Tag: ron paul

Republican candidates at the foreign policy debate on Saturday were asked to share their views on torture. This question segued into their views on waterboarding. Both Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain said that if elected, they would return to the practice of waterboarding as an interrogation technique.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul promised that he would cut the federal budget by $1 trillion if he is elected president.

With the presidential race heating up and elections just around the corner, the Campus Activities Board encouraged University of La Verne students to head to the polls and cast their votes on not only their choice for the next President of the United States, but also for the next student leaders of the Associated Students of the University of La Verne.

There are countless political topics on the table for the 2008 election that aim to redirect or solve current American issues. Of these issues, many stem from global problems of the country regarding war, economics and immigration.

Election day is eight months away and the issues most important to voters are coming into play in a way that can make or break a candidate running for president.

As it stands now there are only five candidates competing in the presidential primaries, two for the Democratic Party and three for the Republican Party.