ACTIVE IN EARLY
PRIMARY
STATES
These groups were most visibly active in early primary states:
Americans
for Fair Taxation
Americans
for Health Care
Business
Leaders for Sensible Priorities
Divided
We Fail
ED
in '08
Every
Child Matters
Heat
is On
Human
Rights Campaign
ONE
Vote '08
Partnership
to Fight Chronic Disease.
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CIVIL
RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
-American Freedom Agenda: Freedom
Pledge
-Gunowners of America: Presidential
Candidates And The Second Amendment
-Human Rights Campaign: 2008
Democratic presidential candidate questionnaire (press
release)
DOMESTIC
-Aerospace Industries Association: Top
Issues for 2008 (press
release)
-Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities: Iowans
for Sensible Priorities, Priorities
New Hampshire
ECONOMY
-Americans for Tax Reform: Taxpayer
Protection Pledge
-Club for Growth: White papers on the candidates' economic
records...Huckabee
(Jan. 29, updated Nov. 13), Brownback
(Feb. 28), McCain
(Mar. 12), Giuliani
(May 14), Romney
(Aug. 21), FThompson
(Sept. 6), and Paul
(Oct. 29).
EDUCATION
AND CHILDREN
-Strong American Schools: ED in '08
-Children's Defense Fund: Elect
Susie Flynn
-Every Child Matters Education Fund: Efforts
in the early states IA, NV, NH and SC
ENVIRONMENT
-League of Conservation Voters: 2008
Presidential Profiles (press
release)
-League of Conservation Voters Education Fund: The
Heat is On
FOREIGN
POLICY
-Center for U.S. Global Engagement: Impact
'08
-Human Rights First: meetings
with presidential candidates to discuss U.S. detention and
interrogation
policies.
-Ballotground (goal is to
place anti-war ballot initiatives on the ballots of 2008 battleground
states).
-ONE Campaign: ONE
Vote '08 (press
release, 2)
GOVERNMENT
-National League of Cities: American
Cities '08, the Road to the White House Runs Through America’s Hometowns
-National Association of Counties: 2008
Presidential Election Project
HEALTH
CARE
-Americans for Health Care: Iowa
for Health Care, New
Hampshire
for Health Care
-ACS CAN, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Diabetes
Association and the American Heart Association: Are
You Covered? (press
release)
-Partnership to Fight
Chronic Disease (press
release)
-American Medical Association: Voice
for the Uninsured (press
release)
-Campaign to End AIDS: AIDSVote
HEALTH
CARE AND RETIREMENT SECURITY
-AARP is building its efforts around the Divided We Fail (www.dividedwefail.org)
initiative. (IA,
SC,
NV)
-Concord Coalition: April
23, 2007 press release on annual Social Security and Medicare
Trustees'
reports.
IDEOLOGICAL
-American Conservative Union: Ratings
for the Likely 2008 Presidential Candidates
-MoveOn.org hosted a Virtual Town Hall Meeting for 2008 candidates
on April 10, 2007.
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Americans
for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge I ,_____, pledge to the taxpayers of the United States of America that I will: ONE, oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses; and TWO, oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates. Signers as of
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