Presidential Accountability

Don't you think we should hold our Presidential candidates accountable for what they intend to do about Global Poverty? ONE members are stepping up our game by launching a petition urging all the presidential candidates to go "On The Record" by submitting, in writing and on video to ONE, their plans on the following five issues:

* Eradicating malaria;

* Improving child and maternal health;

* Reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis;

* Achieving universal primary education; and

* Providing access to food and clean water for all.

ONE will then build an online tool so that everyone can compare the candidates' answers before heading out to vote in the primaries. Please sign ONE's "On The Record" petition and encourage your friends and family to sign on as well. http://www.one.org/ontherecord

I've just signed the petition myself. I want to ask the 2008 presidential candidates to go on the record and tell us exactly where they stand on fighting extreme poverty and global disease.
You can take action on this important cause too by visiting http://www.one.org/ontherecord.

As a member of ONE, we need to ask our presidential candidates to go on the record on where they stand on fighting extreme poverty and global disease that affect the one billion people around the world.

Let's make alleviating suffering and tackling the root causes of global poverty a defining issue for the next President of the United States. We want to know their plans to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, eradicate malaria, improve child and maternal health, achieve universal primary education, and provide access to clean water and food, as well as a personal message about how they plan to lead on the fight to make poverty history.

We are only one year away from Election Day 2008. The time to go on the record on extreme poverty and global disease is now!