Whichever Democratic candidate wins their party’s nomination will be historic because it will either be the first woman or the first African-American nominee for President from a major political party. Barack is a United States senator from Illionois and the current delegate leader for the Democratic nomination. Obama Obama’s major campaign slogan has been for “Change” and that he is the candidate of such “Change.”
Environment:
“Well, I don’t believe that climate change is just an issue that’s
convenient to bring up during a campaign. I believe it’s one of the
greatest moral challenges of our generation.”
- Barack Obama (October 14, 2007)
- Reduce harmful carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 through a cap/trade system.
- Invest in clean energy ($150 billion over ten years), increase energy research budget, transition towards renewable energy, clean coal technology.
- Expand biofuel research and implementation and reduce oil dependence by increasing fuel economy standards.
- Improve engery efficiency by 50% by 2030 and restore the U.S. leadership on climate change.
Healthcare:
- Obama is a supporter of a nationalized healthcare system that makes it easy for any American to have healthcare regardless of current health.
- Reform the privatized healthcare system to make it more fair and balanced.
- Mandatory coverage of all children and expansion of Medicare.
- Lower costs of and modernize the current health system to increase productivity.
- Increase funding to biomedical research and all forms of medical research to fight AIDS, help improve the lives of the disabled, and other health issues.
Education:
- Implementation of a “Zero to Five” early-age education system through voluntary, universal pre-school system.
- Increase Math and Science focus in school, reform No Child Left Behind by funding the program, and recruit/teach/retain/reward teachers for their services.
- Simplify the financial aid process for higher education and cover up to $4,000 of college through a tax credit.
Economy:
- Provide middle-class Americans tax relief
- Fight for fair trade, reform NAFTA, and support job creation to invest in U.S. manufacturing.
- Invest in future forms of Internet and wireless communication.
- Protect the openness of the Internet with net neutrality.
- Encourage labor unions and fight for worker’s rights.
- Protect homeownership and create a universal mortgage credit.
- Reform bankruptcy laws and address predatory credit card practices.
Barack Obama has gathered the support of countless college students not only because of his appearance but because of his beliefs. Many feel he truly is a candidate that could change Washington forever, a message that has obviously been accepted nationally as he is the current delegate leader for the Democratic nomination, followed closely by Hillary Clinton. Many feel that because he is both a new and different candidate from the norm that he would make a good president. He is not only an excellent public speaker, but he has a charisma that no other candidates posses. While he definitely lacks in the area of experience in politics, Obama has an amazing following that could very well earn him the Democratic nomination and maybe even the office of the President of the United States of America.
Barack Obama – Total Delegates = 1,374
- Super Delegates =181
- Pledged Delegates = 1,193
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