Ambassador Carol Braun is the first of the nine candidates running for President and also the only woman. She was born and raised in Chicago and went to school there all the way up to college where she attended the University of Illinois. She has been in the government scene for quite a while. She has been a US Senator, US Ambassador, County Executive Officer, State Representative, and Assistant United States Attorney. She has many ideas on what she wants to do if she is elected President. She is strong in issues Important to women, war on Iraq, which she is opposed to, and the supporting of our troops and rebuilding of Iraq.

Governor Howard Dean seems to be the most popular and the front-runner of this race. He is a physician but also the Governor of Vermont. He has stands on the many issues. He has stands on the economy, education, health care and labor all the way up to issues concerning the Native Americans and Agriculture. His proposals range from repealing all the tax cuts enacted in the past three years to raising taxes only to the wealthiest Americans (Bulletin). Howard Dean has a real touch of pragmatism and a real sense of upper-class entitlement ( O’Rouke 29).

Senator John Kerry was born in a military hospital in Denver, Colorado where his father was flying planes in World War II. As a graduate of Yale University, Kerry enter the Navy where he served in Vietnam and received a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat. Kerry has been in the senate since 1982 and now he wants to become President. He has many stands on several different issues, which include agriculture, Homeland security, immigration, education, economy, children, college affordability and reducing crime.

The last of the candidates running is the Rev. Al Sharpton, who is well known for his loud mouth and he wild antics. Sharpton has been involved in politics a long time and now he wants to step up to the big stage and run for President. He has many views and plans he wants to enact. These include increasing voter education; getting younger people involved in politics, strengthen national security and human rights. He also wants to amend some of the constructional rights such as free public education, the voting right, and health care. But let’s face it; his loud mouth and stupid mistakes in the past are going to cost him his shot at becoming president.

Senator John Edwards is next on the list of cand

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