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* [[Chris Dodd]] (D) | * [[Chris Dodd]] (D) | ||
* [[Dennis Kucinich]] (D) | * [[Dennis Kucinich]] (D) | ||
| − | * [[Hillary Clinton]] (D): | + | * [[Hillary Clinton]] (D): hated by Republicans, despite being rather like them in some ways; [[David Brin]] says "No senators!" |
* [[John Edwards]]: has formally announced candidacy | * [[John Edwards]]: has formally announced candidacy | ||
* [[John McCain]] launched presidential campaign on 2006-04-25 | * [[John McCain]] launched presidential campaign on 2006-04-25 | ||
| + | * [[Mike Huckabee]] (R) | ||
* [[Mitt Romney]] (R) | * [[Mitt Romney]] (R) | ||
* [[Ron Paul]] (R) - former [[Libertarian]], heavily supportive of the [[US Constitution]] | * [[Ron Paul]] (R) - former [[Libertarian]], heavily supportive of the [[US Constitution]] | ||
| − | * [[Rudy Giuliani]] (R | + | * [[Rudy Giuliani]] (R) |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 28 December 2007
Overview
This page is for information about the race (i.e. the candidates and their stands on various issues) for the upcoming 2008 US presidential election, which is bound to be a watershed event whichever way it goes.
Related Pages
This page is written from a standpoint of assuming that the voting process will proceed properly and democratically; for details and concerns about the actual voting, see 2008 US presidential election.
Candidates
Listing of people considered either candidates or possible candidates:
- Barack Obama (D)
- Chris Dodd (D)
- Dennis Kucinich (D)
- Hillary Clinton (D): hated by Republicans, despite being rather like them in some ways; David Brin says "No senators!"
- John Edwards: has formally announced candidacy
- John McCain launched presidential campaign on 2006-04-25
- Mike Huckabee (R)
- Mitt Romney (R)
- Ron Paul (R) - former Libertarian, heavily supportive of the US Constitution
- Rudy Giuliani (R)
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia: United States presidential election
- Campaigns Wikia: United States presidential election
- table of issues x positions
- Pick Your Candidate: lets you pick your position on about 20 issues, then shows you a list of candidates ranked by how closely their stated views agree with yours
- statistics from the above survey
Articles
- 2007-07-27 What Are the Democratic Candidates Really Saying about Iraq? by Ira Chernus: how to decipher the doublespeak (related: US invasion of Iraq)
News
- 2007-10-14 Groups on left, right ask candidates to reject Bush's wider powers: "President Bush's drive to expand executive power over surveillance, detention, interrogation and the meaning of new laws has drawn largely ineffectual protests from Congress. But a group of liberals and a handful of prominent conservatives are pressing would-be successors to renounce those powers before they take office."
- 2007-06-05 GOP Candidates Weigh in on Scooter Libby Pardon (Related: 2007-07-02 Libby bail-out)
Humor
- 2007-07-14 I Drew This looks at the 4 main GOP candidates
Miscellaneous
- Goldwater-Miller '08: the granddaughter and daughter of Barry Goldwater and Bill Miller make the point that George W. Bush's Republican Party is not truly conservative