Obama supports Roe v. Wade.

Obama trusts that women can make these kinds of difficult decisions on their own and suggests that we focus more on preventing the situations that lead to abortion in the first place.

Obama believes in the protection of gay people under the law and gay adoption. However, he opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage on a national level.

Obama believes that marriage is union of man and woman. He would not support a Constitutional amendment defining it as such. He believes in gay "civil unions," but not gay marriage.

President Barack Obama recently outlined a new national defense strategy driven by three realities: the winding down of a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, a fiscal crisis demanding hundreds of billions of dollars in Pentagon budget cuts and a rising threat from China and Iran.

Although specific cuts have not been released, the President said that “our military will be leaner, but the world must know the United States is going to maintain our military superiority.”

“We need to invest in what will provide hiring now, but also cut the deficit long term…so it shrinks the deficit of the U.S. economy without doing it abruptly. The wealthiest Americans and corporations have to pay their fair share,” Obama said. “If tax reform doesn’t get done, it means the wealthiest will have to pay the same taxes they paid before the Bush tax cuts. No one looks forward to higher taxes. I don’t. These rates back in 2001 and 2003 were all being talked about as temporary measures. We can’t afford them when we are facing these kind of deficits.”

Though Romney identifies as pro-life, his voting record errs on the side of neutral or pro-choice.

Supports neither same-sex marriage nor civil unions for gays.

Romney believes that marriage is interpreted by the Constitution as the union of a man and a woman.

Favors equal employment rights for gays, but not gay marriage.

Romney said he wants to grow the nation’s defense budget to help fund an expansion of the country’s aging Navy and Air Force fleets. Romney said he would like non-combat defense spending to rise from 3.8 percent of gross domestic product to 4 percent.

“But I look long term to do just what Jon [Huntsman] indicated, which is to take Bowles-Simpson and to reduce the rates in our tax code, to reduce the number of exemptions, and limit the amount of exceptions that can occur. At the same time, I don’t want to raise capital-gains tax rates, as they do in Bowles-Simpson. But simplifying the code, broadening the base, is the right way to go for our tax code long term.”

"I propose we will invade and we will make that country a state," he said. "So, Iraq would be our 51st state, Afghanistan would be [the] 52nd state, and on and on. Once we change these foreigners to Americans, they will certainly love America, and we'll will be able to tax them, and it will be a wonderful unified United States of the Earth. Thank you."

Supreme hopes to fight our "moral and oral decay" by promising a free pony to every American if elected. "It will create lots and lots of jobs once we switch over to a pony based economy."

Terry is vehemently against abortion, having been arrested for protesting an abortion clinic in 1986.

Terry is vehemently against gay rights, having disowned his son after he came out as gay in 2004.

In situations like this, we need wars of retribution, not “nation building.” These two nations have an Islamic (Sharia law) history and philosophy. For the U.S. to try to impose a form of government on them with which they have no history is foolishness on our part, and doomed to failure. I think we will look back and see we wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure. When we are attacked in this way, we should go in, kill as many leaders as possible, and then get out. If we need to go back – for more retribution – we can. Others will see, and fear.

The federal income tax should be ended now. The government has NO RIGHT to know what we make. Moreover, the graduated income tax is Marxist...straight out of the Communist Manifesto. Get rid of the income tax, and replace it with a federal sales tax on ALL retail purchases.

Cain believes that life begins at conception and that abortion should be illegal from that point on.

Cain supports traditional marriage, but he believes states should have freedom to make some laws.

Cain doesn't think it's the role of the US to act as global law enforcement.

Cain says that states should be able to regulate gun control.

Gingrich opposes abortion rights.

In a 2005 interview, Congressman Gingrich stated that abortion should be illegal, but was unsure about how to enforce that provision.

In December of 2011, Congressman Gingrich signed the Personhood USA pledge. This pledge indicates that the signee does not support the exceptions for rape and incest.

Perhaps the harshest on gay rights, Gingrich feels that homosexuality is a sin, that queer people should have neither legalized partnerships of any sort nor the right to adopt, and that the constitution should be amended to protect the “traditional” family.

Newt Gingrich called plans to sequester $600 billion from the defense budget “totally destructive” and “very dangerous to the survival of the country.”

Gingrich would like to dramatically expand testing, force mandatory rehab, and enforce whatever measures are necessary to reduce illegal drug use in the US.

