ACU RELEASES RESPONSES TO PRESIDENTIAL

Alexandria, VA—The American Conservative Union, the nation’s oldest and largest conservative grassroots lobbying organization, today released the responses to its Presidential Questionnaire from various presidential candidates.

The ACU Presidential Questionnaire was submitted to the following Republican and Democratic candidates:

Responses were received from Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Fred Thompson.  Rudy Giuliani did not respond to the ACU Presidential Questionnaire; however, William E. Simon, Policy Director of the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign did provide a letter to ACU outlining Mr. Giuliani’s positions on certain issues.

“The questions we posed in our questionnaire were considerably different from the standard a candidate would expect to encounter,” said Bill Lauderback, Executive Vice President of the American Conservative Union. “Rather than asking “yes/no” issue-oriented questions or offering multiple choice option responses, our questions were designed to allow the candidate to define and elaborate on his/her core values and principles, his/her decision making process and leadership skills which he/she will bring to the Presidency.”

Requiring essay responses, the ACU Presidential Questionnaire consisted of ten questions, including the following:

• What is your mission statement for America and the three most important goals you intend to achieve as President?
  
• Please describe your philosophy of what it means to be a conservative President.
  
• What are the most important governing principles that you would rely upon as the framework of your presidency?
  
• Describe your view of the meaning of American sovereignty.

All of the ACU questions and the candidates’ responses can be viewed by clicking on “Presidential Candidates Respond to ACU Questionnaire” on the ACU homepage at www.conservative.org.

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