When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
CHARLES SCHUMERCandidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.
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I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
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Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
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Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
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I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don’t think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
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An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her college debt and the single mom in Buffalo who’s on minimum wage.
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I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.
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But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.
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Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.
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We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don’t starve. Those are values, too.
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Unfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.
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I don’t think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It’s a waste of resources.
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If you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.
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There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.
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A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
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In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.
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I want to attract the best people into teaching.
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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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