“Jerome Corsi Considers Seeking Constitution Party Presidential Nomination”
Ballot Access News – 5/21/2007
Jerome Corsi recently joined the Constitution Party and says he is mulling over seeking its presidential nomination. He is the author of over 15 books, and has a Doctorate in Political Science from Harvard. He spoke to the Maine Constitution Party state convention on May 18 in Portland. He is probably best known for being the co-author of Unfit for Command, a criticism of Senator John Kerry. He has also co-authored a book with Jim Gilchrist called Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America’s Borders, and a book co-authored with former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell called Rebuilding America. Although in 2005 he said he wanted to run against Senator John Kerry in Massachusetts in 2008, he has since moved to New Jersey.
“Politics, immigration make a volatile mix”
Miami Herald – 5/29/2007
A year ago, when Sen. Sam Brownback, the conservative Kansas Republican, co-sponsored legislation that would have allowed millions of undocumented immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship, he was attacked as a liberal.
This year he’s running for president, and now liberals are attacking him for flip-flopping on immigration.
”I understand when people are seeking reelection or going to a higher office, they do seem to have a change of heart,” said Mary Lou Jaramillo, the president and chief executive officer of El Centro Inc., a Kansas City, Kan.-based group that aids immigrants.
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“Kucinich to Appear in Congressional Black Caucus/Fox Debate”
American Chronicle – 5/29/2007
Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said Sunday he would definitely participate in a September debate sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and scheduled to be broadcast on the Fox Television Network. Kucinich said for Sens. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama to skip the debate simply because it was to be broadcast on Fox was a snub of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“This is particularly troublesome because the concerns of African Americans should take precedent over what network is broadcasting the debate,” Kucinich said, “There are matters relating to employment, health care, education, jobs, rebuilding our cities, environment and civil rights that all presidential candidates have an obligation to address and debate. Those candidates planning to skip this debate clearly are trying to avoid a forum where there will be hard-hitting questions from people who may not agree with them. But taking questions from all sides is part of politics, and part of being President. I’m running to be President for all people in this country.”
“America needs a President with the ability and willingness to unite people of diverse political views,” Kucinich said, “Let us never forget that the symbol of our country, the American eagle, needs two wings to fly — a left wing and a right wing. I’m prepared to reach out to all Americans. We all deserve to be heard. and we all deserve to be represented.”
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“10 Republicans on stage but room for more, Huckabee says”
North County Times – 5/28/2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — Are 10 Republican presidential contenders enough? One of them, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, said Sunday there is room for more.
Huckabee commented when asked in a broadcast interview how he felt about the possibility that Fred Thompson, the actor and former Tennessee senator, might enter the 2008 race.
“I don’t know enough about his record in terms of the issues but, you know, I think any of us who are running have to recognize that there’s going to be room even for more than the 10 who are already on the stage,” Huckabee said.
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“Editorial: 2008 candidates should heed Clark”
Stanford Daily – 5/29/2007
Stanford in Government and the ASSU Speakers Bureau deserve credit for landing a very solid performance by this year’s spring speaker, Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.). The 2004 presidential hopeful’s speech brought attention to important issues that will need to be addressed in the 2008 election.
After warming up the crowd with an anecdote about why he liked the enthusiasm of Stanford students and saying he was looking forward to a dialogue, Clark began by discussing his time in the military, and the loss of purpose that he said affected the armed forces after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The military was still searching for a strategy in the post-Cold War world, Clark said, and was unready to adjust to crises in Haiti and the Balkans. In his mind, these earlier struggles were roots of some of the issues encountered in Iraq today, and the military still needs to be revised and recharged.
In the case of Rwanda, Clark said, the military could not act at all, but not because it was lacking capacity. In a revealing moment, Clark bitterly recalled how he was commissioned to write a plan for deploying troops into Rwanda while serving as a strategic planning official in the Pentagon, only to be told by his commander that it was politically impossible. “That’s haunted me,” he said, adding that the experienced helped fuel his commitment to taking action in Darfur. Clark currently serves on the board of the International Crisis Group, one of the main advocates for international intervention in the Sudanese genocide. When asked what he would do to resolve the situation, he nailed the response, declaring that he’d have already deployed NATO troops on the ground.
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