http://localhost:3000/lists/Presidential+Candidates A Seekler Presidential Candidates list created by the community. en-us http://www.barackobama.com/ http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/semr?source=SEM-register-google-ofacampaign-search-national Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. The U.S. Senate Historical Office lists him as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the only African American currently serving in the U.S. Senate.[1] Born to a black Kenyan father and a white American mother, Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He lived for most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and spent four of his pre-teen years in the multi-ethnic Indonesian capital city of Jakarta. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Obama worked as a community organizer, university lecturer, and civil rights lawyer before running for public office. He served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, launching his campaign for U.S. Senate in 2003. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. He went on to win election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004 with a landslide 70% of the vote in an election year marked by Republican gains.[2][3] As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the 110th Congress, he has sponsored legislation on lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. Seekler community Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:20:56 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Barack+Obama http://localhost:3000/items/Barack+Obama http://www.hillaryclinton.com Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton—the 42nd President of the United States—and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham attracted national attention in 1969 when she delivered a controversial address as the first student to speak at commencement exercises for Wellesley College. She began her career as a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973, moving to Arkansas and marrying Bill Clinton in 1975, following her career as a Congressional legal counsel; she was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979 and was listed as one of the one hundred most influential lawyers in America in 1988 and 1991. She served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, was active in a number of organizations concerned with the welfare of children, and was on the board of Wal-Mart and several other corporate boards. As First Lady of the United States, she took a prominent position in policy matters. Her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval by the U.S. Congress in 1994, but in 1997 she helped establish the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the Adoption and Safe Families Act. She became the only First Lady to be subpoenaed, testifying before a federal grand jury as a consequence of the Whitewater scandal in 1996. She was never charged with any wrongdoing in this or several other investigations during her husband's administration. The state of her marriage to Bill Clinton was the subject of considerable public discussion following the Lewinsky scandal in 1998. Seekler community Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:57:12 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Hillary+Clinton http://localhost:3000/items/Hillary+Clinton http://www.johnmccain.com/ John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, naval aviator, Vietnam veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a presidential candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated by George W. Bush for the Republican nomination. He is currently a candidate in the 2008 election. Seekler community Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:57:45 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/John+McCain http://localhost:3000/items/John+McCain http://johnedwards.com/ Johnny Reid "John" Edwards[1] (born June 10, 1953), is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Edwards is currently a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 Presidential election. He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election and during his six-year term sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2004 presidential election. He eventually became the Democratic candidate for Vice President, the running mate of presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. After Edwards and Kerry lost the election to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, Edwards began working full time at the One America Committee, a political action committee he established in 2001, and was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He was also a consultant for Fortress Investment Group LLC. Seekler community Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:20:59 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/John+Edwards http://localhost:3000/items/John+Edwards http://www.dennis4president.com/ Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party and a candidate for President of the United States in both 2004 and 2008. Kucinich currently represents the 10th District of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. His district includes most of western Cleveland, as well as such suburbs as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. He is currently the chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He is also a member of the Education and Labor Committee. From 1977 to 1979, Kucinich served as the 53rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, a tumultuous term in which he survived a recall election and was successful in a battle against selling the municipal electric utility before being defeated for reelection by George Voinovich. Seekler community Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:01:12 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Dennis+Kucinich http://localhost:3000/items/Dennis+Kucinich http://www.ronpaul2008.com Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (b. August 20, 1935) is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, and a 2008 U.S. presidential candidate. He has represented Texas's 14th Congressional district (1997–present) and its 22nd district (1976–1977, 1979–1985) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Paul placed a distant third in the 1988 presidential election, running as the Libertarian nominee while remaining a registered Republican. After his 1961 graduation from Duke University School of Medicine and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, he became a U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, serving outside the Vietnam War zone. Paul is a conservative, a Constitutionalist, and a libertarian.[2] He advocates non-interventionist foreign policy, having voted against actions like the Iraq War Resolution, but in favor of force against terrorists in Afghanistan. He favors withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations (UN); supports free trade, while rejecting NAFTA as "managed trade"; and opposes birthright citizenship and amnesty for illegal immigrants. Having pledged never to raise taxes, he has long advocated ending the federal income tax and reducing government spending by abolishing most federal agencies; he favors hard money and opposes the Federal Reserve. He also opposes the Patriot Act, the federal War on Drugs, and gun control. Paul is strongly pro-life, advocates overturning Roe v. Wade, and affirms states' rights to determine the legality of abortion. Seekler community Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:59:54 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Ron+Paul http://localhost:3000/items/Ron+Paul You can edit this text! Add a description or URL to make this item more useful. Seekler community Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:03:59 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Stephen+Colbert http://localhost:3000/items/Stephen+Colbert You can edit this text! Add a description or URL to make this item more useful. Seekler community Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:03:53 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Mitt+Romney http://localhost:3000/items/Mitt+Romney http://www.joinrudy2008.com/ Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from the state of New York. Formerly Mayor of New York City, Giuliani is currently seeking the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election. A Democrat and Independent in the 1970s, and a socially liberal Republican from the 1980s to present, Giuliani served in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, eventually becoming U.S. Attorney. Seekler community Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:54:10 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Rudy+Giuliani http://localhost:3000/items/Rudy+Giuliani http://www.chrisdodd.com/ Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician from Willimantic, Connecticut. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a U.S. Senator. He is now the state's senior Senator. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.[1] He is a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Seekler community Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:02:08 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Chris+Dodd http://localhost:3000/items/Chris+Dodd You can edit this text! Add a description or URL to make this item more useful. Seekler community Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:03:53 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Mike+Gravel http://localhost:3000/items/Mike+Gravel You can edit this text! Add a description or URL to make this item more useful. Seekler community Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:03:53 -0800 http://localhost:3000/items/Mike+Huckabee http://localhost:3000/items/Mike+Huckabee You can edit this text! Add a description or URL to make this item more useful. 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