Potential Candidates

Presidential Election, 2016


ERIC CANTOR (R-VA)
Considered as John McCain's Vice President running mate in 2008

Foreign Policy

• "Stronger US-Israel relationship" should remain a top priority for the US government
• Cosponsored legislation to cut ALL taxpayer supplied aid to the Palestinian Authority
• Criticized USAID for providing aid to Palestine
  

Social Issues

• Opposes embryonic stem cell research
• Pro-Life
• Opposes same-sex marriages
• Supports "discrimination based on sexual orientation"
• Anti-Affirmative Action voting record
  
• Opposes gun control; worked to ban product misuse lawsuits against gun manufacturers
• "A" ranking by NRA

Economy, Trade, Budget

• Supports Free Trade
• Supported Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
• Opposed 2007 minimum wage increase
• Anti-Union voting record

ANTHONY WEINER (D-NY)
Known as one of the most "intense and demanding" member of the House
Proponent of America's middle class; awarded an "A" ranking by Drum Major Institute 08'

Foreign Policy

• Originally supported invasion of Iraq, admits he regrets his supports, goings so far as to recommend a withdrawal on The O'Reilly Factor
• Opposes United States' support of the Palestinian Authority - stated that the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations should "start packing their little Palestinian terrorist bags"
• Critical of Human Rights Watch, the New York Times, and Amnesty International - claims groups to be "biased against Israel"
  
• Opposed $20 billion dollar arms deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia in 2007

Social Issues

• Avid supporter of 2010 Health Care Legislation
• Supports a "public option" - www.countdowntohealthcare.com
• Pro-Choice
• Opposed Partial Birth Abortions

"Make no mistake about it, every single Republican I have ever met in my entire life is a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry" - 2010