John McCain holds to a belief that the world’s ills can be solved with more so-called free-trade agreements and a new international entity called the League of Democracies.

Mike Gravel advocates pure democracy — having citizens vote on national issues — as a step toward creating world government.

Mitt Romney steers a zigzag course: he is against abortion but for embryonic stem-cell research. He derides universal healthcare, yet supported mandatory coverage in Massachusetts.

Barack Obama contends that U.S. unity and world unity can be achieved through wise diplomacy and dialogue, but he votes the Democrat Party line 96 percent of the time.

Fred Thompson is one more who wants to increase the size of the U.S. military to make it effective. Notably, he has fought to protect the judicial integrity of state courts’ scope vs. the federal government.