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Presidential Election of 2008 and How We Win Our Equal Opportunity

A. 80-20's Questionnaire to Presidential candidates

1. Cover letter
2. Questionnaire (Original & Amended Versions)
3. All about Executive Order 11246
4. The case for more Asian American judges

B. Reply to the Questionnaire from Democratic candidates

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to amended questionnaire)
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (12/10/2007)

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to amended questionnaire)
Senator Barack Obama (01/31/2008)

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The following presidential candidates have withdrawn from the race.
(in chronological order, the top is the earliest)

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to original questionnaire)
Senator Christopher Dodd (06/11/2007)

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to original questionnaire)
Senator Joe Biden (06/15/2007)

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to original questionnaire)
Senator Mike Gravel (06/19/2007)

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to amended questionnaire)
Senator John Edwards (12/11/2007)

YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES (to amended questionnaire)
Governor Bill Richardson (Received on 12/31/2007)

No Response: Congressman Dennis Kucinich

C. Reply to the Questionnaire from the Republican candidate

No Response Yet: Senator John McCain

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The following presidential candidates have withdrawn from the race.

No Response Yet: Mayor Rudy Giuliani (has a policy of not replying to questionnaires)
No Response Yet: Governor Mike Huckabee
(According to Janice Cherry, Policy Director, the Huckabee campaign does not answer any questionnaires at this moment.)
No Response Yet: Congressman Duncan Hunter
No Response Yet: Congressman Ron Paul
No Response Yet: Governor Mitt Romney
No Response Yet: Senator Fred Thompson (has a policy of not replying to questionnaires)

D. 80-20's Recommendation on whom to support during Primaries

California Democratic Primary:
* 01.18.2008 Press Release: 80-20 Endorses Sen. Hillary Clinton for California's Democratic Primary
* 01.22-02.25.2008 80-20's Advertising Campaign in the California Democratic Primary
* 02.04.2008 80-20's Recommendations on Who To Vote For on Super Tuesday
(80-20 predicted that Asian Americans would cast a bloc vote in California for Clinton stronger than that of the Hispanics)
* 02.05.2008 Asian Americans delivered a bloc vote on Super Tuesday! - NY Times Exit Poll
* 02.15.2008 CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 - New Video On Asian Americans

E. 80-20's Endorsement Convention

F. Shielding APA Candidates from Racist Attacks
(not part of the presidential election but could be very relevant to Asian American political candidates of 2008)