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Meet the Candidate: Rick Santorum
By Eli Bolus
Candidate: Rick Santorum
Political Party: Republican
Qualifications: Pennsylvania U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senate
Website: ricksantorum.com
Stance on Issues
Economy: Create jobs by rolling back job killing laws, lowering taxes, and increasing innovation and entrepreneurship.
Energy: Decrease dependence on foreign oil by drilling in Alaska and other oil possibilities in America.
Education: Attempted to include the “Santorum Amendment” in No Child Left Behind; it was an attempt allow Intelligent design to be taught in public schools.
Environment: Supported drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska and in 1999 he worked to strip the Energy Department of 65 million dollars tagged to solar energy research.
National Security: Recognize Iran as a serious threat and to combat Iran by working with Israel to determine the proper military response to stabilize the region.
Abortion: Pro-life; wants to take funding from Planned Parenthood and birth control.
Immigration: Feels the strong influx is damaging to the nation and a strong advocate of former President George W. Bush’s U.S.-Mexico fence initiative and guest worker program.
Meet the candidates: Barack Obama
By Eli Bolus
Candidate: Barack Obama
Political Party: Democrat
Qualifications: Former Senator from Illinois
Website: barackobama.com
Stance on Issues
Economy: Wants to increase jobs and American manufacturing. Also supports small businesses with tax cuts and increased health care options for employees.
Energy: Prevent more accidents, like the B.P. oil spill with increased regulations, and increase the use of alternate energy like wind and solar energy.
Education: Reform No Child Left Behind, reduce teacher lay-offs and “out-educate” the rest of the world.
Environment: Wants to improve air quality and clear skies by regulating mercury emmsions, which will save up to 17,000 lives each year.
National Security: Bring the troops home while still working to defeat Al-Queda. He also supports our veterans with improved benefits and opportunities.
Abortion: Pro-choice.
Immigration: Secure the border, but also create a better amnesty program for illegal immigrants already living in the U.S.
Meet the Candidates: Newt Gingrich
By Eli Bolus
Graphic By Tony Briscoe
Candidate: Newt Gingrich
Political Party: Republican
Qualifications: Former Speaker of the House
Website: www.newt.org
Stance on Issues
Economy: Basically wants to cut taxes, strengthen dollar, and create jobs by removing “obstacles” to job creation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Repealing the Dodd-Frank Law.
Energy: Remove bureaucratic and legal obstacles that stop natural gas development and natural gas. Replace the Environmental Protection Agency, finance cleaner energy.
Education: Like Mitt Romney, Gingrich wants to reduce the power of the federal Department of Education and create merit pay for teachers.
Environment: Supports lowering carbon emissions and conservative-based efforts.
National Security: Use military force judiciously and clear with obtainable objectives: believes the U.S. must defeat radical Islamists in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Abortion: Against abortion and supports de-funding Planned Parenthood.
Immigration: Secure the border, reform visa program and allow amnesty for some who are here illegally.
Meet the candidates: Mitt Romney
By Eil Bolus
Candidate: Mitt Romney
Political Party: Republican
Qualifications: Former Governor of Massachusetts
Website: www.mittromney.com
Stance on Issues
Economy: Cut spending and make jobs by encouraging economic growth and trade
Energy: Rapidly develop U.S. natural gas supplies, and natural oil supplies. Also invest more in nuclear energy.
Education: Revamp education by increasing pay for teachers, eliminating the Federal Department of Education; supports the concept of “No Child Left Behind” and charter schools.
Environment: Supports using Earth’s natural resources like natural gas and oil.
National Security: Increase military budget and has supported wiretapping mosques.
Abortion: Pro-life and is in support of de-funding Planned Parenthood and is against stem-cell research.
Immigration: Should secure the border and stop illegal immigration and is against amnesty for illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S. Also people should have to carry a card at all times that proves their citizenship and employers hiring should be required to ask for it
Sources
www.mittromney.com
2012.canidates-presidential.org