuts for wealthy to fund public higher ed. (Oct 2003)
Top 272,000 taxpayers got as much benefit as bottom 129M. (Sep 2003)
Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Dec 2007)
Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Dec 2005)
Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)
Voted NO on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit. (May 2004)
Voted NO on permanently eliminating the marriage penalty. (Apr 2004)
Voted NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
Voted NO on $99 B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts. (Oct 2001)
Voted NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years. (May 2001)
Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
Voted NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)
American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person. (Feb 2001)
Rated 29% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)

Dennis Kucinich on Technology

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Create a federal bank of infrastructure modernization. (Aug 2007)
Technologies will create jobs. (Jan 2004)
Rebuild cities to prevent urban sprawl. (Nov 2003)
Stimulate economy with massive new WPA-type program. (Oct 2003)
Americans need more info about genetic alterations in food. (Aug 2003)
Subsidize farmer losses due to genetic modifications. (Aug 2003)
Voted NO on retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on $23B instead of $4.9B for waterway infrastructure. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet). (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on increasing fines for indecent broadcasting. (Feb 2005)
Voted NO on promoting commercial human space flight industry. (Nov 2004)
Voted NO on banning Internet gambling by credit card. (Jun 2003)
Voted NO on allowing telephone monopolies to offer Internet access. (Feb 2002)
Require text on TV for visually-impaired viewers. (Apr 2005)
Facilitate nationwide 2-1-1 phone line for human services. (Jan 2007)
Overturn FCC approval of media consolidation. (Mar 2008)

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Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace

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I was right the first time; now no evidence of nukes in Iran. (Dec 2007)
US role: security for Israel and a state for Palestine. (Dec 2007)
There's no basis for an Iran military resolution. (Oct 2007)
Impeach Bush for violating international law on preemption. (Oct 2007)
The war against Iraq was about oil. (Oct 2007)
Urge Iran to let go nuclear and abolish nuclear in the US. (Oct 2007)
All troops out well before 2013, with no partition. (Sep 2007)
US army has civilian leadership; it's not Patraeus' decision. (Sep 2007)
Congress has the Constitutional power to end the war. (Sep 2007)
Assassination is extrajudicial killing; not even Osama. (Sep 2007)
Iraq plan: Reconstruction, rehabilitation, & reconciliation. (Sep 2007)
Biden Plan splits up Iraq. (Sep 2007)
Use $97 billion of Iraq funding to bring troops home. (Aug 2007)
November 2006 election meant Dems promised to exit Iraq. (Aug 2007)
Strength through peace: pursue science of human relations. (Jul 2007)
Democrats have failed the American people by not ending war. (Jul 2007)
Same thinking that took us into Iraq will take us into Iran. (Jul 2007)
Path to peace runs right through Jerusalem. (Jun 2007)
The Iraq war has been based on lies. (Jun 2007)
Democrats were elected to end the war. (Jun 2007)
End the Iraq occupation & use the military for peacekeeping. (Jun 2007)
Use Iraq funding only to bring the troops home. (Jan 2007)
Best way to support the troops is to bring them home. (Jan 2007)
Bush's Iraq plan failed because it was predicated on lies. (Jan 2007)
Stop building Israeli wall; start rebuilding infrastructure. (Nov 2003)
Barred from CIA briefing, but considers them misleading. (Oct 2003)
Supports Palestinian security and Israeli security. (Aug 2003)
Establish a cabinet Department of Peace and Nonviolence. (Jun 2003)
America should not be the world's policeman. (Sep 2002)
Iraq War
The surge strategy is fueling the insurgency. (Nov 2007)
FactCheck: $2 trillion for Iraq? High, but accurate estimate. (Jun 2007)
We're in Iraq for oil & looking at attacking Iran for oil. (Apr 2007)
FactCheck: Iraqi oil production has fallen during war. (Apr 2007)
Insurgency in Iraq is being fueled by US occupation. (Apr 2007)
New direction in Iraq, and that direction is out. (Apr 2007)
Bring in UN troops, and pay reparations to Iraq. (Apr 2007)
Cut off the funds; end the occupation of Iraq. (Feb 2007)
Reparations to Iraq for 650,000 innocent civilians killed. (Feb 2007)
International Cooperation: US out of Iraq, UN in. (Nov 2006)
Democratic Party is divided over the war in Iraq. (Jan 2004)
Disavowing Iraqi oil creates entirely different direction. (Jan 2004)
90 days to bring US troops home and rotate the UN troops in. (Dec 2003)
Let go of Iraqi oil and let the UN in. (Dec 2003)
Let the UN rebuild Iraq and develop its governance. (Nov 2003)
Have UN handle all Iraqi oil contracts. (Sep 2003)
End Bush's blunder: Bring US troops home & bring UN in. (Sep 2003)
War in Iraq was wrong, and isolated the US. (Aug 2003)
Question Bush's truthfulness on Iraq. (Jun 2003)
No credible evidence for offensive against Iraq. (Sep 2002)
Voting Record
One cannot be against Iraq war yet still fund it. (Apr 2007)
Lack of info was no excuse for voting for Iraq war. (Apr 2007)
2003 war vote was audition for presidential decision-making. (Apr 2007)
I voted against war because I saw no proof from Bush. (Feb 2007)
No on $87B for Iraq-bring the troops home before it's $245B. (Sep 2003)
$87B to "protect troops" is cynical; end the war. (Sep 2003)
We authorized a response to 9/11, not war without end. (Feb 2002)
Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
Voted NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)
Voted YES on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo. (May 1999)
Impeach Dick Cheney for lying about Iraq. (May 2007)
Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus. (Jan 2007)

Dennis Kucinich on Welfare & Poverty

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Address poverty with full employment economy & social reform. (Dec 2007)
Funding faith-based initiatives with taxes is problematic. (Oct 2007)
Separate state from church, not from spiritual values. (Aug 2007)
Public sector has moral responsibility to provide jobs. (Aug 2003)
Education is only solution to alleviate poverty. (Aug 2003)
Work not welfare for those able to work. (Jul 1996)
Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients. (Feb 2003)
Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality. (Nov 1999)

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Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
(+2 points on Social scale) Litmus test on Roe, but as part of a culture of life: Favors topic 1
Women's right-to-choose is essential to gender equality: Strongly Favors topic 1
Abortions should always be legal: Strongly Favors topic 1
All men & women have right to make difficult moral decisions: Favors topic 1
Supreme Court nominees must agree to uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1
Women can't be free unless they have the right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Prevention, education, & health care, to minimize abortions: Opposes topic 1
Life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Journey in 2002 from pro-life to pro-choice: Favors topic 1
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record: Strongly Favors topic 1
Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals: Favors topic 1
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance: Strongly Favors topic 1
Ensure access to and funding for contraception: Favors topic 1
YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1
YES on banning partial-birth abortions: Opposes topic 1
YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad: Opposes topic 1
YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes: Opposes topic 1
NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother�s life: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1
YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Favors topic 1

Strongly Favors topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale) Supports reparations for slavery, to "repair the breach": Strongly Favors topic 2
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2
Rated 94% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements: Favors topic 2
NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2
YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Favors topic 2

Strongly Favors topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(+5 points on Social scale) Not any issue on which he disagrees with GLBT community: Strongly Favors topic 3
Real GLBT equality includes the right to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3
Gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender right to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3
Allow gays and lesbians to marry: Strongly Favors topic 3
Same sex couples deserve equal domestic benefits: Strongly Favors topic 3
Affirmative action is necessary & right & must be preserved: Strongly Favors topic 3
End the ban on gays in military:

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