By: John Gonzales Isiah Bennett,Xavier Boone

Respect 2nd Amendment, but local gun bans ok. (Feb 2008) Provide some common-sense enforcement on gun licensing. (Jan 2008) 2000: cosponsored bill to limit purchases to 1 gun per month. (Oct 2007) Concealed carry OK for retired police officers. (Aug 2007) Stop unscrupulous gun dealers dumping guns in cities. (Jul 2007) Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jul 2005) Obama is liberal is when it comes to gun control because he believes people can posse guns but have a limited amount and if they registered. Obama on Affirmative Action I benefited from affirmative action in my academic career. (Oct 2011) Keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day’s work. (Aug 2008) Obama is liberal on the issue of affirmative action because he benefited from affirmative action

Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. (May 2012) No federal laws should hinder state-based same-sex marriage. (May 2012) Obama is liberal for same sex marriage because he think no federal law should not let people not get married. Obama On Global Warming First-ever carbon pollution limits for new oil & coal plants. (Sep 2012) New coal plants ok if they pay for greenhouse gas emission. (May 2010) Obama is conservative about global warming he wants to reduce anything that cause global warming

No tax breaks for millionaires; GOP always wants tax cuts. (Sep 2012) We need a tax code where everybody pays their fair share. (Sep 2011) 2011 budget calls for top bracket of 39.6% to replace 35%. (Apr 2010) We cut taxes 25 times, for 95% of Americans. (Jan 2010) FactCheck: Tax cut only helps 75% or workers, not 95%. (Feb 2009) Buffet rule: millionaires should pay minimum of 30% in taxes. (Jan 2012) No across-the-board tax cuts for the wealthy. (Jan 2010) Tax cuts for wealthy got us into the current deficit. (Jan 2010) Obama conservative about tax he wants everyone to pat their fair share.

“Finally, we have to demand responsibility from people living here illegally…They must be required to admit that they broke the law. They should be required to register, pay their taxes, pay a fine and learn English… They must get right with the law before they can get in line and earn their citizenship.” July 1, 2011, Speaking at the American University’s School of International Service in Washington In the segment above Barack Obama states that if the person gets into the country illegally they must admit to breaking the law and only then will they be accepted. This quote proves that Barack Obama is liberal about immigration. Obama on Education We need a sense of urgency about improving education system. (Sep 2007) Sends kids to private school; but wants good schools for all. (Jul 2007) Public school system status quo is indefensible. (Oct 2006) Supports charter schools and private investment in schools. (Jul 1998) From Obama view Obama is conservative about education he wants American students to have a high education

1997: opposed bill preventing partial-birth abortion. (Aug 2008) Ok for state to restrict late-term partial birth abortion. (Apr 2008) From Obama past actions this proves he is conservation about partial birth abortion but is liberal about abortion as long as the fetus is not partially born. Obama on health care Give more help to those denied a life of dignity & respect. (Jul 2008) Address minority health needs by more coverage & targeting. (Mar 2007) Allow prescription drug re-importation. (May 2004) Creating his own health care system: ObamaCare proves Obama is liberal on the issue of health care.

The candidate I am profiling is Barack Obama. The political party the candidate represent is the Democratic Party. What other political offices has this person had in his/her career? Obama once was the senate of Illinois from 1996 to November 2004 until his 2008 presidential election. What prior political and leadership experience does this candidate have that makes him/her qualified to be next president? Barack Obama has a Harvard Law Degree and was the first African American President of the Harvard Law Review. The president of the Harvard Law Review often goes on to become a clerk for a Federal Court of Appeals judge then for an associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Instead, he went back to Chicago to work on a voter registration drive that resulted in voter registration in Chicago's 19 predominantly black wards outnumbering those in the city's 19 predominantly white ethnic wards for the first time in Chicago's history. He then worked as an attorney and constitutional law teacher at the University of Chicago School of Law. Obama was an Illinois state senator from 1996 to He resigned from the state senate in 2004 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate where he has served one term. Many have made statements about Barack Obama lacking the necessary experience to be elected President of the United States; however, his level of experience going into this election is very similar to that of past presidents such as Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is considered to be one of the greatest U.S. Presidents in history and his experience at the time of his election to office was strikingly similar to that of Barack Obama.