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 * 2012 Presidential race wiki project** ( By: Jacob Holzhauer )

Candidates: Barack Obama & Mitt Romney Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America and is Democratic and Mitt Romney was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts and is Republican.

__**.........................Barack Obama.....................................................................**____**Mitt Romney....................................**__ I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama. -Mitt Romney || We cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home. -Mitt Romney
 * **Short Biography:** || **Short Biography:** ||
 * Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4th 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. He moved with his mother to Seattle in late August of that year. Later he returned to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents. After his schooling he moved to L.A. to go to Occidental College. In late 1988 he joined Harvard Law School. In 1997 he was elected to Illinois state senate, he remained in office until 2004. In 2005 he was elected into the U.S. Senate. There he remained in office until 2008 when he was elected President of the United States of America. He hopes to be elected again in this years election. || Willard Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. Later in life he attended Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School and received a Law and business degree. He founded //Bian & Company// and eventually became the vice president of the company.Eventually in 1994 Willard ran for the seat in the senate for Massachusetts but lost to Ted Kennedy. In 2002 he helped organize the winter Olympic games. later in 2003 he became governor of Massachusetts. Mitt is now hoping to win the election for the President of the United States of America. ||
 * **His or her positions on five key issues ** || **His or her positions on five key issues ** ||
 * Health care with Obama care will help people in the lower and middle classes get affordable coverage. Obama wants to do middle out approach on the economy and help the middle class and lower class. Barack wants to tax the upper class more because they can afford to pay more. Obama says we should reduce class sizes so that kids have more help when they need it. Obama also wants to create a world without Nuclear weapons. || Romney wants to get rid of Obama care which could cause the middle class to pay a lot more for insurance. Romney wants to continue the country’s top down approach to the economy. Romney also would like to make a reform so that kids and parents have more choices with their education. Finally mitt Romney wants to increase the size of the military so that we can be better protected from future threats. ||
 * **Overall philosophy of government and placement on the political spectrum** || **Overall philosophy of government and placement on the political spectrum** ||
 * Obama is a high middle Liberal and believes that the government needs to help people get to where they need to be to improve the economy || Romney is a high conservative and believes the government can't create jobs and he wants to make tax cuts to the upper classes. ||
 * **Base of support and source of opposition** || **Base of support and source of opposition** ||
 * Obama would get votes more from women and homosexuals because as a democrat he supports abortion and gay marriage plus younger and older voters because of "Obama-care". || Romney gets more votes from people who feel Obama didn't help them and obviously, Republicans. ||
 * **Recent quotations from the candidate from a speech or interview, and quotations about them from a politician or commentator who disagrees with their take on the issues ** || **Recent quotations from the candidate from a speech or interview, and quotations about them from a politician or commentator who disagrees with their take on the issues ** ||
 * Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. -Obama

They (voters) want to know what’s the truth. They’re not interested in a chameleon.

-Michele Bachmann || en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
 * **Three little known or interesting facts about the candidate ** || **Three little known or interesting facts about the candidate ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Obama can bench press 200lbs, he collects spider-man comics, and was the first African American President. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mitt's real first name is Willard, Romney doesn’t not drink, and he donated his father’s inheritance to charity. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A video of the candidate giving a speech or doing an interview ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A video of the candidate giving a speech or doing an interview ** ||
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 * **Links to the candidates Web site, Facebook page and Twitter account** || **Links to the candidates Web site, Facebook page and Twitter account** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> [], https://twitter.com/BarackObama , www.facebook.com/barackobama || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> [|www.mittromney.com/] , www.facebook.com/mittromney, https://twitter.com/MittRomney ||
 * **Links to at least three recent articles about the candidate** || **Links to at least three recent articles about the candidate** ||
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[] || [|www.mittromney.com/] [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">[] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Bibliography:
 * **Available information about current polling with respect to this candidate** || **Available information about current polling with respect to this candidate** ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">[|www.politco.com/p/2012-election/polls/president] || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">[|www.politco.com/p/2012-election/polls/president] ||

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"Quotes about Barack Obama - BrainyQuote." //Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/key

"Mitt Romney Quotes - BrainyQuote."//Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mitt_romney.html>.

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"President Barack Obama." //the white house//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama>.

"Political Lessons, From a Mother’s Losing Run." //The Electoral Map - Presidential Race Ratings and Swing States - Election 2012 - NYTimes.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/candidates/mitt-romney>

ers, and Alex. "2012 Presidential Polls - 2012 Election - POLITICO.com." //Politics, Political News - Election 2012 - POLITICO.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.politico.com/p/2012-election/polls/president>

"Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know." //The Telegraph//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/3401168/Barack-Obama-The-50-facts-you-might-not-know.html>.

"President Barack Obama's Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Full Speech - YouTube."//YouTube//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rl8Ou84s5U>.

"Mitt Romney Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention (C-SPAN) - Full Speech." //Youtube//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3u1Y0vhtYU >.

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"History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History." //History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.history.com> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4d4d4d; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">" Mitt Romney Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com ." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4d4d4d; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4d4d4d; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/mitt-romney-241055>