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=Barack Obama=

Brief History
- Current President of the United States - Part of the Democratic Party - From Honolulu Hawaii - Lived in Chicago Illinois - On August 4th 1961 he was born in Hawaii. Then he went to college at Columbia University and Harvard Law School. After, he moved to Illinois and later became a United States Senator. On January 20th, 2009 he was sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States.

Position on the Economy
Retract Bush Tax Cuts on the middle class. In the manufacturing industry, lower taxes. Motivate spending and tax cuts to improve the economy in the short-term. For the long-term cut spending and increase taxes on the wealthy to reduce deficits.

Position on Healthcare
Add to patient protections and make it mandatory to have health insurance.

Position on Iraq and Iran
For Iraq Obama wants there to be no military conflict and wants no war with Iraq.Obama wants to diplomatically approach Iran and restrict economic endorsements.

Position on Immigration
Promotes illegal immigrants to become legal immigrants and raise penalties for hiring illegal workers.

Position on Environment and Global Warming
Want's a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions.

Philosophy on Government
Barack Obama believes that government should do more to help the nation, by instituting a national healthcare plan and increase government expenses to pay for benefits for the population.

Obama on the Political Spectrum


Obama fits between the center and liberal on the political spectrum.

Supporters of Obama
People that support Obama are the middle class and people that aren't as wealthy. African Americans and Women are other people that support him.

Opponents of Obama
People that oppose Obama are more wealthy people and are generally male.

Quotes
"With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability." - Barack Obama Counter quote: " The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government." - Mitt Romney

Interesting Facts
-Barack Obama's father is from Kenya. -Barack Obama became the first elected president to be African American in 2008. -He also became the 5th youngest president in 2008.

Video
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/09/obama-comes-full-circle-in-gay-marriage-evolution.html

Barack Obama's Website barackobama.com

Links
http://www.politico.com/p/2012-election/polls/president http://www.archives.com/genealogy/presidential-candidates-barack-obama-2012.html http://www.diffen.com/difference/Barack_Obama_vs_Mitt_Romney http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/how-obama-romney-positions-on-government-regulation-differ-pictures-20120615 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/09/obama-comes-full-circle-in-gay-marriage-evolution.html http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground

Current Polls
49% of the nation are in favor of voting for Mitt Romney 47% of the nation are in favor of voting for Barack Obama

Analysis of Obama's chance of winning
Obama has a higher chance of winning than Romney because Obama has a comfortable lead in more important states in the electoral college. Obama has a higher total of electoral votes in states that will go democratic.

Look at the electoral map here: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground =Mitt Romney=

Brief History
-He was the governor of Massachusetts. -Part of the Republican Party -From Detroit Michigan -Born on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. Then attended college at Brigham Young University where he was valedictorian of his class. Then he went to France for more than 2 years for a Mormon missionary. When he returned to the states he went to Harvard Law school and business school. Mitt Romney was appointed the President of the Salt Lake City Games Organizing Committee in 2002. This achievement led him to becoming the Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007.

Position on the Economy
Unlike Obama, Mitt Romney plans to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. For corporate taxes, he plans to lower the tax rate by 25%. Mitt Romney plans to cut business regulations and taxes to improve the businesses.

Position on Healthcare
Wants individuals to buy their healthcare insurance and will allow interstate insurance.

Position on Iraq and Iran
He plans to keep troops in Iraq to maintain the democracy there and he thinks that it is the best option to downsize casualties. Romney encourages a restriction on economic endorsement ,like Obama, for Iran.

Position on Immigration
Romney would make English the official language of the United States. He plans to prevent illegal immigration by shutting down breaks that bring people to this country illegally.

Position on Environment and Global Warming
He opposes the cap-and-trade plan that Obama is using and is faithful to the Keystone XL pipeline. Romney also is planning to put $20 billion dollars into new car technology and energy research.

Philosophy on Government
Romney's philosophy about government is that the federal government should shrink.

Romney on the Political Spectrum
Romney fits to the left of conservative, in between moderate and conservative.

Supporters of Romney
People that generally support Romney are White and are wealthy. They are also usually men.

Opponents of Romney
People that generally oppose Romney are the middle class or less wealth. Other people that oppose him are Women.

Quotes
" The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government." - Mitt Romney Counter Quote: "With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability." - Barack Obama

Interesting Facts
-Mitt Romney was the President of the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee. -Mitt Romney founded the Bain & Company consultant group which aided Domino's pizza from falling into bankruptcy. -George Romney, Mitt's father, served 3 terms as Governor of Michigan.

Video
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http://www.therightscoop.com/watch-live-mitt-romneys-big-economic-speech-in-ames-iowa/

Mitt Romney's Website mittromney.com

Links http://www.diffen.com/difference/Barack_Obama_vs_Mitt_Romney http://2012.candidate-comparison.org/?compare=Romney&vs=Obama www.archives.com/genealogy/presidential-candidates-mitt-romney-2012.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mitt_romney.html http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309082-1 http://www.politico.com/p/2012-election/polls/president http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground

Current Polls
49% of the nation are in favor of voting for Mitt Romney 47% of the nation are in favor of voting for Barack Obama

Analysis of Romney's chance of winning
Mitt Romney has a lower chance of winning because he has less points for the electoral college. He would have to win more swing states to win.

Look at the electoral map here: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground