Campaign 2008
In 2008 we will hold national elections for the Presidency and Congress. Here in Arizona we have opportunities to add Democrats to the state legislature. Only four more seats and we control the Arizona House of Representatives. Moreover, we will be holding important elections here in Pinal County. All of our county-wide offices will be up for re-election.
For now, this page will include information on the national races. The links given below link to state-wide races, Pinal County Politics and Initatives and Propositions.
Click here for Congressional Campaign 2009 (not constructed yet)
Pinal County Politics 2008
Presidential Politics
A Plan To Change America and SaddleBrooke
Barack Obama believes we can unite people around a politics that puts solving the challenges of everyday Americans ahead of partisan calculation and special interests.
Barack Obama, Next President of the United States
IRAQ Obama opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning, and has a plan to responsibly end the war. He would immediately begin to pullout troops engaged in combat operations and pressure the Iraqi government to reconcile. He would call for a new constitutional convention with the United Nations And he would take immediate steps to confront the humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
HEALTHCARE Obama will sign legislation by the end of his first term in office that will provide quality, affordable and portable health care to every American. His plan will save a family up to $2,500/yr. by providing health coverage for every American, modernizing the U.S. health care system to contain cost, promoting prevention, and strengthening public health.
ECONOMY On the financial crisis, Obama wants to insist that any financial bailout of Wall Street must not be welfare for bankers and executives. “If U.S. taxpayers are expected to underwrite the bill in solving the financial markets crisis, they must be treated as investors.” The American public needs a return on any investment of public money. There must be accountability and oversight and any plan must include help for families struggling to stay in their homes.
More generally, Obama will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers with a tax cut, including a new tax credit worth up to $500/worker. He will make strategic long term investments in research, infrastructure, education, training, and workforce development so that America can create new high wage jobs and prosper in the world economy. He will fight for trade agreements that grow American jobs and contain good labor and environmental standards.
EDUCATION Obama is committed to strengthening our public schools. He will increase investment in early childhood education, and reform and fund No Child Left Behind. He will support paying teachers like the professionals they are and will encourage the development of professional, differentiated teacher compensation systems. Pay reform will be done with teachers, not to them. He will make college affordable for every American by expanding grant aid and reforming federal student loans to free up more money for student aid.
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Obama has been a leader in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the effects of climate change. He strongly supports the most aggressive can-and-trade approach to achieve an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
To learn more about Obama’s carefully thought out plans, go to barackobama.com