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= Barack Hussein Obama =

**Biography:** Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on April 14, 1961. Obama spent the beginning of his childhood living in Hawaii, but in 1966 his father moved his family to Indonesia. At 10 years old, Obama was sent back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. In 1988, Obama entered Harvard Law School where he met his wife, Michelle. After he has finished law school he became a civil rights lawyer and a part-time professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Shortly after he married Michelle and the couple had two daughters, Malia and Sasha. In 1996 he ran for the Senate in Illinois. He was elected in 1997 and held his position until 2004. In 2008 Obama ran for president and won. He is the current president and is running for office again this year.


 * Short Facts:**
 * Obama became the first African American to ever be elected president in 2008.
 * He spent some of his childhood living in Indonesia.
 * There is a plaque of his and his wife's first kiss on display at the college where they met.


 * Current Political Position: ** President of the United States
 * Political Party: ** Democrat
 * Home State: ** Honolulu, Hawaii
 * Political Spectrum: ** Liberal
 * Supporters: ** Democrats, Liberals, Groups that Support Abortion, Gay Marriage Supporters
 * Opposition: ** Republicans, Conservatives, Pro-Life, Groups Against Gay Marriage

Obama is a big supporter of gay marriage and believes that people should be able to marry whoever they want despite their gender. Obama is also a supporter of abortion and believes that it is up to the mother to choose whether or not they want to have the baby. He is in favor of gun restrictions in order to keep the people safe. He is in favor of a large government that helps to support and provide for the people through programs like welfare. Obama believes that every American should have access to free healthcare- which is why he created Obamacare.

**On gay marriage Obama said,** “The government has to treat all citizens equally. I am a strong supporter not of a weak version of civil unions, but of a strong version, in which the rights that are conferred at the federal level to persons who are part of the same-sex union are compatible. When it comes to federal rights, the over 1,100 rights that right now are not being given to same-sex couples, I think that’s unacceptable.”

 Read more: [|http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76109.html#ixzz2AyTPyJx0]


 * Mitt Romney said about gay marriage,**

“I agree with 3000 years of recorded history. I believe marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman and I have been rock solid in my support of traditional marriage. Marriage is first and foremost about nurturing and developing children. It’s unfortunate that those who choose to defend the institution of marriage are often demonized.” (http://mittromneycentral.com/on-the-issues/same-sex-marriage/)

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 * Recent News Articles about Obama: **

[] ** Campaign Videos: ** http://www.barackobama.com/video?source=primary-nav-see-more

= Willard Mitt Romney =

__The unknown good deeds of Mitt Romney__
Not many people know that Mitt Romney is extremely humble. He doesn't tell reporters these things and the only way the American people find out about them is through others that witnessed these events. Such as the time Mitt Romney built and paid for a park in honor of one of his neighbor's late sons, Joey O'Donnell. For the next five years after the construction of the memorial park, Romney came back to visit and make sure that the upkeep of the playground was being kept up. When Mitt Romney found out his good family friend,the Nixon's had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for their two sons' surgery, he knew he had to help them. The boys, Rob and Reed, were now paraplegic and so Christmas this year was going to be a rough one. Mitt and his family helped them out immensely by giving them gifts and continuing on to even pay for their college fees and raise fundraisers for their family and others like them. On super bowl Sunday 1989, Mitt Romney heard that the house of Douglas Anderson had caught fire. Quickly he rushed to the house to make sure that him and his family were safe. They were all fine, but sadly their house wasn't. Mitt went into the house and salvaged many valuables for the family and had to be kicked out by the real firefighters once they entered.

Short facts:
 * Mitt Romney was the governor of Massachusetts (2003 to 2007)
 * He is representing the Republican party for the Presidents
 * Born March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan he is sixty five years old.

Biography (According to www.mittromney.com):

Mitt was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947. His mother, Lenore, gave up an acting career when she met and married his father, George. Mitt's father came from humble origins and never graduated from college. He apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter and sold aluminum paint before beginning a career that brought him to the head of American Motors and then the governorship of Michigan. Mitt married his wife, Ann, in 1969. They first met in elementary school when he was a Cub Scout; he remembers tossing pebbles at her when she rode by on a horse. When they met again years later at a friend's house, he was smitten. Between them, they have five sons and eighteen grandchildren, who are the center of their lives. After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1971, he earned dual degrees from Harvard Law and Harvard Business School. After working as a business consultant for several years, Mitt founded the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984. Under his leadership, Bain Capital helped to launch or rebuild over one hundred companies, including household names such as Staples, Bright Horizons, and The Sports Authority. As Bain Capital was growing in prominence, Mitt returned to his old consulting firm, Bain & Company, as CEO. In a time of financial turmoil at the company, he led a successful turnaround. When Mitt was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, the state was in severe disarray, its budget was out of balance, spending was soaring, and taxpayers were being required to pay more and more in taxes for diminishing services. The state economy was in a tailspin, with businesses cutting back on investment or even closing, and unemployment ticking up. Mitt made hard decisions that brought state spending under control. He restructured and consolidated government programs, paring back where necessary and finding efficiencies throughout.

Links to News Articles about Mitt Romney

http://articles.cnn.com/keyword/mitt-romney

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/romney-obama-chasing-swing-state-latinos-article-1.1194476

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/mitt-romney Ex-Governer Romney on Abortion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr9DmX01tJ

Mitt Romney does not believe in Abortion and is pro-life.

He wants to lower taxes so that the American people will hopefully have more money in their pockets.

Ex-governor Romney does not believe in gay marriage due to his Catholic religion.

He believes that there should NOT be gun restrictions.

Romney says that people should be independent and that they should be able to work for themselves and not need things like Obamacare and welfare.

Romney quote:

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"And 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." =====

Read more at [|http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mitt_romney.html#rc8Td6vRcdocMsRb.99] Paul Ryan on Romney: "  “If Stench calls, take a message,” Ryan supposedly had been telling aides. “Tell Stench I’m having finger sandwiches with Peggy Noonan and will text him later,” Simon quoted Ryan as saying."

 Read more: [|http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/26/pundits-punkd-by-satirical-claims-ryan-dissed-romney/#ixzz2Aw8GzIny]


 * Political Spectrum: ** Conservative
 * People who oppose Romney: **Homosexuals, The poor, the lazy, prostitutes, teachers
 * Supporters of Romney: ** The rich, Christians, private business owners