Should candidates' personal lives play a role in campaigns?

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Sarah Palin
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. Attack me. I'm the public official. Come after me. I can handle it. We'll duke it out if need be, but family's off limits.
	2/17/2009 12:41:22 PM

Lindsay Lohan
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. "It's distracting from the real issues, the real everyday problems that this country experiences."
	9/24/2008 1:39:35 PM

Ross Douthat
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. The Monica Question
	4/11/2008 9:18:03 AM

Constitution Party
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "If they cannot be trusted in private life, neither can they be trusted in public life."
	4/2/2008 12:33:58 PM

Campaign for Children and Families
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "Character matters. A person’s ‘private life’ matters. What is inside eventually shows on the outside."
	3/14/2008 2:55:30 PM

Bill Clinton
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "Well, that is a legitimate question"
	1/16/2008 6:45:12 PM

Ben Affleck
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "It Has To Play A Role"
	1/13/2008 8:20:23 PM

Howard Dean
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "A lot of character issues"
	5/5/2007 4:24:30 PM

Rudy Giuliani
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. "We all have . . . things that go right and wrong in our personal lives"
	5/5/2007 4:23:06 PM

William Kristol
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. "Not a big problem"
	5/4/2007 2:59:46 PM

Southern Baptist Convention
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "This is divorce on steroids"
	5/4/2007 2:57:59 PM

Focus on the Family
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. "How can I trust them with national security?"
	5/4/2007 2:57:35 PM

Newt Gingrich
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. Personal lives "shouldn't become an issue"
	5/4/2007 2:57:20 PM

Mike Huckabee
	Candidates' personal lives should play a role in campaigns. Hold Republicans to same (high) standard
	5/4/2007 2:57:08 PM

Barack Obama
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. "Everybody has personal issues"
	5/4/2007 2:56:22 PM

John McCain
	Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. Private life should be private
	5/2/2007 12:13:59 PM