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October 5, 2008
The New York Times offers an in-depth comparison of the presidential candidates' plans for Iraq, based largely off the candidates' comments in extensive interviews on the topic.
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October 5, 2008
Reuters examines possible scenarios in the event of an electoral tie between Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the November 2008 presidential election.
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October 4, 2008
CQ Politics considers the prospect of an electoral tie in the 2008 presidential election.
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September 22, 2008
Financial Times contributing editor Niall Ferguson says the use of low interest rates and deficit finance may have been right during the Depression but are not appropriate for the current financial crisis. Reflecting on the comments of the two presidential candidates about the crisis, Ferguson writes the election will become "a contest between two brands of economic populism."
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September 22, 2008
A new poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows a majority of Americans think the United States should "be ready" to negotiate with countries like Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea and Zimbabwe, as well as groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. The poll also shows a majority want the United States to withdraw most of its combat troops from Iraq within two years.
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September 10, 2008
Clark Kent Ervin, inspector general of the Homeland Security Department from 2003 to 2004, says the presidential candidates must explain "exactly what they think the federal government has done right and done wrong in the seven years since 9/11 in securing this country against another terrorist attack." Ervin provides a list of questions related to homeland security policy for the candidates to answer.
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September 10, 2008
The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland predicts a negative international reaction should Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) lose the 2008 presidential election.
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September 10, 2008
Fouad Ajami, adjunct research fellow at the Hoover Institution, compares the overarching foreign policy philosophies of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and contrasts the 2008 race with presidential campaign of 1960.
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September 4, 2008
Reporting from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, David Sanger writes about the "deep schism" around foreign policy in the Republican Party.
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September 4, 2008
David Ignatius contrasts the presidential candidates' responses to the Russia-Georgia conflict. He says Sen. Barack Obama's "deliberative approach" to the situation may have been more appropriate than Sen. John McCain's "get tough" reponse to Russia. Still, he says, it is not clear which approach will play better with the American public.
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September 1, 2008
Noemie Emery, contributing editor to the Weekly Standard, says Sen. Barack Obama's opposition to the troop surge in Iraq raises questions about his judgment on foreign policy matters. Emery says the surge's success has caused "incoherence" in the Democratic Party's line on Iraq.
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August 26, 2008
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, make recommendations for U.S. policy toward Russia and Georgia. In an op-ed, Graham and Lieberman say the United States and Europe should work to prevent Russia from "achieving its strategic objectives in Georgia."
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2008
In this paper commissioned by the Better World Campaign, Lorne Craner of the International Republican Institute and Kenneth Wollack of the National Democratic Institute make policy recommendations for the next U.S. president on democracy promotion.
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August 24, 2008
New York Magazine's Michael Idov writes about how Sen. Joe Lieberman's pro-war position led him to leave the Democratic Party and endorse Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for president.
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August & September 2008
In his review of Jason Riley's book, Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, James Kirchick, assistant editor of the New Republic, examines the debate surrounding U.S. immigration policy.
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August 20, 2008
John Stossel calls the notion of U.S. independence from foreign oil "a fantasy" and says the next president should rely on the free market to determine the best source of energy for the United States.
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August 20, 2008
The Washington Post's Robert Samuelson says the real threat from China is not that its economy will soon overtake that of the United States, but that it will "distort trade, foster huge financial imbalances and trigger a contentious competition for scarce raw materials."
September 2008
Ronald Brownstein, political director for Atlantic Media Company, looks at the effect of "hyper-partisanship" on the presidential campaigns, and says a president who can "deliver pragmatic legislation on big issues might cement the allegiance of the millions of voters who are disenchanted with Washington’s failures and not tightly bound to either party."
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August 18, 2008
In an op-ed, former Christian Science Monitor editor John Hughes looks at the next president's potential picks for secretary of State. Hughes says Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) should pick Middle East adviser Dennis Ross, and says Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) should pick Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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August 16, 2008
The New York Times says Sen. John McCain's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 "opens a window onto how he might approach the gravest responsibilities of a potential commander in chief."
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