It’s a little late, but below we’ve included our rundown of Arcuri’s positions. We’ve also updated our post on Meier’s positions.

Ray Meier has been very open and honest in what he believes and what kind of specific philosophical ideas or policy proposals he supports. Unfortunately his opponent Mike Arcuri has been a lot less forthright. In debates Arcuri has often (I almost want to say always) resorted to unsubstantial platitudes or Bush-bashing.

I’ve tried to get as many specifics about what Arcuri believes as I can. Like I mentioned for Ray Meier, if I missed anything or misrepresented anything, please let us know so we can correct it.

So far I can’t find any specific position on taxes, illegal immigration, or academic freedom. (For taxes the only thing specific I can find is that he opposes the Bush tax cuts.)

War on Terror

Iraq
On Iraq Arcuri has been all over the place. In a forum hosted by local veterans a couple weeks ago he stated that he did not support a date specific for pulling out of Iraq.

He changed his opinion in some of the later debates. In a recent WSYR debate Arcuri said he wanted to pull out the National guard troops out immediately, and have all the troops out by 2007.

Interrogation
Mike Arcuri supports the Military Commissions Act. (Source: Take Back NY-24th)

Update:It seems Arcuri’s position on the Military Commissions Act may have changed — see here.

Economic Issues
Taxes
Is against the Bush tax cuts. (Source: Arcuri for Congress)

Minimum Wage
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $7.14. (Source: WSYR debate)

Health Care
Supports universal goverment health care.(Source: WYSR debate)

Social Issues
Abortion
Is radically pro-choice, and supports partial-birth abortion. (Source: Arcuri for Congress)

Same-sex marriage
Strong supportor of same-sex marriage and civil unions. Opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment (Source: Arcuri for Congress and WSYR debate)

Assorted other Issues
Gun Ownership

“As a district attorney, my office has prosecuted many illegal gun cases, and we know it is not the legally-possessed guns that cause danger to our citizens but the illegally- possessed guns. We don’t need more gun laws; we need better enforcement of existing gun laws and more funding for police to enforce those laws.”

(Source: Arcuri for Congress)

Academic Freedom
No position available.

Stem Cell Research
Supports embryonic stem-cell research that involves the destruction of the embryo. (Source: Arcuri for Congress)

Illegal Immigration
No position available.