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=Political Candidates= By, Bennett and Drew

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been competing in a heated presidential race. They have been using debates and ads to win the election. The winner will be the president of the united states from 2013- 2017.

=Mitt Romney=




 * 2012 Republican Candidate**

Governor of Massachusetts Cranbrook School Brigham Young University Harvard Law School Harvard Business School March 12, 1947 Detroit, Michigan
 * Current Position:**
 * Education:**
 * Born:**

**Biography:**
Romney was born and raised in Michigan. He attended Cranbrook University school before receiving his undergrad degree from Brigham Young University in 1971. He then attended both law school and business school at Harvard University. In 1975 he received both his law degree and his business degree.

**Issues:**
Education: Romney wants to give every student a chance to receive a high level of education. Taxing: Romney wants to lower taxes for the upper class and reduce spending in other areas while increasing it in private education/ parochial schools. Military: An overall increase in our military forces. Spending: Governor Romney wants to reduce/cancel spending in areas were spending isn't needed. He also wants to stop borrowing money from other countries. Health Care: Stop Obama Care

**Romney's Beliefs:**

 * Little Government Control
 * Independent Business Success
 * Conservative side of the political spectrum
 * Little Government Spending
 * Strong Military
 * Constitutional

Romney is a conservative. He believes in little government control and allowing private businesses to thrive. Romney plans on solving and make changes to things Obama did that upset the nation. After years in the business world he understands what it is like to be a business man, he has ideas on how to fix our economy and understands business and financials better than Obama due to experience.

**Pro Romney Quote:**
"I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of the people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work" Governor Romney

Read more at: [|http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mitt_romney.html#CMetbmKjMlA1hW6I.99]

"There are a lot of other people out there that some of us wish had run for President, but they didn't. I think Mitt Romney would be a fine President, and he'd be way better than the guy who's there right not." Republican Senator Marco Rubio

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"Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is." Governor Romney

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**Anti Romney Quote:**
"If you have things to hide, then maybe you're doing things wrong. I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people." Alabama Governor Robert Bentley

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**Interesting Facts:**

 * In July 2003, Mitt Romney used his Jet Ski to rescue a New Jersey family and their Scottish terrior McKenzie out of lake Winnipesaukee while their boat sank.
 * Mitt Romney refused to take his father's trust fund money, he financed his way through college, and he donated his father's inheritance to charity
 * Romney performed two years of Mormon missionary work in Paris.
 * At a campaign stop in South Carolina, Mitt emptied his wallet for a woman having trouble paying her light bill named Ruth Williams.

**Speech/Debate:**
Romney acceptance speech at national convention [] Debate 1, Wednesday October 3, 2012 [] Debate 2, Thursday October 11, 2012 [] Debate 3, Tuesday October 16, 2012 []

**Current Polling:**
Romney: 49% Obama: 47%



**Polling Quote:**
====“What is striking about our state-level economic indicator forecast is the expectation that Obama will lose almost all of the states currently considered as swing states, including North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.” ====

Kenneth Bickers of CU-Boulder.
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He is the current president of the United States Graduated from the Harvard law school
 * Barack Obama**
 * Political party**- Democrat
 * He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii**


 * Biography**- He was born in Hawaii and was raised there by his grandparents. He soon went to college at Harvard law school and graduated. Then he became a teacher at university of Chicago law. Also he was a civic rights attorney for Chicago. After this became a senator and soon after was voted into the house. In 2008 he ran for president and won and now he is running for his second term in office.


 * Abortion**- He is pro abortion and he thinks everyone has the choice to their body.
 * Education**- He wants to hire more teachers to reduce class sizes.
 * Gay Rights**- Barack Obama believes in gay marriage and that there is nothing wrong with it.
 * Military**- He believes that there should be no troops in Iraq and that we should not put troops in Syria.
 * Taxing**- He believes that the wealthy should be taxed more than everyone else.


 * Barack’s Believes:**


 * Generally believe that it is the government's responsibility to care for the citizens.
 * Believe in structured, regulated markets and minimal external entanglements.
 * Believe in strong gun control.
 * Oppose the death penalty.
 * Believes in a woman’s right to choose.
 * Believe that people should share economic burdens and generally support welfare programs for aid to the poor.
 * Believe in separation of church and state.

I think that Barack is a radical liberal and that he believes too strongly in the government.

Barack Obama has wanted lots of government control through his term like controlling what people get. Like Obamacare he put in the government and was not wanted by a lot of people.

Most of his views come from white men,teachers, African Americans, and much more.


 * Quotes pro Obama-** “The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. And I’m asking you to choose that future.

“And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet — because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They are a threat to our children’s future. And in this election, you can do something about it.”

 Read more: [|http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80899.html#ixzz2AvDlQyIx]


 * Quotes against Obama (Mitt Romany’s Quotes) - **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> “ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">“He [Obama] says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”


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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Interesting facts- **He doesn’t like ice-cream. He worked in Baskin-Robbins as a teenager. That’s where his distaste for ice-cream comes from.

He experimented with drugs. Back in his early years he tried marijuana and cocaine. According to his own words he is not proud of it and considers it a mistake as a young man.

He won a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Spoken Word Recording. It was for the audio version of his book [|Dreams From My Father].

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 * Speech-** This is a recent speech from Barack Obama.

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Current Polling:

 * || <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Romney **48%** ||
 * || <span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Obama **47%** ||

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 * Analysis of Obama’s changes of continuing as a president-** As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees several moves ahead of his opponents (and of the punditocracy)? Or is he politically clumsy and out of his depth—a pawn overwhelmed by events, at the mercy of a second-rate staff and of the Republicans? Here, a longtime analyst of the presidency takes the measure of our 44th president, with a view to history.

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