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2008 presidential primary

McCain-Obama joint appearances:
Aug.16 -Jul.12 -Jun.28 -
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2008 Democratic primary debates
Apr.16 -Apr.13 -Feb.26 -Feb.21 -Feb.11 -Jan.31 -Jan.28 -Jan.21 -Jan.15 -Jan.5
2008 Republican primary debates
Feb.7 -Jan.30 -Jan.28 -Jan.24 -Jan.10 -Jan.6 -Jan.5
2008 Green primary debates
Feb.3 -Jan.13
2007 Republican primary debates
Dec.22 -Dec.12 -Dec.9 -Nov.28 -Oct.21 -Oct.9 -Sep.27 -Sep.17 -Sep.5 -Aug.5 -Jun.5 -May 15 -May 3
2007 Democratic primary debates
Dec.22 -Dec.13 -Dec.4 -Dec.1 -Nov.15 -Oct.30 -Sep.26 -Sep.20 -Sep.13 -Sep.9 -Aug.19 -Aug.9 -Aug.7 -Jul.23 -Jun.28 -Jun.3 -Apr.26 -Apr.10


Excerpts from Books by and about 2008 candidates
Sen. John McCain (R)
Why Courage Matters
Sen. Barack Obama (D)
Dreams From My Father
Sen. Joe Biden (D, VP)
Promises to Keep
Rep. Bob Barr (L)
The Meaning of IS
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (G)
Green Party Debate
Ralph Nader (I)
The Good Fight
Alan Keyes (NAIP)
Our Character, Our Future

Sen. Hillary Clinton
It Takes A Village
Sen. John Edwards
Ending Poverty in America
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Leadership
Sen. Mike Gravel
Citizen Power
Gov. Mike Huckabee
Character Makes A Difference
Amb. Alan Keyes
Our Character, Our Future
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
The Courage to Survive
Rep. Ron Paul
Freedom Under Siege
Gov. Bill Richardson
Leading By Example
Gov. Mitt Romney
Turnaround
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)

Speeches to Conservative Political Action Conference


Abortion
   John McCain: Pro-life and an advocate for the Rights of Man everywhere.
   Mike Huckabee: Will lead fight for constitutional ban on abortion.
   Ron Paul: Define life at conception in law, as scientific statement.
   Ron Paul: Protecting the life of the unborn is protecting liberty.
Budget & Economy
   Ron Paul: There's payback for guns and butter.
   Ron Paul: Repeal 16th Amendment and get rid of the income tax.
   Ron Paul: Great nations and empires end for financial reasons.
   Ron Paul: Live within our means and start paying down the deficit now.
   Ron Paul: All bets are off if a cataclysmic dollar devaluation occurs.
   Ron Paul: We owe foreigners $2.7 trillion and more printing won't do.
   Ron Paul: Stimulus package means more printing & devaluing the dollar.
Civil Rights
   Ron Paul: National ID card is part of fear-based government.
Families & Children
   Mitt Romney: Child development enhanced by having a mother & father.
Foreign Policy
   George W. Bush: History's verdict takes time to reveal itself.
   Mike Huckabee: Impeach judges who yield on our sovereignty.
   Mitt Romney: Unless US changes course, we'll no longer be superpower.
   Ron Paul: Can't spread our goodness through the barrel of a gun.
Government Reform
   Ron Paul: Constitution defines much smaller government.
   Ron Paul: Received the most campaign contributions from the military.
Homeland Security
   Dick Cheney: 6 years after 9/11, the war on terror is still real.
   Mitt Romney: Raise military spending to 4% of our GDP.
   Ron Paul: Military is not in good shape; we have a de facto draft.
   Ron Paul: We're broke and we just can't continue to police the world.
Immigration
   John McCain: Other aspects only after consensus that borders are secure.
Principles & Values
   George W. Bush: It is a privilege to see America's greatness up close.
   John McCain: I'm a mainstream conservative; judge my record as a whole.
   John McCain: My most basic conservative principle: liberty comes from God.
   John McCain: This 2008 election is about hugely consequential things.
   Mike Huckabee: Without moral absolutes, we are lost and confused.
   Mike Huckabee: Childhood heroes in AR: Jesus, Elvis, and FDR.
   Mike Huckabee: American's greatness is because we're rooted in our faith.
   Mike Huckabee: Not exiting; I didn't major in math; I majored in miracles.
   Mitt Romney: Withdrawing from race to help McCain beat Democrats.
   Ron Paul: We lost because we're neither compassionate nor conservative.
   Ron Paul: Liberty promotes peace, and peace promotes prosperity.
   Ron Paul: Tyranny and inflation are ancient, Bill of Rights isn't.
Technology
   Mike Huckabee: Post every federal expenditure on Internet without 24 hours.
War & Peace
   Dick Cheney: Our new strategy in Iraq has succeeded by careful planning.
   John McCain: Costs will be far greater should we fail in Iraq.
   Mike Huckabee: Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth.
   Mitt Romney: To Jihadists, democracy is blasphemous since people make law.
   Ron Paul: Voted for going after Al Qaeda, not invading Iraq.
   Ron Paul: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11; Al Qaeda was not in Iraq.
Welfare & Poverty
   Mitt Romney: Opportunity is in our DNA; dependency is death to initiative.


The above quotations are from Speeches to Conservative Political Action Conference.

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