You're pretty correct in the sense that they are similar on most things. The biggest difference for me (strictly speaking on issues) is each candidate's take on universal health care.
Hillary wants mandated health care. You would be required to get health insurance, like you are required to get auto insurance, whether you need it, want it or can afford it. Obama will create a national health plan similar to the plan enjoyed by members of Congress, making insurance available to and affordable for everyone, but won't require people to get it (except he does want to require health coverage for children). Here's a good FAQ about Obama's plan: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/Obama08_HealthcareFAQ.pdf -----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:01 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Differences between Obama and Hillary Felt this warranted a different thread so those of you who know more than me can educate me. I was looking over the bullet point list of issues for Obama and Hillary. To me, both of them, are really alike on most issues. There's obviously a few small points here and there that they differ, like perhaps where money might come from to fund certain programs, like healthcare, but overall I find them pretty similar in thinking. Again, is this my naivete on not really understanding some of the "political jargon" or is this really the case? IMO, I would like Hillary to get the nod, but I'm just as ecstactic for Obama to get the nod. I just want a change in goverment and a change for this country. I would think an O/H or H/O ticket might be pretty interesting, because if it is "public support" that will get things done, how does it get any better than that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253661 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
