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1. Barack Obama 2. 3. Current governmental or other position activities 4. Democratic 5. Currently President,1996 he was senator of Illinois,2004 he was elected into the US senate 6. Born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 44th president in the United states. He was a teacher and a cilvil rights lawyer before he came president. 7. Hawaii 8. 9. His or her positions on five key issue s Jobs & Economy: He plans to bring jobs back to the US by eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Jobs:Plans to appoint to the NLRB experienced individuals with respect for the rule of law. Taxes: Wants to ask millionaires to pay their fair share of taxes. Not less than a middle class family pays. Taxes: Romney Plans to maintain current tax rates on interest, dividends, and capital gains. Health Care: Obama plans to put an end to the worst abuses such as copping or dropping coverage when you get sick. Health Care: Romney Block grant Medicaid and other payments to states. Education:Obama fought to prevent federal student loans interest rates from doubling for more than 7 million students and was successful. Education: Romney Plans to Reform No Child Left Behind By Emphasizing Transparency And Responsibility For Results. Energy: Obama want to increase the solar and wind energy Energy: Plans to give power to the states on the way they decide to make their energy within their boundaries. 10. 11. Base of support and source of opposition [|www.barackobama.com/,][|www.mittromney.com/,][|http://www.mirror.co.uk/,] [|http://www.telegraph.co.uk, http://www.aol.com/] 12. __ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONGtgxHjYk __ 14. __http://www.barackobama.com/taxes?source=primary-nav__, __http://www. whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama__ __ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html __ 15.
 * He doesn’t like ice-cream as a result of working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager.
 * He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee
 * In high school he was known as O’Bomber for his skill at basketball.
 * Mitt's father was born in Mexico to American parents
 * He use to be a security guard for Chrysler
 * He enjoys snaking on PB&J sandwiches and chocolate milk

16. There's already a solid 15 electrol colleges for obama and already 180 or Romney. The tossup is 89 electrol colleges. So far the demorcatic is winning and i looks like he has a fair chance becuase he's already been the president and did a good job. He lost some and also gained a lot.