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CitizenLink reports,
concluding that “both candidates could do more for life, marriage, family.”
Although
clearly biased toward a pro-choice perspective-using terms such as “abortion
rights”-this AP report paints a stark contrast between the two
remaining major presidential candidates on abortion. Excerpt:
ABORTION
McCain: Opposes abortion rights. Has voted
for abortion restrictions permissible under Roe v. Wade, and now says he would
seek to overturn that guarantee of abortion rights. Would not seek
constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
Obama: Favors abortion rights.
 
 Yesterday Senator Hillary Clinton
won the Democrat Primary in Kentuky by a wide margin, while Senator Barack
Obama won the contest in Oregon. Despite
trailing in the delegate count, Sen.
Clinton promises to continue campaigning, at least until June. Senator John McCain, as expected, handily won
both states’ Republican primaries.
ABC
News has the full results for Kentucky
and Oregon.
Make
sure you know where the remaining major presidential candidates stand on
important issues with AdvanceUSA’s 2008
Candidate Comparisons.
In
her piece at Townhall.com Sandy Froman reminds us of the important
of Supreme Court nominees in the upcoming presidential election. This is something we can’t be reminded of
enough. Excerpt:
The political “hot button” issues of guns
and judges have become intertwined in this election year. The fate of both
issues will be decided by the candidate we elect as president. Why? Because
over a four-year term, that president will likely appoint at least two and
possibly three justices to the United States Supreme Court. Simply stated, this
year when we elect a president, we will also cast our ballot for the next
Supreme Court.
Vowing to continue her race for the presidency, Sen. Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia Democrat primary Tuesday by a wide margin. It doesn’t appear that the end of the Democrat Primary is yet in sight. Reuters reports.
Full results here.
Compare the remaining three major candidates on 12 important issues with AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons for the general election.
Yesterday Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Democrat primary in Pennsylvania beating Sen. Barack Obama by almost ten points. Fox News has more information here.
For full results of the PA primary click here.
Find out how the three remaining major candidates stand on important issues with AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons for the general election.
Barack
Obama referred to being “punished with a baby” when confronted with a pro-life
Democrat in Pennsylvania recently. Obama
also disparaged abstinence education at the event. Politico
has the details.
Make sure you cast an informed ballot this November with AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons for the presidential election. AdvanceUSA compared the major presidential candidates on twelve important issues of concern for conservatives.
If you found our presidential primary comparisons helpful, you are sure to appreciate our general election match-ups which offer more detail and nuance.
Since it appears the Democrat nomination will not be determined until the party’s convention, AdvanceUSA has prepared match-ups for the two most likely scenarios (Clinton vs. McCain and Obama vs. McCain). AdvanceUSA hopes you find these a helpful resource for comparing the candidates and determining which most represents your values.
Sen. Clinton vs. Sen. McCain
Click here
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(Coming Soon!)
Sen. Obama vs. Sen. McCain
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(Coming Soon!)
Please tell your friends and relatives about this helpful resource. Email them this blog entry, or send them a link to http://www.advanceusa.org/.
Keep checking AdvanceUSA for our Online Interactive Version which will allow readers to see the supporting evidence for the candidates’ positions.
Note: You can still view the Candidate Comparisons for the primaries and caucuses here.
LifeNews reports. Excerpt:
A pro-life organization for Republicans is
calling on John McCain, who has captured enough delegates to be the party's
presidential nominee, to keep the GOP platform pro-life on abortion. The
Republican Party currently supports a human life amendment to the Constitution
to offer legal protection to unborn children.
Delegates to the Republican convention in
Minneapolis this summer will reconsider the party's 93-page platform that
opposes abortion and supports President Bush's policy against using tax dollars
to fund embryonic stem cell research.
 Yesterday’s presidential primary contests breathed new “hope” into the struggling Clinton campaign. Sen. Clinton won the contests in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island, while her Democrat opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, took Vermont. It appears the Democrat race will continue with no end in sight.
Sen. John McCain scored convincing victories against his chief GOP rival Gov. Mike Hucakbee. Sen. McCain has now won enough delegates to guarantee his nomination, and Mike Huckabee has withdrawn his candidacy. Only the libertarian-leaning Congressman Ron Paul remains in the GOP race as a high-profile contender.
To find out where the presidential candidates stand on important issues check out AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons.
Also, keep an eye out for AdvanceUSA’s special Candidate Comparisons for the general election in November.
March 4, 2008 Election Results
State Democrat Winner Republican Winner
Texas (primary) Clinton McCain
Ohio Clinton McCain
Vermont Obama McCain
Rhode Island Clinton McCain
Texas (caucus) Obama na
Full results here.
