President Forever 2008 + Primaries: Policy Planks

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Abortion: Left (up to viability)
Balanced Budget: Right
Business Tax: Center-Right
Education: Left (better schools=smarter workers=prosperity)
Energy: Center-Left
Environment: Left
Gun Control: Far-Right (or, the liberal position)
Health Care: Center-Right
Homeland Security: Left
Immigration: Center-Right (Send them back, accept more people who want to come legally)
Iran: Far-Left
Iraq: Far-Left
Outsourcing: Center-Left
Personal Tax: Right (Fair Tax)
Same-Sex Marriage: Far-Left
Social Security: Center-Right
Unions: Center-Left
War On Terror: Far-Left
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Far-Left: 4
Left: 4
Center-Left: 3
Center: 0
Center-Right: 4
Right: 2
Far-Right: 1

11 Left, 7 Right, making me some kinda Libertarian (Liberalitarian?)-type thingy. I might have a decent shot in either the Mountain West or New England, but not Florida, or really much anywhere else. Certainly not my current district (though that's because the guy's been in office since Nixon and is on the Apporpriations Committee so the voters get stuff more than anything).

[Donerail]

Abortion: CL (Protect responsible choice. Ban partial-birth abortions except in the case of life of the mother.)
Affirmative Action: R (Abolish all federal affirmative action programs.)
Balanced Budget: R (A large decrease in federal spending. A Balanced Budget Amendment to ensure responsible fiscal management.)
Business Tax: FR (Significantly decrease business taxation.)
Campaign Finance Reform: C (We need to put more power into smaller donors' hands.)
Education: L (No school vouchers, large increase to federal funding. Modernize school system with more after-school programs.)
Energy: CL (Invest in clean energy and end oil company subsidies. Cut oil use significantly by 2025.)
Environment: CR (The environment is important. Find market based solutions to environmental problems.)
Free Trade: CR (Most markets should be open.)
Gun Control: FR (The Second Amendment is not negotiable! No restrictions on firearms!)
Health Care: R (Very limited role for government in health care. Tax credits for personal Health Savings Accounts.)
Homeland Security: FL (We do not need to be concerned with homeland security. No Star Wars or infringement on civil liberties!)
Immigration: CL (Legal immigration is great. Support guest-worker program for illegals and amnesty.)
Iran: FL (Iran should be able to develop nuclear technology - they will only use it for peaceful purposes.)
Iraq: FL (Apologize to Iraq and the United Nations. Pull out all troops at once and pay reparations.)
Military Funding: L (Drastically cut military funding, establish a Department of Peace.)
Military Intervention: L (Military intervention is another way of saying 'empire building'.)
Outsourcing: CR (Outsourcing is not a problem, it is part of a globalized world and helps America.)
Personal Tax: R (Taxes should be flatter and lower. Across-the-board tax cuts.)
Same-Sex Marriage: L (Same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.)
Social Security: CR (Let workers privately invest some of their retirement payments.)
Unions: CL (Labor Unions provide job security and allow workers to collectively better themselves and be paid a fair wage.)
War on Terror: FL (Terrorism will be reduced if we stop meddling in other country's affairs. Dramatically change our foreign policy.)

Around balanced.

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Updated:

Abortion
Center-Left (previously Left): Protect responsible choice. Ban partial-birth abortions except in the case of life of the mother.

Balanced Budget
Center-Right (previously Right): We need to curb spending in order to balance the budget. Respect taxpayers' dollars.

Business Tax
Center-Left (previously Center-Right): Small increase in business taxation.

Education
Left: No school vouchers, large increase to federal funding. Modernize school system with more after-school programs.

Energy
Center-Left: Invest in clean energy and end oil company subsidies. Cut oil use significantly by 2025.

Environment
Left: The environment and global warming is a major concern. Ratify Kyoto. Increase environmental regulations and pollution cleanup.

Gun Control
Right (previously Far-Right): Gun ownership is constitutionally protected. Protect sportsmen's rights and the Second Amendment.

Health Care
Center-Left (previously Center-Right): Universal health care whether public or private. Require health insurance for every child.

Homeland Security
Left: If we were more respectful to other nations they would respect us in return.  Reduce security measures and funding.

Immigration
Left (previously Center-Right): Immigration is great! The more immigrants the better. Just require a criminal record check. Full blanket-amnesty.

Iran
Far-Left: Iran should be able to develop nuclear technology - they will only use it for peaceful purposes.

Iraq
Far-Left: Apologize to Iraq and the United Nations. Pull out all troops at once and pay reparations.

Outsourcing
Left (previously Center-Left): Remove tax incentives on companies that send jobs overseas to discourage outsourcing. Protect American labor.

Personal Tax
Left (previously Right): Increase income tax for the rich. Reduce slightly for those in lower income bracket.

Same-Sex Marriage
Far-Left: Same-sex marriage is a fundamental human right.

Social Security
Center-Right: Let workers privately invest some of their retirement payments.

Unions
Left (previously Center-Left): Labor Unions are a worker's best protection against exploitation.

War on Terror
Far-Left: Terrorism will be reduced if we stop meddling in other country's affairs. Dramatically change our foreign policy.

4 far-left
7 left (previously 4)
4 center-left (previously 3)
0 center
2 center-right (previously 4)
1 right (previously 2)
0 far-right (previously 1)