About the Democratic candidates for president 2016

[Cheshire Cat]

Hillary Clinton's Campaign Bio

Undoubtedly most American Citizens know who Hillary Clinton is.  The following is her biography from her campaign website.  An interesting note for fun.  When visiting the actual campaign website the first thing is asks you for is a donation before you can go onto the site.  If you do not choose to donate for some reason the tab that is supposed to let you into the the site just doesn't work.  I tried several times.    Here is what was found going into the site another way.

Hillary Clinton has served as Secretary of State, Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States, First Lady of Arkansas, a practicing lawyer and law professor, activist, and volunteer, but the first things her friends and family will tell you is that she's never forgotten where she came from or who she's been fighting for throughout her life.

Hillary grew up in a middle class home in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Her dad, Hugh, was a World War II Navy veteran and a small business man with a drapery business that designed, printed, and sold his draperies. Hillary, her mom, and her two brothers helped out in the business whenever they could. Hugh was a rock-ribbed Republican, a pay-as-you-go kind of guy who worked hard and wasted nothing.

Hillary's mother, Dorothy, had a tough childhood. She was abandoned by her parents as a young child and shipped off to live with relatives who didn't want her. By age 14, Dorothy knew the only way she'd get by was to support herself, and she started working as a housekeeper and babysitter while she went through high school. Her mother's experience sparked in Hillary a lifelong commitment to championing the needs of children.

Her own childhood was very different. Her parents built a stable middle class life. Hillary attended public schools and was a Brownie and a Girl Scout. She played in a girls' softball league. She was raised a Methodist and her mom taught Sunday school. Her youth minister took Hillary to see Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in Chicago and helped her develop a lifelong passion for social justice.

Hillary graduated from Wellesley College and then went to Yale Law School, where she was one of just 27 women in her graduating class. Hillary met her husband Bill at law school.

After law school, Hillary chose not to go to a big New York or Washington law firm. Instead, she went to work for the Children's Defense Fund, going door to door in New Bedford, Massachusetts, gathering stories about the lack of schooling for children with disabilities, which contributed to the passage of historic legislation to require their education.

It's this commitment to public service and fighting for others—especially children and families—that she's carried all her life.

After serving as a lawyer for the Congressional Committee investigating President Nixon, she moved to Arkansas where she taught law and ran legal clinics representing poor people. She co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, one of the state's first child advocacy groups. And on October 11, 1975, she married Bill in a small ceremony in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As First Lady of Arkansas, she was a forceful champion for improving educational standards and health care access. And she and Bill started their own family when their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.

Bill was first elected president in 1992 and re-elected in 1996. As First Lady, Hillary tenaciously led the fight to reform our health care system so that all our families have access to the care they need at affordable prices. When the insurance companies and other special interests defeated that effort, Hillary didn't give up. She worked with Republicans and Democrats to help create the successful Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides health coverage to more than 8 million children and has helped cut the uninsured rate for children in half.

In 1995, despite being told by some officials not to go, Hillary led the U.S. delegation to Beijing to attend the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and gave a groundbreaking speech, declaring that "human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all"—inspiring women worldwide and helping to galvanize a global movement for women's rights and opportunities.

Hillary was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman senator from New York. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hillary pushed the Bush administration to secure $20 billion to rebuild New York and fought to provide health care for first responders who were contaminated at Ground Zero. She repeatedly worked across the aisle to get things done, including working alongside Republicans to expand TRICARE so that members of the Reserves and National Guard and their families could get better access to health care.

When Congress wouldn't do enough for rural areas and small towns, Hillary didn't back down. She launched an innovative partnership in New York with eBay and local colleges to provide small businesses with tech support, microloans and training programs to sell their goods online. She helped expand broadband to remote areas of the state. And she launched Farm-to-Fork, to help New York farmers and producers sell their products to New York's restaurants, schools, colleges and universities.

Secretary of StateIn 2008, Hillary ran for president. When she came up short, she told her supporters, "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it."

And when President Obama asked Hillary to serve as his secretary of state, she put aside their hard-fought campaign and answered the call to public service once again. After eight years of Bush foreign policy, Hillary was instrumental in starting to restore America's standing in the world. Even former Republican Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said she "ran the State Department in the most effective way that I've ever seen."

She built a coalition for tough new sanctions against Iran that brought them to the negotiating table and she brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended a war and protected Israel's security. She was a forceful champion for human rights, internet freedom, and rights and opportunities for women and girls, LGBT people and young people all around the globe.

In 2014, Hillary took on a new role—grandmother to Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky—and she couldn't be prouder or happier.

Hillary Clinton's Campaign Issues

Campaign finance reform
Our democracy should work for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected.

Campus sexual assault
It's not enough to condemn campus sexual assault. We need to stop campus sexual assault.
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Climate change and energy
Making America the clean energy superpower of the 21st century.
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College
The New College Compact: Costs won't be a barrier, debt won't hold you back.
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Criminal justice reform
Our criminal justice system is out of balance.
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Disability rights
We must continue to expand opportunities for all Americans.
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Early childhood education
Every child deserves the chance to live up to his or her God-given potential.
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Economy
The defining economic challenge of our time is raising incomes for hard-working Americans.
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Gun violence prevention
It is past time we act on gun violence.
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Health care
Affordable health care is a basic human right.
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Immigration reform
America needs comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.
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K–12 education
A world-class education for every child in every community.
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Labor
When unions are strong, America is strong.
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LGBT equality
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans deserve to live their lives free from discrimination.
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National security
With policies that keep us strong and safe, America can lead the world in the 21st century.
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Rural communities
America's rural communities are at the heart of what makes this country great.
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Small business
Hillary Clinton will be a small business president.
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Social Security and Medicare
We must preserve, protect, and strengthen these lifelines.
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Substance use disorder and addiction
Through improved treatment, prevention, and training, we can end this quiet epidemic once and for all.
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Veterans, the armed forces, and their families
America must fully commit to supporting veterans.
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Voting rights
We should be making it easier to vote, not harder.
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Wall Street and corporate America
Wall Street must work for Main Street.
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Women's rights and opportunity
Women's issues are family issues, economic issues, and crucial to our future competitiveness.
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Workforce and skills
Every American should be able to learn new skills in order to advance in their careers.
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To read more click this link:  https://www.hillaryclinton.com/

