Here's some of my key points for taking office:

[jrd200x]

Some great ideas on an earlier post. Here's some of mine:

Iraq: Didn't want it, don't like it, but we're in and can't get out easily. Support the real Murtha plan: The Iraqi's won't "stand up until we start to "stand down." gradually move troops to the perimeter and provide less support for the Iraq troops.

Economy: Rescind Bush tax cuts. Rescind AMT permantly. Double deduction for children and charitable giving. Provide tax relief for education (secondary and primary). Repeal incentives for outsourcing. Implement "Marshall Plan" to transition manufacturing base to new-tech base (alternative / hydrogen economy, robotics, environmental, bio-chem, etc).

Energy: Real energy independance. Better tax incentives and GRANTS for alternative energy research. Sponsor X-Prize for alternative energy.

Education: Broaden grants / loan program for college - more empahsis on community colleges. Encourage legitimate "on-line" distance learning college education. Expand allowances for college and primary education accounts.

Health-Care: Basic care for all Americans on the same plan. Keep private insurance base but make basic plan available and portable for all Americans, regardless of income. If people want to buy more insurance, they can.

Politics: Fix campaign finance and then eliminate term-limits. We already have term-limits - it's called voting. Once finance is fixed the races won't be so slanted.

There's some thoughts anyway.

[welshTerrier2]

1. you need to address lobbyists and broader foreign policy

your issues are great for starters but i think you need to campaign on the corrupting influence of money in a broader way ... i strongly support your call for campaign finance reform ... this problems needs to be attacked from the top and the bottom ... on one hand, we need to provide free media to credible candidates ... some system to allow a greater diversity of ideas from third parties should be incorporated ... this aspect lowers the "price of admission" to run a campaign thus decreasing the influence of big money ...

but we also have to take the flow of the money out of the system ... we cannot continue to allow big corporations and their lobbyists to buy our government ... it's time to recognize that lobbying is little more than legalized bribery ... our democracy is at risk when the voices of shareholders are able to drown out the voices of the American people ...

and on foreign policy, i strongly support the Murtha plan for Iraq but i think you'll need to have a much broader vision than that ... i won't elaborate here but we can no longer pursue the great American empire ... until the US learns to be good global citizens, our nation will be attacked from all corners of the world (economically, politically, militarily) and our allies will not support us ...

[jrd200x]

2. I agree with everything you're saying

Good new and expanded points.

[shraby]

3. We definitely need universal health care.

Too many are doing without adequate health care because of high deductibles, no insurance at all, or they need every bit of their income to survive and can't even afford the policy offered by their company. Health care shouldn't depend on whether a person can afford it or not.
An old doctor from my home town in the days when doctors made house calls..he was long gone before my time, used to say that if a rich man and a poor man called him, he would go to the poor man first because he was probably much sicker before he called for help.
That was one of the things the doc was remembered for.

We are back to that situation once again as more and more become uninsured because of the cost.