en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:43:45 GMT 15 By PATRICK BROWN
Halfway through the race to the White House, some candidates have pulled out while others pull ahead. On the Republican side, a recent withdrawal by Rudy Giuliani has left John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul as the only remaining Presidential candidates. With the withdrawal of John Edwards, the Democratic debate is down to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Frontrunners include McCain on the Republican side and Clinton fighting for the Democrats. McCain’s recent success in Florida’s primary has placed him in good position for Super Tuesday, wherein many states participate in primary elections. McCain supports the war saying, “America, Iraq and the world are better off …and we must honor their sacrifice by seeing this mission through to victory.” Yet he firmly believes significant policy changes must be made. McCain opposes universal health care and the continuation of tax cuts for the purpose of boosting the economy. Clinton’s position regarding the war in Iraq and creating universal health care has put her in a narrow first place with Democratic voters. She supports reformation for dealing with immigrants, but will not grant driver’s licenses for persons without documentation, and stated that she “will press for comprehensive immigration reform that deals with all of the issues around illegal immigration including border security and fixing our broken system.” Republican Romney, in second place, is strongly against abortion, explaining that “abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape and to save the life of the mother.” He opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants, but believes the United States should keep an open door policy explaining, “I want to see more immigration in our country, but more legal immigration and less illegal immigration.” Illinois Senator Obama is neck and neck with Clinton. He strongly supports universal healthcare, saying, “The time has come for universal health care in America... I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next President, we should have universal health care in this country.” Obama also supports a guest worker program for the undocumented population. Obama has said that he “will not support any bill that does not provide [an] earned path to citizenship for the undocumented population.” ]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:58:00 GMT