Richardson in Concord

Questioned following his filing with Secretary of State in Concord, NH on October 30:
Question: “Governor…as President, will you implement a no first-use policy with nuclear weapons?”
Richardson: “I will.”
Questioner: “Will you take nuclear weapons off the table with Iran?”
Richardson: “I will support a no first-use policy.”
Second questioner
Question: “I understand you just [...]

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Obama on Nuclear Weapons and Iraq

Obama calls for nuclear abolition and the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Poached from Caucus 4 Priorities

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Romney in Manchester

Governor Mitt Romney spoke at Elliot Hospital today.
Question: Governor Romney, 12 US Army Captains have published a nation-wide op-ed calling for the immediate withdrawal from Iraq, or for the reinstatement of the draft. Given the increasing number of similar articles, how can you continue to stay the course in Iraq?
Answer: Because it’s working, number one. [...]

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Paul in Manchester

While at a lunch at the Merrimack Cafe in Manchester with Ron Paul, I was able to ask him his opinion on how to prevent war in Iran. He stated he, as president, would pull the navy away from Iran’s coast and enter into diplomatic dialogue with Iran’s leaders.
I was then able to discuss nuclear [...]

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Obama in Concord

Question: Senator Obama, when will you sign onto the Webb Amendment
Answer: I thought we already signed onto it. I’m a strong supporter of it.
Questioner: No you haven’t. When will you sign on?
At this point, Senator Obama started to walk away. Questioner asked: “Tomorrow?”
Answer: I’ll find out.

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Dodd in Manchester

Question: Will you take the nuclear option off the table with Iran?
Answer: [paraphrased]. Dodd committed to no first use of nuclear weapons and called for world wide abolition of the world’s 27,000 nuclear weapons.

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Clinton Bucks the Trend and Rakes in Cash from the US Weapons Industry

The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street’s favourite. Investment bankers have opened their wallets in unprecedented numbers for the New York senator over the past three months and, in [...]

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Brownback Drops Out of the Presidential Race

According to Yahoo! News, Repulican Senator Sam Brownback from Kansas has dropped out of the presidential race.
Good luck in all your future endeavors, Senator Brownback.

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Colbert Announces Presidential Candidacy

Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for President.
It has become something of a television cliche: politicians launching their electoral campaigns on late-night talk shows, in a calculated attempt at hipness.
But a late-night comic announcing his presidential candidacy on a late-night talk show–now that is a hall-of-mirrors maneuver worthy of Stephen Colbert. The man known to [...]

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Security and Opportunity for the Twenty-First Century

Senator Clinton wrote in Foreign Affairs today:
Neither North Korea nor Iran will change course as a result of what we do with our own nuclear weapons, but taking dramatic steps to reduce our nuclear arsenal would build support for the coalitions we need to address the threat of nuclear proliferation and help the United [...]

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