cher ideal follows his partys (republican) ideology of keeping government small and competitive with private corporations. National health care is a very liberal, almost socialist idea that follows the views of the Democratic Party. Health care is also a targeted issue towards waitress moms, a swing group found in states such as Missouri and Kentucky. Gores plan for every child to have health care in four years appeals to this swing group. Gore also attacked Bushs health care record by saying Texas ranks 49th in the U.S. for percentage of women and children with health care and 50th in the U.S. for families with health care. Bush had little response to this but to explain that it was improving. When it comes to foreign policy bush feels that we need to protect our interests as a nation. When it comes to military action he feels we should fight for oil. Bush feels that we dont have any interests in Africa, other than the Middle East, and that is because of oil. These ideas, while along party lines, alienate African-Americans, a minority group not known for voting for Republicans. Bush also said that foreign aid should go to countries to help create markets. I think foreign aid should go to countries that are suffering from famine and disease, even if markets are uncreatable. Bush wants to help create markets in Central and South America because, he says, they are in our Hemisphere. One issue Bush used to intensify his base was gun control. While he is for gun-show background checks, and agrees with current gun law, he will use Gores photo I.D. proposal to mobilize and intensify his base. Also Bush handed out free trigger locks in the state of Texas to anyone with a gun that wanted one. The record of this is very appealing to the swing group SUV moms who prefer GOP economics but worry about the safety of their children. On the issue of environment, Gores goals and programs follow that of Democratic tradition, and it is al...
