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Sarah Palin was not a good choice for John McCain's vice presidential candidate. Sarah Palin is an ideological extremist who is clearly in the pocket of Big Oil, inexperienced and untested, running as the 1st in line to succeed to the Presidency with a presidential candidate who likely would not survive his first term in office. The p

The President should not order domestic warrantless wiretaps to combat terrorism. A warrant is proof that a wiretap is needed to deal with criminal behavior. If the government can't provide proof - even 72 hours after the fact as the old FISA allowed, they shouldn't be allowed to spy on Americans - period.

Candidates' personal lives should not play a role in campaigns. Voters ought to have the discipline to distinguish between personality and policies. We don't elect entertainers. We elect politicians to represent us. Of course, it's the RIGHT of voters to choose to select candidates by personality, but it's not wise o

'Waterboarding' should be characterized as torture. Torture is the use of pain and fear to force people into doing something they don't want to do. That's exactly what waterboarding does. Waterboarding is torture. Those people who deny thing need to look in the dictionary.

Michelle Obama will be an asset for her husband in the general election. Michelle Obama is intelligent, capable, and charming. What's more, she has a higher approval rating than John McCain's wife. Hands down, Michelle Obama is an asset.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama should not run on the same ticket. America needs a clean break from the past, not another rehash. Want to bring the Clinton Democrats on board? Go with Kathleen Sebelius, tough and competent Governor of Kansas, as Vice President. Bill Clinton has proven that he'll keep on making trouble

The Guantanamo detainees should be tried and prosecuted by courts, just like any other prisoners. If there is evidence that the Guantanamo prisoners have committed crimes, and that evidence has been obtained through legal means, then there should be no trouble putting them on trial in civilian courts. If there is no evidence that the Guantanamo priso

The U.S. should not restrict prisoners' access to lawyers at Guantanamo Bay. This question really amounts to this: Should we restrict prisoners' access to lawyers, period? After all, the essence of the law under the United States Constitution, which applies everywhere that the United States government has authority, is that all p

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies. To make telecommunications corporations retroactively immune to the law is to set a terrible precedent, empowering any President to pressure corporations to violate the law and to compromise the constitutional rights of their customers, all with the promi

The U.S. should not have an official language. To force people to speak one language in particular is against the core of American freedom - freedom of speech. In many areas of the United States, there are non-English native languages. Are we to force native Americans to abandon their languages for g

U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants should become citizens at birth. Children born in the United States are citizens, and that's how it ought to be. To place babies into a shadow society is dangerous. To punish them for their parents' behavior is loathsome.

The U.S. government should not assassinate Osama bin Laden. If we are to honor the rule of law, we must regard Osama Bin Laden as a criminal suspect. To assassinate Bin Laden would be to deprive Americans of the ability to see him put on trial. We must respond to unjust criminals with justice and law, not by des

The U.S. should not build a fence along the Mexican border. A fence doesn't address the fundamental economic problems in the United States that encourage illegal immigration. The border wall with Mexico is dividing populations of endangered species of wildcat in two, further harming their chances of survival. Th

The federal government should subsidize Amtrak. Improvement and expansion of the American passenger rail system will reduce demand for fossil fuels and cut the carbon emissions that accelerate climate change. The fossil fuel economy is falling apart. We need more solid legislation to sustain and expan

The Guantanamo detainees should be tried and prosecuted by courts, just like any other prisoners. If there is evidence that the Guantanamo prisoners have committed crimes, and that evidence has been obtained through legal means, then there should be no trouble putting them on trial in civilian courts. If there is no evidence that the Guantanamo priso

The U.S. should not restrict prisoners' access to lawyers at Guantanamo Bay. This question really amounts to this: Should we restrict prisoners' access to lawyers, period? After all, the essence of the law under the United States Constitution, which applies everywhere that the United States government has authority, is that all p

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should not include immunity for telecom companies. To make telecommunications corporations retroactively immune to the law is to set a terrible precedent, empowering any President to pressure corporations to violate the law and to compromise the constitutional rights of their customers, all with the promi

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UNKNOWN: Is Timothy Geithner a good choice for Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary?

UNKNOWN: Is Hamas a terrorist organization?

UNKNOWN: Has the invasion of Iraq been successful?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. negotiate with Iran directly?

UNKNOWN: Has the surge in military troops made progress in Iraq?

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UNKNOWN: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be the President of the United States?

UNKNOWN: What parental involvement should be required in the abortion decision of a minor?

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UNKNOWN: Should Georgia become a member of NATO?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.N. impose sanctions on Iran?

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UNKNOWN: Is the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act constitutional?

UNKNOWN: Should people residing illegally in the United States be offered a path to citizenship?

UNKNOWN: Does Iran pose a significant threat to America's national security?

UNKNOWN: Should Iran be held accountable for Hezbollah's actions?

UNKNOWN: Will the Russia-Georgia conflict lead to another Cold War?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. set a timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization?

UNKNOWN: Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, was it justified?