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2008 US presidential election candidates - Democrats and Republicans.
The custom search tool below makes it intuitively easy to
research across the official 2008 presidential election campaign
websites of the Democratic and Republican candidates (list
below) for the state primaries and the U.S. political party
nomination process.
This tool also includes their official websites as US
governors, Senators, or Representatives in Congress if the candidates
are serving in elected office now. |
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This is a selective search tool. It differs in scope from the custom
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Search tool above - at the top of all pages of this website - by searching a
specific list of US presidential election websites.
This avoids millions of potentially irrelevant search
results from other websites - to more easily research the stated
positions of the candidates directly on any topic.
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Search Tips Since this
search tool covers many large websites, as listed below, it may be helpful
to narrow a search with an exact phrase by including the keywords in
quotes as shown in these examples:
 | "trade policy", "foreign investment",
"foreign policy" |
| "economic development", "job creation", "business
investment" |
| "tax policy", "tax reform", "tax credit" |
| "immigration reform", "labor market" |
| "economic growth", "Federal Reserve", and
"monetary policy" |
These are just a few illustrative examples of exact
phrases which may be helpful to find the most relevant search results
quickly. Without the quotation marks, the results would include
matches for either word.
It is also possible to refine a search within the list
of initial results.
Refer to
Google search tips
for advanced search techniques. For example, to
search the US Senate or House websites or the White House website for
content about monetary policy, an advanced Google Search could be done
using the tool at the top of this page as:
"monetary policy" site:*.senate.gov
"monetary policy" site:*.house.gov
"monetary policy" site:*.whitehouse.gov
The same approach can be used to research Cabinet
departments, such as Treasury, Commerce, and State, or other federal
government agencies as well as the websites of other types of
organizations.
www.treasury.gov
www.commerce.gov
www.state.gov . |
Other resources of
potential interest for our visitors US
governors are often actively engaged in their state economic
development, trade promotion, and business investment attraction and
retention initiatives. Their websites often highlight their
policies toward business, including tax policies, labor issues, and
other matters.
In fact, as can be readily seen by browsing through
the websites for various US governors, there are considerable
differences in the level of attention which they devote to business
attraction and retention. The same is true of members of Congress
in the House and Senate.
Our
US
Governors directory includes website links, election years,
incumbent, and political party affiliation. Another useful
resource is the National Governors Association
www.nga.org For members of
Congress, refer to www.senate.gov
or www.house.gov
Our new
Search: Americas tools can be another useful way to research the
business climate for capital investment and the impact of government
policy choices in any US region or state. This includes many local
chamber of commerce websites which may promote local economic
development, but which may also highlight local grievances about current
policies or their recommendations for policy changes.
The US Chamber of Commerce
www.uschamber.com may also be of
interest in this regard because of their national lobbying activities,
along with many other business or professional associations.
Our directory of
International Business Forums may be helpful since many of these
organizations also address US national policy issues.
We also maintain a selective directory of
humanitarian, charitable, and philanthropic organizations for the
convenience of our visitors. |
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List of websites searched by the above custom search
tool for 2008 US presidential election candidates |
Republican National Committee
www.rnc.org
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Democratic National Committee
www.democrats.org
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This selective tool does not include
independent and third party candidates. It is a free service with
no party or election candidate affiliation or funding. |
| US Senator for Arizona John
McCain has enough delegates to win the Republican party nomination for
President now.
www.johnmccain.com
www.mccain.senate.gov
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US Senator for New York
Hillary Clinton
www.hillaryclinton.com
www.clinton.senate.gov |
US Senator for Illinois
Barack Obama
www.barackobama.com
www.obama.senate.gov |
| Former Massachusetts
Governor Mitt Romney has suspended his candidacy, so his website below
is no longer included in the search scope but
is
still listed here for reference.
www.mittromney.com |
Former Arkansas Governor
Mike Huckabee has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his website
below is no longer included in the search scope but
is
still listed here for reference.
www.mikehuckabee.com
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Former US Senator for North
Carolina John Edwards has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so
his website below is no longer included in the search scope but
is
still listed here for reference.
www.johnedwards.com
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| Former US Senator for
Tennessee Fred Thompson has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his
website below is no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.fred08.com
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US Representative from
California Duncan Hunter has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his
websites below are no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.gohunter08.com
www.house.gov/hunter/ |
New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his websites below
are no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.richardsonforpresident.com
www.governor.state.nm.us |
US Representative from Ohio
Dennis Kucinich has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his websites
below are no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.dennis4president.com
www.kucinich.house.gov
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| US Representative from
Colorado Tom Tancredo has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his
websites below are no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.teamtancredo.com
www.tancredo.house.gov |
Former New York Mayor Rudy
Giuliani has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his website below is no longer included in the search scope but
is
still listed here for reference. He has endorsed Senator John
McCain.
www.joinrudy2008.com
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US Senator for Delaware
Joseph (Joe) Biden has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his
websites below are no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.joebiden.com
www.biden.senate.gov |
US Senator for Connecticut
Chris Dodd has officially withdrawn his candidacy, so his websites below
are no longer included in the search scope but are
still listed here for reference
www.chrisdodd.com
www.dodd.senate.gov |
| Former US
Ambassador Alan Keyes is just listed here for
reference, and his websites are no longer included in the scope of the above search
tool.
www.alankeyes.com
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US
Representative from Texas Ron Paul is just listed here for
reference, and his websites are no longer included in the scope of the above search
tool.
www.ronpaul2008.com
www.house.gov/paul/
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Former US
Senator for Alaska Mike Gravel is just listed here for reference, and is no longer included in the scope of the above
search tool. www.gravel2008.us
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additional sites to search
or otherwise feature on this page for reference, other than those already listed above. |
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us if any
website links above are obsolete. Once again, this is a selective
tool which does not include independent and third party candidates, and some
of the websites above will probably be dropped out of the scope of the above
search as candidates withdraw during the presidential primary and party
nomination process. |
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Regardless of national or local news media
coverage or opinion poll rankings about their likely success in the
primaries or general election, the official views of these candidates on
issues of interest to our business visitors are now easy to find directly
without the filter of media coverage, pundit opinions, bloggers, special
interest groups, etc. - to the extent that they actually share their views
on such issues through their websites. |
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Visitors are presumably already aware that political campaign
rhetoric often does not match the policy positions and actions taken while
in office, which is why this search tool includes both the campaign websites
and the official websites of those who are presently serving in elected
offices. |
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We do not endorse any candidate, nor do we provide election news coverage or
commentary or receive any politically-motivated funding at all. |
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This is just a free service to more easily search across the above websites
of active candidates without millions of irrelevant results from other
websites - just as we provide other free tools of this nature for global
business location strategy and capital investment project planning research. |
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The purpose of this research tool is simply to make it easier for the
business executives and professional advisors we serve, whose interests may
include being responsible for future business expansion, job creation, and
capital investment plans in the USA or worldwide, to directly research the
stated positions and policies of the 2008 presidential election candidates
of the Republican and Democratic party on any topic of interest.
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In particular, this tool may be helpful to our many
international business visitors. They may prefer to do their own
research about the candidates and their views and intended policies on key
issues, without the filter of news media coverage or the advocacy work of
special interest groups. For example, there is very biased,
inadequate, or selective news coverage of US elections without a business
issue focus in many countries. |
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For information about independent and third party candidates,
or prior candidates who have withdrawn from the 2008 campaign, a useful
resource may be the Wikipedia entry at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_2008
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What did the candidates say or do in the past? An
interesting research tool in this regard is the "Wayback Machine" at
www.archive.org
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