[Danny]

Originally Posted by jrb4him

this is gonna be my first year voting. Anyone know any good sites that lay out all the candidates by their views or something like that?

Jason

JayCarrfan has done an excellent job at highlighting all the candidates that actually matter in this election, though his little bullet-points of information on their political stances are pretty inadequate (especially considering the subtlety of differences among members of the same party). For that, Wikipedia is actually quite a good resource. Almost every candidate (top-tier or otherwise) has a page specifically devoted to their political positions, with references. The candidates' personal webpages are also good places to look.

Another thing I'd recommend (and what I've been doing lately) is watching the primary debates. Go to http://video.google.com and search "Republican debate" and/or "Democratic debate," and then change the duration to "long." A lot of the debates are posted in full, and you get a very good idea of everyone's stances on the issues and how they differ.

Jay: As I briefly mentioned above, your list of candidates is excellent and helpful, but as far as the bullet point summaries of their stances go, if I were you I would either expand them to the point that they're meaningful (i.e., include all of their positions on all of the major issues, highlighting how the candidates differ from those in their same party), or just remove them altogether. For instance, you point out that Chris Dodd is campaigning on universal healthcare, John Edwards supports abortion rights, and Bill Richardson "calls for an exit strategy from Iraq," but in actuality all of the Democratic candidates are campaigning on promises of universal healthcare and an exit strategy for Iraq, and (as far as I'm aware) they are all pro-choice. The differences lie in how they plan to accomplish these goals. If you'd like, I can help you gather and summarize this information.

If you'd rather just keep the mini-blurbs, though, I feel there's at least one important addition: John Edwards has encouraged his Democratic party colleagues to discontinue accepting any and all funding from lobbyists, and Barack Obama has also made a strong stand against accepting lobbyist funding.

[Fandrew]

The name is actually Andrew, if you don't mind. I'm kinda busy this week, but starting next week, I promise I'll put some revisions into the first page. I like the bullet point system, I think it keeps it compact and creates less confusion for people like jrb4him. For in depth discussion of a candidate, I would recommend starting a thread on him, kinda like the Ron Paul thread.

[Danny]

Originally Posted by JayCarrfan

The name is actually Andrew, if you don't mind.

Ah, sorry.

[+SEAL+]

What about Colbert?

[ApparentlyNothing]

Am I the only one that's starting to actually like Kucinich?

[tht00]

Originally Posted by ApparentlyNothing

Am I the only one that's starting to actually like Kucinich?

I have a lot of respect for him. Like Paul, he's pretty much the only candidate in his party with integrity.

That said, he's too liberal for my liking, but I could very well vote for him, given the chance (since nearly all other candidates are a joke).