2008 Presidential Campaign Update: A Survey of Candidates' Web Sites

Following up on my earlier promises to track the 2008 presidential candidates as they make their bids for the White House, this post provides a list of the leading candidates, along with links to their web sites and the specific pages on their sites that discuss health care. 

When creating the chart that follows, I had a simple mission--to provide my readers with the names of candidates and links to their pages that deal with health care.  I found, however, that, generally speaking, the candidates' statements about the issues (not only health care, but many of the other leading issues as well) tend to be short and underdeveloped.  Indeed, there are a few who do a better job than others (for the sake of objectivity, we won't name names).  While I generally avoid opining on these issues, I must say that, for the most part, the posts are, well, pathetic  Let's hope that the candidates come forward with substantive ideas as we get closer to the election so that we actually have something to talk about!

Please note that we were unable to located specific pages that deal directly with health care for a few of the candidates.  If you are able to locate these pages, please contact me at jjuvan@bfca.com.

Candidate

Political Affiliation

Web Site/Health Care Web Page

Joe Biden

Democrat

http://www.joebiden.com/

http://www.joebiden.com/issues/#0003

Sam Brownback

Republican

http://www.brownback.com/s/

http://www.brownback.com/s/Issues/-tabid/60/Default.aspx#Healthcare

Hillary Clinton

Democrat

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/healthcare/  

Chris Dodd

Democrat

http://www.chrisdodd.com/

http://chrisdodd.com/issues/healthcare

John Edwards

Democrat

http://johnedwards.com/

http://johnedwards.com/about/issues/health-care/

Jim Gilmore

Republican

http://www.gilmoreforpresident.com/

[Unable to Locate]

Rudy Giuliani

Republican

http://www.joinrudy2008.com/index.php

[Unable to Locate]

Mike Gravel

Democrat

http://www.gravel2008.us/

http://www.gravel2008.us/issues#healthcare

Mike Huckabee

Republican

http://www.explorehuckabee.com/index.cfm?-FuseAction=Home.Home

http://www.explorehuckabee.com/index.cfm?-FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_ID=8#We_can

Duncan Hunter

Republican

http://www.gohunter08.com/

[Unable to Locate]

Dennis Kuchinich

Democrat

http://kucinich.us/

http://kucinich.us/issues/universalhealth.php

John McCain

Republican

http://www.johnmccain.com/

http://mccain.senate.gov/issues_legislation/index.cfm?ID=49  

Barack Obama

Democrat

http://www.barackobama.com/

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

Ron Paul

Republican

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

[Unable to Locate]

Bill Richardson

Democrat

http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/home

http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/issues/-HCplan_exec_summary

Mitt Romney

Republican

http://www.mittromney.com/

http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Health_Care

Tom Tancredo

Republican

http://www.teamtancredo.com/

http://www.teamtancredo.com/pdfs/healthcare.pdf

Tommy Thompson

Republican

http://www.tommy2008.com/Home.aspx

http://www.tommy2008.com/Healthcare.aspx

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