Here are their positions on some major issues important to conservatives based on their actual records in government or past boasts.
| Issue |
Obama |
Romney |
Newt |
| Advocated that abortion s/b safe & legal in America |
y |
y |
n |
| Defended Roe v Wade as settled law |
y |
y |
n |
| Advocated for abortion for underage girls without parental approval with judge's ok |
y |
y |
n |
| Supported planned parenthood |
y |
y |
n |
| Introduced $50 taxpayer funded abortion |
y |
y |
n |
| Supports homosexual agenda |
y |
y |
n |
| Better for homosexuals than Ted Kennedy |
y |
y |
n |
| Ok with homosexuals in Scouts |
y |
y |
n |
| Ok with homosexuals in military |
y |
y |
n |
| Supported and still supports global warming hoax |
y |
y |
n |
| Supports gun control (so-called "assault weapons" ban) |
y |
y |
n |
| Supports amnesty for illegal aliens (by any other name it's still amnesty) |
y |
y |
n |
| Is undeniable father of RomneyCare |
n |
y |
n |
| Is undeniable grandfather of ObamaCare |
n |
y |
n |
| Still boasts that RomneyCare is great! |
y |
y |
n |
| Still boasts that RomneyCare is a "conservative solution" |
n |
y |
n |
| Still believes RomneyCare is constitutional |
y |
y |
n |
| Still believes individual mandate ok at state level |
y |
y |
n |
| Believes state forcing individuals to buy health insurance is a conservative idea |
n |
y |
n |
| Believes compulsory health insurance with mandates and penalties s/b imposed on all states at state level |
n |
y |
n |
| Believes compulsory health insurance at state level is constitutional (states rights) |
? |
y |
n |
| Believes the state has constitutional power to force you into a private contract against your will for no other reason than you live there |
y |
y |
n |
| Supports government "stimulus" spending claims more is necessary |
y |
y |
n |
| Believes personal income tax should be cut drastically (15% flat tax) |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes corp income tax should be cut drastically (12.5% corp rate) |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes capital expenditures should be 100% expensed in first year |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes capital gains tax should be eliminated |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes estate tax (death tax) should be eliminated |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes federal government must be drastically cut per constitutional limits |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes unconstitutional federal functions like education should be returned to the states and people per tenth amendment |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes social security/medicare s/b phased out/privatized/returned to states and people |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes everyone at EPA should be fired and start over as an agency to look for solutions/not hinder industry |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes the constitution restricts the government from infringing on inalienable rights |
n |
n |
y |
| Appoints/supports/cowers to liberal activist judges |
y |
y |
n |
| Will challenge activist judiciary |
n |
n |
y |
| Believes in founding principles and has best conservative record to back it up |
n |
n |
y |
