2008 CAUCUSES!!!!

So far there has been 2 Democratic Caucuses, and 3 Republican Caucuses.

The Democratic ones were in Iowa and New Hampshire, and the Republicans were in Iowa, New Hampshire and Wyoming.

So far the the Democratic Candidates to drop out include: Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, and Bill Richardson.

In order to win the Democratic Ticket a Candidate must receive 2, 025 Delegate votes.
The Leaders are: Hilary Clinton w/ 183, Barack Obama w/ 78, John Edwards w/52, and Dennis Kucinich w/ 1.

The Republicans also had a drop out after the first few caucuses, Tom Tancredo.

The Republican Candidates need atleast 1,191 delegate votes to win the Republican ticket. So far the leaders are as follows: Mitt Romney w/ 30, Mike Huckabee w/ 21, John McCain w/ 10, Fred Thompson w/ 6, Ron Paul w/2, Rudy Guiliani w/ 1, Duncan Hunter w/1.

There are caucuses in every state, so watch out because Clinton and Romney don't have it in the bag yet!!!

THE WAR iN iRAQ!!!

Since the September 11th attacks, the war on terrorism has been a big deal. Since then we have sent troops over to Iraq, and reshaped the nation of Iraq. Now, with no real government the U.S. has troops there helping to re-establish a new government, a democracy.

With all this going on Iraq is a big topic when discussing the 2008 election, and who is the best candidate for the job.

Each candidate in the presidential race has a plan of how to handle the situation in Iraq.

Democrats

Hilary Clinton's views on the Iraq War...
She first voted for the use of military forces in Iraq, but now she says that she should have voted differently, and would have "if we knew then what we know now."
She supports the de-authorization of war.

She voted yes on the war spending bill that would have withdrawn most of the U.S. troops from Iraq by March of 2008.

• She was against Bush's plan to increase the number of American troops in Iraq.
• She also supports a phased redeployment and a cap on the number of troops we send over to Iraq.

Barack Obama's view on the War in Iraq...

• Opposed the use of military force in Iraq.
• He voted yes on a war spending bill that would have withdrawn most U.S. troops by March 2008.
• He supports the phased redeployment of U.S. troops.
• He opposes Bush's plan to send additional troops to Iraq.
• At one point he had called for troop withdrawal to begin by the end of 2006.
  

Republicans

Mitt Romney's plan for Iraq...


Supported Bush's veto of Iraq war spending bill that would have pulled U.S. troops out of Iraq by March 2008.
Is against troop withdrawal from Iraq.
He is supportive of the President's plan for more troops in Iraq.




John McCain's ideas for Iraq...

• Voted for the use of military force in Iraq.
• Was supportive of Bush's veto on the Bill that would have withdrawn most U.S. troops by March of 2008.
• Was an early supporter of sending additional U.S. troops to Iraq.
  

Republican Mike Huckabee's plan of action in Iraq...

He has offered strong support for the Bush Iraq policy, saying the president has access to military and diplomatic information that is not publicly available.

Is against congressional resolutions that express opposition to the president's plan to increase the number of American troops in Iraq.

He is against any proposals to cut the funding to the war.