Graphic source: Leader-Post
While Sen. John McCain is looking to seal his nomination from the Republican Party tonight over rival Gov. Mike Huckabee, Democrat Sen. Hillary Clinton is in a desperate race to reverse the momentum of Sen. Barack Obama and hold on to viability. Will the general election match-up finally be determined? The elections tonight in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont could be crucial.
AdvanceUSA will post results tomorrow. Until then, USA Today will be reporting results as they come in tonight.
Find out how the major candidates stand on important issues with AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons.
Coming Soon: AdvanceUSA will be releasing a special Candidate Comparison for the eventual general election match-up. Stay tuned!
CNS News reports. Excerpt:
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told a crowd at
Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, Sunday that he believes the Sermon on the
Mount justifies his support for legal recognition of same-sex unions. He also
told the crowd that his position in favor of legalized abortion does not make
him "less Christian."
The
Committee for Justice explains. Here
is a particularly helpful excerpt relating to the role and importance of
judges:
Nonetheless, if you are not a judicial
conservative, you may be asking what’s wrong with judges protecting the weak
from the strong? Well, for one thing, identification of “the weak” is very much
in the eye of the beholder. We’re guessing that Barack Obama does not want
judges to favor gun owners, unborn babies, white men challenging employers’
racial preferences, or property owners threatened by environmental regulations,
no matter how much power they’re up against.
Moreover, the Constitution and the laws
enacted by our elected representatives already contain many protections for
criminal defendants, employees, minorities, women, and the like. The job of a
judge is to dispassionately apply these constitutional and statutory
protections, not to second guess their authors. That’s not to say that a good
judge succeeds at being completely dispassionate in every case. But it is only
the Left that wants to enshrine “what is in the judge's heart” as a “critical
ingredient” in the law, to quote Barack Obama.
Sen. Barack Obama
(D-IL)
Democrat candidate
for president
Conservatives are often told that abortion really shouldn’t be an important issue when selecting a president because “all he can do is appoint judges.” Our friend Joe Carter at Evangelical Outpost clearly explains today why this is not the case. He shows just how much power a president has to help or hinder the pro-life movement.
He lists five specific areas and explains each:
- Preserving the Pro-Life Riders
- Filing of amicus briefs in cases before the judiciary
- Issuance of executive orders
- Selection of political appointments
- Using the "bully pulpit"
He mentions the presidential veto when discussing pro-life riders. This important constitutional power of the presidency can hardly be overstated, especially when Congress is controlled by pro-abortion leadership.
Excerpt:
Christians have an obligation to the most vulnerable members of our society to elect politicians who have both a robust view of human dignity and the temerity to govern accordingly. We betray this duty when we downplay the role the executive branch in advancing the pro-life cause. Judges and legislators matter; but presidents matter too.
To read the full post click here.
AdvanceUSA is grateful to Joe for citing us as a source when discussing the pro-life riders, and hope others will find our site a helpful resource as well.
Barack
Obama won the Democrat primary races last night in Wisconsin and Hawaii while
John McCain won Wisconsin in the Republican race.
Wisconsin (full
results)
Democrat Primary
Barack Obama 58%
Hillary
Clinton 41%
Republican Primary
John McCain 55%
Mike
Huckabee 37%
Hawaii (full
results)
Democrat Primary
Barack Obama 76%
Hillary
Clinton 24%
To
see how the presidential candidates stand on important issues check AdvanceUSA’s
2008
Candidate Comparisons.
With the heated Democrat race as close as ever between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and with frontrunner John McCain hoping to “seal the deal” with the Republican party, today’s primary elections will be attracting lots of interest. Democrats will have contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii while Republicans will also vote in Wisconsin and in Washington State. My Way news reports.
AdvanceUSA Blog will post results tomorrow. Until then USA Today will tabulate results as they come in tonight.
Make sure you know where the major presidential candidates stand on important issues with AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons.
The presidential primaries held yesterday in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia were clean sweeps. Sen. Barack Obama won for the Democrats and Sen. John McCain won for the Republicans.
For full results check the links below.
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
To see how the presidential candidates stand on important issues check AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons.
Today the states of Maryland and Virginia as well as the District of Columbia, hold their presidential primaries. AdvanceUSA Blog will post the results tomorrow. Until then, USA Today will have updated vote results here throughout the night.
Make sure you know where the major presidential candidates stand on important issues with AdvanceUSA’s 2008 Candidate Comparisons.
Over the weekend the battles between the Democrat and Republican nominees continued. On the Democrat side, Barack Obama won the contests in Nebraska, Maine, and Louisiana. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee won Kansas and Louisiana while John McCain won the Washington State caucuses. However, the Huckabee campaign intends to contest the Washington State results.
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