THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007
ELECTION
3A
》 DEMOCRATS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clinton, Obama battle over healthcare plans
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-ILI.) continue to debate their competing national health care plans as the Iowa caucuses approach in January. Clinton holds a big lead in Obama in national pollings, though Obama has improved his Iowa poll numbers.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama intensified the bickering Sunday over their competing health plans, reflecting the crucial stakes as Iowa's leadoff caucuses in early January approach.
Clinton said Obama's proposal was "crafted for politics" and the latest example of his shifting policy positions. Obama said much the same of her approach.
"Senator Obama and I have been having a debate about health care for a couple of days, and it's a very important debate," Clinton said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "The difference is my health care plan covers every American and Senator Obama's plan will not."
Obama focused on Clinton's proposal to require that people buy coverage. His approach carries no such mandate, which he says is potentially costly for consumers.
"The reason Americans don't have health insurance isn't because they don't want it. It's because they can't afford it, which is why my plan doesn't have a mandate and goes further in cutting costs than any other proposal offered in this race." Obama said during a campaign stop to discuss health care issues. He said people could save up to $2,500 a year under his plan — more than any of his rivals.
Clinton disputed that, saying very similar cost savings are built into her plan.
"He leaves 15 million people uncovered," the New York senator said. "It's a plan crafted for politics, not for people."
Obama responded: "Hillary's idea is that we should force everyone to buy insurance. But this is yet another issue where she is not being straight with the American people because
she refuses to tell us how much she would fine people if they couldn't afford insurance"
The Illinois senator said it was another instance of maneuvering on Clinton's part. "So unless she can answer those questions, this is yet another calculation that's more about getting through an election than actually solving the health care problems," he said.
Obama credited the new criticism
"This is politics," Obama said in an interview With The Associated Press. "This is her apparently being concerned about her standing in Iowa."
from Clinton to his improved poll numbers in Iowa.
Clinton has amassed a big lead in national polls, and a win in Iowa could give her would give her an enormous amount of momentum.
>> REPUBLICANS
--before a crush of news cameras. Romney, he said, "had one of the weaker records of any governor on economics."
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Republicans Mitt Romney, left, and Rudy Giuliani confront one another during a campaign event. The presidential contends over health care and economic issues that spilled over into Sunday.
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Giuliani, Romney compare records
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HUDSON, N.H. — The backand-forth backbiting between Republican presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney spilled over into Sunday as Giuliani contended that the former Massachusetts governor has fumbled on health care and economic matters.
Asked by a diner patron about Romney's health care program while governor, Giuliani said Romney "made a mistake" by mandating coverage for all Massachusetts residents. "When you mandate it, it ends up costing you much more money," said Giuliani, a former New York mayor.
Romney's Massachusetts program denies a tax credit, worth about $200, to residents who fail to obtain health insurance, which the state subsidizes for lower-income families. Romney defends the program, saying such incentives nudge more people into getting insurance, which benefits individuals and society in general.
The customer at Suzie's Diner, who identified himself as a bus driver and former Massachusetts resident, made clear that he did not like Romney's record and gave Giuliani an opening to take on his rival. Giuliani, who trails Romney in polls in New Hampshire as the Jan. 8 primary approaches, obliged
After a campaign event in Newport on Sunday, Romney told The Associated Press: "Let's compare our records. Mayor Giuliani left a budget deficit of $3 billion — a $3 billion budget gap that Mayor (Michael) Bloomberg called a financial crisis. I left a $2 billion rainy day fund and my last budget left a $500 million surplus."
The two candidates had gone at it on Saturday, too. Each tried to characterize the other as a wasteful spender while claiming himself a champion of fiscal restraint.
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Fair Trade Holiday Market IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN: THE ANNUAL FAIR TRADE HOLIDAY MARKET PUT ON BY THE LAWRENCE FAIR TRADE COALITION!
When: Friday, November 23rd to Thursday, November 29th
What: A holiday sale to promote fair trade awareness in the Lawrence community
Time: Fri 23 & Sat 24: 9 am - 7 pm
Sun 25: 1 pm - 7 pm
Mon 26 - Thurs 29: 11 am - 7 pm
Where: ECM, 1204 Oread Lawrence, KS 66044
Who: You, You, and You!! Fair gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list!
What is Fair Trade?
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Fair Trade helps give exploited producers a way to maintain their traditional lifestyles with dignity. It encompasses a range of goods, from agricultural products such as coffee, tea, chocolate, and bananas, to handicrafts including clothing and decorative arts.
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WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP AT THE MARKET???? Sign-up on the email sheet and fill your name in a time slot on the chart to volunteer and help make this year's Fair Trade Holiday Market the best yet! The sign-up sheet and the chart are posted on the office windows on your left as you walk into the ECM, 1204 Oread. Volunteer training is Monday the 19th at 6pm, or Tuesday the 20th at 9pm at the ECM
November 26,2007
WANT TO JOIN THE LAWRENCE FAIR TRADE COALITION???
Our group meets regularly every other Monday at 5:30 PM in the first office on the left at the ECM.
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Salon Nouveau: Afraid to be a Woman?
A discussion about the ways that media influence our feelings of safety and creates a culture of fear especially targeted
at women.
"Presidential Politics from the Inside" A study group hosted by Dole Feliow, Jerry Austin
Alcove G in the Kansas Union
The next NSCS general meeting is on Tuesday, November 27 @8 pm in Alderson Auditorium of KS Union.
In need of community service hours? Come and help serve the people of the community at Jubliee Cafe
Friday, November 16, 2007 6-9am $ \bullet $ First United Methodist Church on 946 Vermont
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Presents:
John Toohey, marketing and communications consultant and a former Dole Fellow. He will talk about the role of "Advance in Presidential campaigns.
4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27th at the Dole Institute