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Mike Gravel

Education:
Columbia University, B.S., 1956
Religion:
Unitarian
Profession:
Real Estate Development, Author
Current Occupation:
CEO of the Democracy Foundation, lecturer
Family:
Married to Whitney Stewart Gravel, Rita Martin (divorced)
Party Affiliation:
Democrat
Book:
My America by Mike Gravel
Offical Website:
www.gravel2008.us

Official Blog

Saturday, May 24 @ 9 pm EST
May 24, 2008 3:26 PM

Senator Gravel Qualifies for Debate!
May 24, 2008 2:17 PM

Gravel impresses Libertarian audience
May 24, 2008 12:48 PM

"Consider Liberty"
May 20, 2008 11:26 AM

Mike Gravel: The BEST Anti-War Candidate
May 20, 2008 10:09 AM

Fundraising

Financial status as of Dec 31, 2007.

Total Raised:
$521,394

Total Spent:
$434,695

Cash on Hand:
$-2,733

Total Debts:
$112,065

Data from maplight.org and the Federal Election Commission.

Events

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Meetup

The Las Vegas Homeless Advocates Meeting
May 25, 2008 11:09 PM

Mike Gravel Meetup for Greater Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Meeting
May 25, 2008 2:07 PM

The Palm Coast Mike Gravel for President 2008 June Meeting
May 23, 2008 7:06 PM

The Las Vegas Homeless Advocates Meeting
May 18, 2008 4:03 PM

Mike Gravel Meetup for Greater Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Meeting
May 15, 2008 6:13 PM

Iraq War

  • Opposed use of military force in Iraq
  • Opposed Bush's plan to send additional troops to Iraq
  • Immediate and orderly withdrawal of all U.S. troops, completed within 120 days
  • Aggressive diplomacy to bring an end to the civil war

Immigration

  • Strongly opposes building a fence along the Mexican border
  • Provide path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
  • Supports Guest Worker program

Taxation

  • Proposes 'Fair Tax' that calls for elimination of the IRS and income tax and replacing it with a progressive national sales tax on new products and services
  • Tax on necessities such as food, lodging, transportation and clothing will be reimbursed to taxpayers in the form of a monthly check
  • Current system allows wealthy to "game" the system

Same-sex Marriage

  • Supports same-sex marriage
  • Supports expanding hate-crime legislation to include sexual orientation

Stem Cell Research

  • Expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research

Health Care

  • Universal healthcare system, paid for by a retail sales tax (portion of the Fair Tax)
  • Issue free certificates to all Americans that would cover eye care, dental, catastrophic etc.
  • Regional healthcare organizations should address preventative health needs and ensure service quality

Social Security

  • Invest money in the Social Security Trust Fund and identify interests of individual beneficiaries so they can know what their retirement fund is and leave surplus funds to heirs
  • Strongly opposes privatizing Social Security

Environment

  • To get Americans to conserve, change the tax structure
  • Tax carbon at the source and cap carbon emissions

Gun Control

  • People should require license and training to be able to own guns

Education

  • Parent education and access to preschool programs such as Head Start should be expanded
  • Universal pre-kindergarten
  • Extended school days, summer learning opportunities or extended school years
  • Online and broadcast courses
  • Reform and adequately fund No Child Left Behind

Abortion

  • Supports woman's right to choose

Support

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MSNBC

Newsweek: Mike Gravel's mad 'Mash-up'
Nov 30, 2007 8:55 AM

Gravel explains YouTube spots
Jun 18, 2007 6:44 PM

Hardblogger: Who is Mike Gravel anyway?
Apr 26, 2007 11:02 AM

Fighting the battle of the spin room
Dec 31, 1969 7:00 PM

CNN

The Third Democrat in the Race
Mar 4, 2008 6:35 PM

Clinton, Obama: Just the two of them in debate
Feb 4, 2008 1:27 PM

Analysis: Little blood spilled in GOP debate
Dec 13, 2007 3:40 PM

On the trail: Recycled steaks and recycled speeches
Sep 27, 2007 4:25 PM

Democratic hopefuls pressed on gay issues at forum
Aug 10, 2007 3:14 AM

Quotes

Mike Gravel: "I am a candidate. I have not withdrawn."
True - He?s in the race!

Mike Gravel: "If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation ? the entire nation."
Barely True - Yes, in theory, but not in practice

Mike Gravel: "21-million Americans could have a four-year college scholarship for the money we've squandered in Iraq. 7.6-million teachers could have been hired last year if we weren?t squandering this money."
Half-True - He's high, then he's low.

Mike Gravel: "In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American."


Pants on fire! - He's off, way off on who's in prison

Blogs

This might be the end for Mike Gravel...
Mari Ness by Mari Ness
May 27, 2008 9:07 AM

Mike Gravel Ends Campaign
Beachwood Reporter by Lou
May 27, 2008 8:17 AM

MP3 of the Week: "We Remember Mike Gravel" Edition
Dear Mr. Supercomputer by gk
May 26, 2008 7:02 PM

Mike Gravel is history
old hack has issues... by oldhacks@gmail.com
May 26, 2008 6:33 PM

Mike Gravel kicked out of LP press conference
disinter by disinter
May 26, 2008 6:04 PM

Google News

Gravel pit problem damaged vehicle - Nogales International
May 27, 2008 1:43 PM

Gravel Bows Out Gracefully from Presidential Rat Race - OpEdNews
May 27, 2008 8:38 AM

Gravel done with politics, he says - KTUU
May 27, 2008 1:31 AM

Gravel truck flips over west of Barrie - The Barrie Examiner
May 26, 2008 11:51 PM

The Gravel Trap - ITV.com
May 26, 2008 11:07 AM