Around the World - Across the Years

Journal Entry

4/21    Tomorrow is the democrat primary in Pennsylvania where voters will decide between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.  Why is it important for voters to be able to choose between different candidates in a democracy?  What kind of differences might be important between two candidates?
-    health care
-    the military (Iraq, The War on Terror, Iran, Israel, Afghanistan)
-    moral issues (abortion, prayer in schools, capital punishment)
-    supreme court judges
-    taxes
-    how government spends money
-    immigration
-    the price of gasoline & alternative fuels
-    2nd amendment rights

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