In this installment of "Meet the Candidates" We will be looking at three of the top favorites for the Republican nominee. Dr. Ben Carson: a former Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Jeb Bush:Former Florida Governor and menber of the Bush family dyansty, and Ted Cruz: A sentator well know for his 21 hour long Fillibuster speech in 2013.
Jeb Bush
Born:February 11,1953 Midland,Texas
Accomplishments:Governor, State of Florida, 1998-2006
Candidate, Gubernatorial, Florida, 1994
Chair, Florida Bush-Quayle, 1992
Chair, Bob Martinez Re-election, 1990
Secretary of Commerce, State of Florida, 1987-1988
Chair, Republican Party of Dade County, 1984-1986
President/Chief Executive Officer, Codina Group, 1981-1986, 1988-1993, and 1995-1997
Representative/Vice President, Texas Commerce Bank, Venezuela, 1974-1979
BA, Latin American Studies, University of Texas, 1974
Dr.Ben Carson
Born:September 18,1951 Detroit,Michigian
Accomplishments:Former Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Former Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Craniofacial Center
Former Neurosurgeon
Author
MD, University of Michigan
BA, Psychology, Yale
Has Never held public office
Ted Cruz
Born:December 22,1970 Calgary,Alberta Canada (His father was a US Citizen who worked on a oil rig at the time)
Accomplishments: Senator, United States Senate, 2012-present
Domestic Policy Advisor, Bush Presidential Campaign, 1999-2000
Adjunct Professor of Law, United States Court Litigation, University of Texas School of Law, 2004-2009
Associate Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 2001
Coordinator, Department of Justice, Bush-Cheney Transition Team, 2000-2001
Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission, 2001-2003
Law Clerk, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1996-1997
Law Clerk, Judge J. Michael Luttig, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-1996
Solicitor General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, 2003-2008
JD, Harvard Law School, 1995
AB, Public Policy, Princeton University, 1992
Where they stand on the issues
- All three are pro life
- Bush and Carson are against equality for women and minorites in the workplace while Cruz is neutral
- All three are anti Same Sex Marriage
- All three are against seperation of church and state
- Bush and Carson are for restrictive EPA Regulations while Cruz is not
- Bush is against making voter registration easier while Carson and Cruz have no opinion on the matter
- Cruz and Bush agree that stricter punishments reduce crime while Carson does not
- All three are pro gun ownership
- all three disagree on expanding Obamacare (In fact that was the topic of Cruz's 21 hour speech in 2013)
- All three support vouchers for school choice
- all three are against prioritizing green energy
- Bush says Pot is a gateway drug, but Cruz and Carson disagree
- All three prefer a market led economy
- all three disagree on higher taxes on the wealthy
- Bush agrees with pathway to citizenship while Cruz and Carson do not
- Cruz wants to privatize Social Security while Carson and Bush are neutral
- Cruz and Bush support free trade expansion while Carson does not
- All three want to expand the military
- Cruz and Carson support American Exceptionalism while Bush does not
- Cruz and Bush do not want to avoid foreign entanglements while Carson does
Three men who are running to become the leader of the free world. Who will win? Who will go home? Where do you stand on the issues?
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