Primer: Obama vs. Clinton on the Top 10 Economic Policy Issues

The dueling Dems differ in key ways on health care, subprime bailouts, family leave, and social security. Here's how.

n the surface, based on their voting records, the media, and their own admissions, the difference in policy choices between Obama and Clinton may seem small. Mostly, they've been about health care (her plan to make it mandatory, his carrot-and-stick approach) and her vote for the Iraq War. (He wasn't around to vote--though his propensity, like Clinton's, to vote along party lines or not show up at all may say more about what he would have done than any ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

Mediocre, at best. I wouldn't have expected the lefties at Mother Jones to buy into Clinton's mandatory purchase of health insurance, including garnishing wages, as something positive, since it is primarily a program that will increase earnings for the insurance industry. Doesn't mention the opt-out on Obama's retirement savings plan, either.

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