What issues are Obama and Clinton each pushing for?

Question

i'd appreciate if you could explain what they're campaigning for, or if you could maybe suggest an un-biased, informative, and reliable website that i could look into for more information. thanks!

Answer 1

Hillary Clinton
http://www.ontheissues.org/Hillary_Clinton.htm

Barack Obama
http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm

Other interesting candidates not to be left out-

John McCain
http://www.ontheissues.org/John_McCain.htm

Rudy Giuliani
http://www.ontheissues.org/Rudy_Giuliani.htm

Answer 2

Perhaps their total platforms are not yet set. One thing for sure is they are campaigning to dump the current policies. Unfortunately when one side goes bad the other side overcompensates. So now we have a really bad conservative and that may be compensated with very liberal people rather than hovering around the middle. Time will tell.

Bush and the neocons may wind up being the best thing that has happened to the liberal Democrats in a long time.

Answer 3

At the risk of sounding cynical, I'd say that neither candidate is pushing any particular issue ... at least not pushing anything that could harm their election chances. For information on how a candidate voted on an issue, check out the Library Of Congress' website at http://thomas.loc.gov/

Now that 70% of Americans are opposed to the war in Iraq, Clinton is starting to test the waters of anti-war Democrats, talking about a plan to withdraw the troops. But she's very careful not to alienate the conservatives she's been courting over the years. Senator Clinton has shown herself to be one of Bush's most dependable allies with respect to Iraq and also the Patriot Act.

Again, to see her voting record on these issues, visit http://thomas.loc.gov/

Senator Clinton's campaign is doing their best to obscure these issues and it appears that her supporters either a) support her hawkish stand on Iraq or b) are content to look the other way as long as she remains pro-choice.

Both Obama and Clinton are "pushing" health care reform - but not the sort of universal, single-payer health care that the country desperately needs. Obama and Clinton are, like most other Democrats and Republicans, dependent on corporate contributions including those from the pharmaceutical, insurance and medical industries (who staunchly oppose any sort of substantial health care reform).

Whatever the outcome, anyone hoping for a drastic change in direction for American foreign policy (or even domestic policy), is likely to be very disappointed. These are both candidates who are reluctant to criticize the administration or its policies in any significant way and in Senator Clinton's case, has marched in longstep with Bush's war policies.

Supporters of these candidates have thus far shown little inclination at acknowledging their shortcomings or even attempting to pressure the candidates to change. Instead of gushing all over them for their "unique" qualities - yes, it would be nice to one day have a woman or person of color as president, but not at the expense of the issues - supporters need to hold their candidate accountable on the issues and votes which are important.

Anyone interested in where candidates get their contributions is encouraged to check out the Non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics at www.opensecrets.org.

Answer 4

don't know about obama. He's against the war and he pro affirmative action. Hillary is for everything. It just depends on her audience. they are both for themselves to get into the white house. The only good thing that would come out of Obama winning would be Carters administrations wouldn't be viewed as much of a train-wreck as it was.

Answer 5

The continued slaughter of innocent lives through abortion.
Universal health care and social security for immigrants at the cost of citizens and taxpayers.
Weakening of our country's strategic defense capability.
Gay and lesbian marriage.
Higher taxes for those who work.
Higher benefits for those who do not work.

Answer 6

They are trying to figure out what makes people want to vote for them, then they are pushing for those issues that their potential voters are pushing for. I don't believe either of them really have any issues of their own.

Answer 7

They are just gonna slander each other until someone else gets their party nomination.

Answer 8

legalized anal sex for gays in public gay farm states...cheers decider