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= **Mitt Romney** =

"The American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God-loving, family oriented American people."

**Background information on Romney:** His full name is Willard Mitt Romney He was born on March 12, 1947 and is 65 years old he was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan He went to a prestigious school called Cranbrook School He also went to Brigham Young University, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School He received an undergraduate degree in 1971 and a law degree and master of business degree in 1975 He is a Republican

**Family Background:** His father George Romney is a former governor He married Ann Davies in 1969 and they have five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, and Craig The Romney's are members of the Mormon Church and are very open about their faith

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Mitt Romney is best known as a former governor of Massachusetts who ran for the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential election but lost to John McCain, and is now the Republican Party's nominee for the 2012 presidential election. He also founded the investment firm Bain Capital and was president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Games While he was governor of Massachusetts, he oversaw a reduction in the $3 billion deficit and assigned a new health care law He published two books. __Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games__ in 2004 and __No Apology: The Case for American Greatness__ in 2010 As a presidential candidate, five main issues he's focusing on are taxes, labor, trade, health care, and gun rights

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Mitt Romney is greatly supported generally by the upper-class families, small business owners, and religious people. Some people still don't like him though... “Maybe Governor Romney in the spirit of openness should tell us how much money he’s made off of how many households that have been foreclosed by his investments.”

Read all about Mitt Romney here: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33100565/ns/politics-mitt_romney?q=Mitt%20Romney http://mittromneycentral.com/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/mitt-romney/

Or visit his website and facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/mittromney?fref=ts http://www.mittromney.com/forms/campaign-news

According to Rasmussen Reports on October 31, Romney is ahead in the polls at 49% and Obama is behind at 47%

= **Barack Obama** =

"So if you're willing to stick with me and fight with me ... I guarantee you we will move this country forward. We will finish what we started. And we’ll remind the world just why it is the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth."

**Background information on Obama:** His full name is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. He was born on August 04, 1961 and is 51 years old he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii He went to Punahou Academy, Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School He is the current President of the United States His zodiac sign is the Leo He is a Democrat

**Family background:** Obama didn't have much of a relationship with his father as a child, who died in a car accident In 1992 he married Michelle Robinson and they have two daughters, Malia and Sasha

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Barack Obama is best known as a former Illinois Senator who is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is also the first African-American to serve as president. He was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher before he started his political career He served in teh Illinois State Senat from 1997 to 2004 He was elected as president in 2008 He has made changes with health care policy and economic crisis As a president and presidential candidate, five main issues he is focusing on are the economy, Iraq/Afghanistan, energy use and dependence, health care, and education

The candidates love attacking each other, sometimes over the stupidest things... media type="custom" key="21304360" //However, Sesame Street said to pull the video because they do not side with either candidates or have any political opinion//

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Barack Obama is greatly supported by generally African-Americans and women, but not everyone. "If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you're not racist, you'll have to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot."

Read all about Barack Obama here: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html http://www.usnews.com/topics/people/barack_obama http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33097598/ns/politics-president_obama?q=President%20Obama

Or go to his website and facbook page here: https://www.facebook.com/barackobama?fref=ts http://www.barackobama.com/splash/romney-wins?