2. Divisions within the Republican Party
Social Conservatives Economic Conservatives
• Pro-life • Favor free market
• Opposed to same-sex o Laissez-faire system
marriage
• Personal responsibility
Capital Punishment over the welfare system
• Generally support stricter
punishment and • Reduction in taxes as
enforcement much as possible
4. Balancing the Budget
• The candidates are overall divided on the
best way to balance the budget
• Tax Cuts
• Cut wasteful spending
• "Business Oriented“
• Bachmann suggested a "balanced budget"
amendment to the constitution
• This has been ruled out as unrealistic because it
could not pass the Senate or survive a
Presidential veto
5. National Security: Immigration & Securing Borders
• Source of population growth and
cultural change
• US-Mexico border = most
frequently crossed international
border
• Republican Party is in support of:
– Tightening the Border
– Setting up a fence across the
entire border
– Preventing illegal immigrants
from receiving citizenship
6. National Security: War in Afghanistan and Iraq
The War on Terror continues
to be an important issue and
is playing a large role in the
2012 election
The majority of candidates
support continued fighting in
Afghanistan and Iraq until
the region is stable
7. Healthcare
All candidates want
Democratic Health Care
Reform Bill repealed
Replace with "patient -
centered" and free market
approach to health care
9. Mitt Romney • Former Governor of
Massachusetts
• Opponent of “Obamacare”,
supports market-based reforms,
and state-funded healthcare
• Government-run Security
program is essential
• Increased legal immigration,
decreased illegal immigration
and amenities
• Supports maintaining troops in
the Middle East
10. • Viewpoint on Social Security Newt Gingrich
• believes that the system has been
broken for decades and thinks that
instead of "reshuffling",
"restructuring" is necessary
• Viewpoint on National
Security
o supports putting up a fence, securing
the borders and enforcing the laws
o wants to continue fighting
in Afghanistan and believes that part
of the War on Terror involves fighting
in Iraq
• Viewpoint on Healthcare http://www.thedailyshow.com/
o “Obamacare” is health care watch/thu-january-26-
"deformed": repeal & replace.
o Medicaid/Medicare fraud: stop paying
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11. Rick Santorum
• Viewpoint on Social Security
o supports voluntary privatization of
Social Security
o wants to raise retirement age
• Viewpoint on National
Security
o strongly opposes the withdrawal of
troops from Afghanistan and Iraq
o against granting rights to immigrants,
supports establishing a fence on the
Mexican-American border
• Viewpoint on Healthcare
o strongly disapproves of “Obamacare”,
1st executive order = repeal
o doesn't approve of prescription
medicine coverage with Medicare
12. Ron Paul
• Doctor and Author, as well as
US Congressman for 14th
Congressional District of
Texas
• Six-point plan to stop illegal
immigration
• Foreign policy of non-
intervention, neutrality, and
independence
• Against Obamacare and for
affordable insurance
13. Michele Bachmann
• leader of the Tea Party Caucus and
US Representative from Minnesota
• Supports privatizing Social Security,
repealing “Obamacare”, and
introducing the Ryan Plan
• 4-Point Immigration Platform
• Supports continuing in the Middle
East
14. Herman Cain •
•
Born December 13, 1945 in Atlanta, GA
CEO of Godfather's Pizza
• Vice President of Pillsbury
• Host of the Herman Cain Talk Show
• Only candidate who isn't a politician
• Nine Nine Nine - tax plan
• On Social Security:
o Believes that instead of "reshuffling"
Social Security, "restructuring" it is
necessary
• On National Security:
o Wants to secure border with fence
o Believes War on Terror involves fighting
in Iraq
• On Healthcare:
o Wants to repeal and replace
“Obamacare” with free market
approach
15. Rick Perry Governor of Texas
• Reform Social Security
• National Security
o Immigration
o Afghanistan
o Send troops back to Iraq
• Viewpoint on Healthcare
o Wipe out “Obamacare”
