Even for less wealthy candidates, public interest in candidate tax positions is hardly uncharted territory.
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Or, perhaps, will students' choices for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives be based on a candidate's positions on issues closer to home?
Fifty-three percent of Americans say they could not vote for an anti- Israel candidate even if they agreed with the candidate's positions on most other issues.
The GOP candidate has held positions in major gold miners such as Goldcorp (NYSE: GG), Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM), and Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) since 1994.
President Clinton, for example, spent the first half of his term untangling himself from unworkable foreign-policy positions adopted by Candidate Clinton.
The evidence suggests that the more campaign advertisements are aired, the better informed citizens become about candidate records and their policy positions.
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But when it comes to filling these vacant executive positions, should the candidate be yet another banker, or preferably someone from a totally different sector?
Strategist Mike Murphy sits at McCain's right hand, playing hall monitor by clarifying positions and editing possible missteps the candidate might make.
The Obama transition team is sending a seven-page, 63-item questionnaire to every candidate for Cabinet and other high-ranking positions in the incoming administration.
Mel Martinez, R-Florida, both McCain allies, changed their positions to be more supportive of the presidential candidate's plan.
Ray compiled Rudolph Giuliani's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
Murdock compiled John Edwards's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
Ray compiled Duncan Hunter's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
Forbes researcher Godwin Maidment compiled Michael Bloomberg's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
Forbes researcher Milton Beck compiled Tom Tancredo's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
Forbes researcher Godwin Maidment compiled Fred Thompson's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
Forbes researcher Christopher Schmicker compiled Dodd's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, his Web site and other sources.
Forbes Statistics Department Deputy Editor Shlomo Reifman compiled Mike Huckabee's positions, described above, using material from the candidate's public statements, news reports, voting record, Web site and other sources.
How far apart these positions really are depends on how differently you think each candidate would react to developments on the ground.
Since 2008, when then-candidate Obama was first challenged on his anti-Israel friends, pastors and positions, Goldberg has willingly used his pen to defend Obama to the American Jewish community.
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The New Mexico governor was the first Hispanic-American presidential candidate, and has had close ties to the Clintons since he held two cabinet level positions in the 1990s.
Having held three senior ministerial positions with distinction in three administrations, Juan Manuel Santos is clearly the most qualified candidate.
The success of a green candidate, Ralph Nader, in taking presidential votes from Al Gore, who abandoned earlier green positions, is surely a signal, particularly of attitudes among the young.
Permanent positions can be filled only by open competition: heads of department cannot simply identify the best candidate and start negotiating.
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