[Cheshire Cat]

The following is information of Bernie Sanders taken from his official campaign website.  There is a cool interactive feature on his site that you can use by clicking the link below.

Bio for Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. In 2006, he was elected to the U.S. Senate after 16 years as Vermont's sole congressman in the House of Representatives. Bernie is now serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended James Madison High School, Brooklyn College, and the University of Chicago. After graduating, he moved to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In 1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington, the state's largest city, by a mere 10 votes.

As mayor, Bernie's leadership helped transform Burlington into one of the most exciting and livable small cities in America. Under his administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women's rights, youth programs and the arts. Bernie and Jane

In Congress, Bernie has fought tirelessly for working families, focusing on the shrinking middle class and growing gap between the rich and everyone else. Bernie has been called a "practical and successful legislator" and he was dubbed the "amendment king" in the House of Representatives for passing more amendments than any other member of Congress. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Bernie worked across the aisle to "bridge Washington's toxic partisan divide and cut one of the most significant deals in years." In 2015, Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus' ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee.

Bernie lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Jane. He has four children and seven grandchildren.

Bernie Sanders on the Issues

n the Issues
The American people must make a fundamental decision. Do we continue the 40-year decline of our middle class and the growing gap between the very rich and everyone else, or do we fight for a progressive economic agenda that creates jobs, raises wages, protects the environment and provides health care for all? Are we prepared to take on the enormous economic and political power of the billionaire class, or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy? These are the most important questions of our time, and how we answer them will determine the future of our country.

INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY
IT'S TIME TO MAKE COLLEGE TUITION FREE AND DEBT FREE
GETTING BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS
CREATING DECENT PAYING JOBS
A LIVING WAGE
CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENT
RACIAL JUSTICE
A FAIR AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION POLICY
FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
FIGHTING FOR LGBT EQUALITY
CARING FOR OUR VETERANS
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY
FIGHTING TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
REFORMING WALL STREET
REAL FAMILY VALUES
WAR AND PEACE
WAR SHOULD BE THE LAST OPTION: WHY I SUPPORT THE IRAN DEAL. 

https://berniesanders.com/

[Adam White]

*Democratic candidates.

[Cheshire Cat]

*Democratic candidates.

Thanks Adam.  I will posting the other Dem candidate and some of the GOP main candidates later on.  I corrected my typo but am not sure if it will show on the main thread.  We shall see. 

[Adam White]

*Democratic candidates.

Thanks Adam.  I will posting the other Dem candidate and some of the GOP main candidates later on.  I corrected my typo but am not sure if it will show on the main thread.  We shall see. 

I wasn't trying to be difficult - it's just one of those things that gets my back up, mainly because Republicans always call them the democrat party, etc. I think they do it on purpose.

[Cheshire Cat]

I did not think you were being difficult.    I often miss my own mistakes while typing and am glad when some one points them out.  I did correct the thread title but alas it did not correct on the main page feed, no clue why. 

[Cheshire Cat]

Martin O'Malley



Bio for Martin O'Malley from his campaign website  *note his bio is full of pictures so to get all the info visit his site at the link below this post. 

In 1999, O'Malley ran for Mayor of Baltimore. At the time, it was the most violent, abandoned, and addicted city in America. Widely considered an underdog candidate, O'Malley campaigned on the promise of reducing crime, improving schools, and rebuilding broken communities. He went on to earn 90 percent of the vote, and got right to work.

Over his seven years as Mayor, O'Malley's policies helped the people of Baltimore achieve the greatest crime reduction of America's largest cities. He also promoted important investments in the local economy—bringing fiscal stability to schools and cracking down on crime, which drew investments and people back to the city.

In City Hall, he implemented a program called CitiStat, a cutting-edge system that tracked how well Baltimore's government was serving its citizens. The program won Harvard University's Innovations in American Government Award, and TIME Magazine named O'Malley "one of America's top five big city's.

Martin O'Malley on the Issues

Addiction Treatment

Comprehensive Finance Reform

Clean Energy

Criminal Justice Reform

Debt Free College

Expanded Social Security

Finance Reform

Homeland Security

Immigration Reform

National Service

Trade Policy 

For more on O'Malley click this link:  https://martinomalley.com/

[Cheshire Cat]

The above represents the three leading Democratic candidates for the office of President.  I will be adding addition information and facts on all of the above over time and would invite others to do the same. 

[Cheshire Cat]

My pleasure Stephen.

[ProjectMaximus]

An interesting note for fun.  When visiting the actual campaign website the first thing is asks you for is a donation before you can go onto the site.  If you do not choose to donate for some reason the tab that is supposed to let you into the the site just doesn't work.  I tried several times.   

I didnt have that issue. It was my first time visiting her site. Pop up asked me to join the mailing list. I clicked x and it took me to the homepage.