Candidates on Cuba: UPDATE

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We have already been contacted by a high-profile surrogate from the campaign of one major presidential candidate and told that the staff is putting together a statement on Cuba to be posted at our new forum, Candidates on Cuba.
The purpose of the forum is to serve as a clearing house for the official positions of the various presidential campaigns on the subject of Cuba. We are only going to post materials submitted by the campaigns specifically for this purpose.
We want to know where each candidate stands on things like the embargo, Helms-Burton, indictments for the castro brothers, travel restrictions, the political prisoners, human rights, the succession, etc. etc.
We have a space for each candidate:
Hillary Clinton on Cuba
John Edwards on Cuba
Rudy Giuliani on Cuba
Mike Huckabee on Cuba
Dennis Kucinich on Cuba
John McCain on Cuba
Barack Obama on Cuba
Ron Paul on Cuba
Mitt Romney on Cuba
Fred Thompson on Cuba
And of course they are all empty, because we just launched this, so the first thing we need to do is spread the word so the candidates know that the forum exists. They can contact us at candidatesoncuba@lycos.com.
Contact information for each candidate’s campaign is available at Candidates on Cuba (or click one of the links above). Democrat or Republican, you should encourage your candidate to submit a statement and/or a video. Babalu is one of the most widely read web sites on the topic of Cuba, so the candidates will have chance to speak on the subject to an engaged audience.
As the Florida primary approaches this is unique opportunity for the candidates to speak up on the minds of hundreds of thousands of Cuban-American voters in the state.

8 thoughts on “Candidates on Cuba: UPDATE”

  1. Mr. Conductor….I have contacted members that I know in the Giuliani, McCain and Huckabee parties and advised them of the blog. So hopefully they will respond in a timely manner.

  3. Great post Henry!
    Just in case, we don’t hear back from individual campaigns or all of them … below is the link to THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (which is supposed to be NON-PARTISAN). It has a list of all the presidential candidates (Democrats & Republicans)and their stance on Cuba Policy.
    Below is the organization’s introduction on the issue. It’s self-explanatory and stresses the relevance of the Cuban-American vote.
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    “With Fidel Castro ailing and Cuba’s leader-designate, Raul Castro, also advanced in age, it appears likely that the next U.S. president will need to alter policy to accommodate a changing political environment in Cuba. The rhetoric and proposed policies of the presidential candidates towards the island nation will undoubtedly hold weight in this contest, especially since, as in past elections, the Cuban exiles in Florida are expected to represent a key voting constituency in 2008.” – Council On Foreign Relations
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    http://www.cfr.org/publication/14758/candidates_on_cuba_policy.html?breadcrumb=%2Fcampaign2008%2Ftrackers
    I wish you well 🙂 Melek
    “Abraham Lincoln did not go to Gettysburg having commissioned a poll to find out what would sell in Gettysburg. There were no people with percentages for him, cautioning him about this group or that group or what they found in exit polls a year earlier. When will we have the courage of Lincoln?” ~ R. Coles

  5. I contacted the Berraco Obama Campaign Headquarters and they told me he is too busy riht now to give any declarations about Cuba.
    “He is more worried about Africa ”

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