--He is "pro-choice" but opposes the late-stage procedures described as "partial-birth" abortions. Asked whether he is in favor of parental notification when minors seek abortions, he replied, "But in some cases when there is abuse in the family or problems in the family, then the courts should decide."
--"I do support domestic partnerships."
--Said he supports a ban on assault weapons, trigger locks under some circumstances and the Brady Bill, which requires background checks on gun purchasers. "I feel that it's important to have, and also I would like to close the loophole of the gun shows"
--"I believe in prayer in school and I think it should be up to the schools, you know, what direction they want to go"
--Said companies should not be permitted to drill for oil off California's coast. "I think that we should stop the oil drilling"
--Indicated support for some form of vouchers. "With No Child Left Behind Act that President Bush has put forward you have a chance that if your school has failed that you can go and take your child to another school," he said. "I believe in that."
--Said he had not yet taken a position on affirmative action
--Said drug legalization was "a bad idea" but he supported legalized medicinal marijuana.
--Indicated support for allowing undocumented immigrants already in the country to remain here
--Services for illegal immigrants was a "complicated issue"
--"Now we have to move forward with the whole thing and to look at it, what we're going to do with all the people that are undocumented immigrants here. What should we do? Should we have them to stay here, which I think is the right way to do, but how do you then include them in our society, how do you make it official, how do you make it legal?"
--Refused to take a pledge not to raise taxes, but pledged to raise them only if there was an "emergency
I wonder if he'll jump the Democrat ship eventually, or just secretly vote for George W. Bush rather than Dean in 2004.
The REAL tragedy about Arinold is that his positions fit ANY far-left Clintonesque Democrat who runs as a "moderate" even though his agenda is for pure socialism. Let's try another, shall we?
--He is "pro-choice" but opposes the late-stage procedures described as "partial-birth" abortions. Asked whether he is in favor of parental notification when minors seek abortions, he replied, "But in some cases when there is abuse in the family or problems in the family, then the courts should decide."
--"I do support domestic partnerships."
--Said he supports a ban on assault weapons, trigger locks under some circumstances and the Brady Bill, which requires background checks on gun purchasers. "I feel that it's important to have, and also I would like to close the loophole of the gun shows"
--"I believe in prayer in school and I think it should be up to the schools, you know, what direction they want to go"
--Said companies should not be permitted to drill for oil off California's coast. "I think that we should stop the oil drilling"
--Indicated support for some form of vouchers. "With No Child Left Behind Act that President Bush has put forward you have a chance that if your school has failed that you can go and take your child to another school," he said. "I believe in that."
--Said he had not yet taken a position on affirmative action
--Said drug legalization was "a bad idea" but he supported legalized medicinal marijuana.
--Indicated support for allowing undocumented immigrants already in the country to remain here
--Services for illegal immigrants was a "complicated issue"
--"Now we have to move forward with the whole thing and to look at it, what we're going to do with all the people that are undocumented immigrants here. What should we do? Should we have them to stay here, which I think is the right way to do, but how do you then include them in our society, how do you make it official, how do you make it legal?"
--Refused to take a pledge not to raise taxes, but pledged to raise them only if there was an "emergency"