Obama on the Issues

NYT/AP: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on the Issues
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 10, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's positions on a sampling of issues:

--Abortion: Favors abortion rights. As Illinois lawmaker, opposed restrictions on public financing of abortions.

--Global warming: Co-sponsored bill that would set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions and raise energy costs. Plan would require emissions to return to 2004 levels by 2012 and to 1990 levels by 2020.

--Health care: Wants universal coverage by 2012; details not specified.

--Immigration: Voted to give illegal immigrants a route to citizenship after they pay fines and back taxes, learn English, satisfy a work requirement and pass a criminal background check. Voted for building a fence along Mexican border, and toughening requirements that citizens be given preference for jobs over guest workers.

--Iran: Proposed regional conference that includes Iran, Syria and other neighbors, aimed at stabilizing Iraq. In 2004 Senate campaign, held out possibility of military action against Iran if sanctions designed to stop its nuclear program did not work.

--Iraq: Supports capping troop levels at 130,000, beginning withdrawal May 1 and completing pullout of combat brigades by March 31, 2008.

--Stem cell research: Supports relaxing restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Obama-Issues.html

Had some good Irish politicians out of Chicago (it's Saturday and I am feeling goofy)

But you know this country will never elect a green person as president. B-)

Sure wish I was down in Springfield right now...

BTW, for anyone from IL, (and this may not be new news to you...), but I heard that Obama's national campaign headquarters is going to be in Chicago. (No surprise, but great news for those of us in Chicagoland!)

10:55 AM Eastern / 9:55 AM Central / 8:55 AM Mountain / 7:55 AM Pacific
http://www.barackobama.com

I agree with pretty much all of that - although the fence thing always struck me as sort of silly.