Congressman Gingrich has been vocally supportive of second amendment rights and his campaign statements and literature call for no restraints on second amendment rights. However, Speaker Gingrich's record is mixed with a great deal of support for gun control legislation.

Gingrich would do whatever needed to ensure absolute control of the border.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's tax plan would lower tax bills for most U.S. households but increase the deficit significantly unless Congress were to cut spending.

Hunstman vehemently opposes abortion; a spokesman told the Salt Lake Tribune that “Governor Huntsman supports a federal amendment that would ensure legal protections for the unborn,” overturning Roe v. Wade.

"Governor Huntsman supports a federal amendment that would ensure legal protections for the unborn. He's proud of his record in Utah and will continue to advocate for life on a national level."

His amendment would overturn Roe v. Wade and any subsequent legal action.

Approves of abortion in the cases of rape, incest, or endangerment of the mother's health.

Hunstman opposes same-sex marriage, but supports civil unions, against the opinions of many of his Utah constituents.

"I believe in traditional marriage. I don't think you can redefine marriage from the traditional sense. I'm for civil unions. I came out for civil unions a while ago. I think we can do a better job as it relates to overall equality, specifically as it relates to reciprocal beneficiary rights to gays."

In favor of "traditional" marriage, but believes in civil unions for gay couples.

Gov. Jon Huntsman supports the death penalty but has said he's not ready to take a position on expanding it.

Since 1999, Johnson has advocated the legalization of marijuana.

Paul is staunchly against abortion and has several times introduced the Sanctity of Life Act, which would define the beginning of life as the moment of conception, thus making abortion murder.

Paul says that civil liberties should apply to every citizen but also every unborn citizen.

Paul's budget blueprint has deep and far-reaching cuts to federal spending, including the elimination of five Cabinet-level departments and the drawdown of American troops fighting overseas.

Paul proposes an immediate freeze on spending by numerous government agencies at levels from 2006, the last time Republicans had complete control of the federal budget, and drastic reductions in spending elsewhere. The Environmental Protection Agency would see a 30 percent cut; the Food and Drug Administration would see a 40 percent cut; and foreign aid would be zeroed out immediately. He’d also take an ax to Pentagon funding for wars.

Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, food stamps, family support programs and the children’s nutrition program would be block-granted to the states and removed from the mandatory spending column of the federal budget.

Paul believes same-sex marriage should be left to individual states.

Paul believes that there is no need to amend the Constitution since gay marriage should not concern the federal government.

The Patriot Act is unpatriotic because it undermines our liberty. Paul believes government is too willing to sacrifice our liberty for security, which Paul doesn't think is right.

Paul would make far-reaching changes to federal tax policy, reducing the top corporate income tax rate to 15 percent, eliminating capital gains and dividends taxes and allowing for repatriation of overseas capital without tax penalties. All tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush would be extended.

In a late October speech, Perry spoke out against abortion rights, supporting the defunding of Planned Parenthood.

Perry clarified his newly transformed position on abortion, stating that the life of the mother is the only exception in which he’d support abortion.

Perry signed a pledge saying abortion should be banned in all cases.

In a late October speech, Perry spoke out against same-sex marriage, encouraging New Hampshire to repeal its gay marriage law, which was enacted in 2010.

Rick Perry does not think defense spending should be cut any further, citing statements from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that such cuts would undermine our national security. He has also criticized Obama's proposal to cut military costs by $450 billion.

Richardson proposes bringing an immediate end to the war in Afghanistan while fighting for a drastic 33% to 50% reduction in military spending.

As such, I’m advocating a capital levy on wealth, not unlike the proposals currently being debated in Germany and other European countries. Much of our current $15 trillion national debt should be recouped from the rich — the pampered and privileged class that hasn’t paid nearly its fair share in recent years.

Santorum strongly opposes abortion.

Santorum is a notorious opponent of gay rights.

He said one of the areas that we need more of is higher troop complements if we are going to keep the commitments up... The operational tempo of our active-duty units is too high.

“So there are things that we need to decrease and things we need to increase. I am talking about the top-line number would not change,” he said.

Mr. Santorum joins most of the other Republicans who are proposing tax reforms that reduce rates in return for closing loopholes. He proposes a return to the Reagan-era top rate of 28%, and a second rate of 10% for middle-income Americans. He also wants a 12% capital-gains tax, down from 15% today, and half the 23.8% rate that Mr. Obama has promised in 2013.