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The following may well be Campaign Issues during U.S. presidential election, 2008.

Contents 1 Campaign Finance Reform & Elections 2 Domestic Issues 3 International Issues 3.1 General 3.2 Afghanistan 3.3 China 3.4 Iran 3.5 Iraq 3.6 North Korea 4 National Security 5 Related SourceWatch/Congresspedia Resources 6 External links

Campaign Finance Reform & Elections

• e-voting
• election reform
• electoral fraud
• political action committees
• soft money

Domestic Issues

• abortion
• gay rights

• same-sex marriage

• gun control
• health care

• Medicare

• illegal immigration / immigration reform
• Jobs Growth in the U.S.
• U.S. budget deficit
• U.S. economy
• U.S. National Debt
• U.S. Social Security
• U.S. tax cuts
• U.S. trade deficit
• U.S. unemployment
• wage stagnation (minimum wage)

International Issues

General

• failed states
• free trade
• nuclear weapons
• rogue nations / outposts of tyranny
• violence in the Middle East
• war on terrorism

Afghanistan

• Operation Enduring Freedom

China

Iran

• war in Iran

Iraq

• civil war in Iraq
• Exit Strategy from Iraq
• Iraqi insurgency
• Operation Iraqi Freedom: Year Four
• sectarian break-up of Iraq
• war in Iraq
• war profiteering

North Korea

National Security

• George W. Bush's domestic spying
• homeland defense
• homeland security
• Patriot Act I / Patriot Act II

Related SourceWatch/Congresspedia Resources

• 110th United States Congress
• Bush administration scandals
• Republican 'culture of corruption'
• The case for impeachment of President George W. Bush

External links

• Ron Fullwood, "Bush and Repugs at Their Most Dangerous; Scorching the Earth Behind Them. This could be the most dangerous period of Bush's reign," OpEdNews, May 7, 2006.
• F. William Engdahl, "The US's geopolitical nightmare," Asia Times, May 9, 2006.
• Matt Margolis, "Senate Fails to Pass Flag Burning Amendment," GOP Bloggers, June 28, 2006. On the flag burning amendment: "Among possible presidential contenders in 2008, six voted yes: Democrat Evan Bayh of Indiana and Republicans George Allen of Virginia, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Frist, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, and John McCain of Arizona. Five, all Democrats, voted no: Joseph Biden of Delaware, Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, John Kerry of Massachusetts."
• John Aravosis, "Republicans have lots of respect for our dead troops. Too bad they couldn't care less about the living ones," AMERICAblog, July 12, 2006.