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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: McCain vs. Obama: In the General Election, Sharp Battle Lines Over Policy / Wall Street Journal Article Wall Street Journal Article McCain vs. Obama: In the General Election, Sharp Battle Lines Over Policy By LAURA MECKLER June 6, 2008; Page A1 Now comes the real clash. The prolonged Democratic nominating contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, two people who agree on most everything, magnified small and sometimes insignificant disagreements on policy. Not so with Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain. While both men have attracted support from independent voters, the two start from opposing political philosophies on all but a handful of issues. "I'm a conservative Republican," Sen. McCain says over and over on the trail, belying his frequent image as a moderate or a maverick. Sen. Obama, he says, is a liberal Democrat. "There will be real differences on the ballot in November," Sen. Obama said last month, as he laid out some of them. "And that's what elections should be about." The two senators' positions reflect starkly different world views on foreign policy, economics and social issues. Sen. Obama has suggested a virtual moratorium on new trade agreements; Sen. McCain promotes them as good for America. Sen. Obama would spend $100 billion a year to subsidize health insurance; Sen. McCain would spend $100 billion a year to cut the corporate tax rate. Vote: Who best represents your interests? Many of the big decisions facing the next president already are clear. Almost immediately, he will have to decide what to do with around 140,000 troops that will be stationed in Iraq. With the tax cuts pushed by President Bush expiring in 2010, the next president must grapple with taxes, whether he wants to or not. As many as three of the most liberal Supreme Court justices could leave over the next four years, meaning the next president could preserve the current balance or shift it hard to the right. Here, a look at the most important policy battlefronts ahead in Campaign 2008. Write to Laura Meckler at laura.meckler@wsj.com
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