Religion and Politics 2008: Poverty Profile

The Candidates on Poverty

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life gives voters a head start on probing the most pressing campaign issues, including poverty. The snippets are brief but include links to articles and voting records with additional detail. The most revealing insight is that none of the candidates views welfare reform as a failure. Indeed, the front-runners on each side -- Clinton and Giuliani -- have consistently advocated improving the lives of poor Americans ... Full Story »

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David Starr
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by David Starr - Oct. 1, 2008

A good summary of the public declared positions of many (most) of the 08 presidential hopefuls. Hyperlinks provided to candidates statements/interviews. Being professional politicians, most of the platform planks presented are a little wishy washy, but that is US politics for you. Pew does a fair job of pulling together the candidates stated positions.

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