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1) In 1968, at age 21, Mitt Romney was involved in a fatal head on car crash while serving as a missionary in France when a Mercedes driven by an intoxicated Catholic priest swerved into his lane. One of his passengers was killed and Romney ended up pinned so badly, rescue crews had to pry him from the car. He suffered broken ribs, a fractured arm, concussion and facial injuries. French police found the other driver at fault in the accident. 2) In 1965, Romney was arrested for sliding down the slopes of a golf course on large blocks of ice. 3) Mitt Romney’s favorite foods are hot dogs and meatloaf cakes. 1) [] 2) [] 3) [] Ohio test poll: Romney 50% Obama: 48% Mock electoral vote poll: Romney: 315 Obama: 223 Florida test poll: Romney: 51% Obama: 44% One source says: Mitt Romney has a 1 in 4 chace of winning. Another says Romney has a 28% chance winning One says: 19% One says: 68%
 * Name**: Mitt Romney
 * Occupation**: Former Governer of Massachusetts
 * Political View:** Republican
 * From**:Michagan/ Massachusetts
 * Current Views**: Opposes Abortion Rights, Lower Taxes, Opposes gay rights, Opposes stricter gun control laws, Increase strength of army.
 * Biography**: Willard MITT ROMNEY was born March 1947. He is a republican running for the 2012 U.S. president. Mitt was born in Michigan. He is married and has five kids.
 * Base of Support**: Wealth people and conservitives.
 * Base of opposition**: Poor people and teachers.
 * Quote from opposing candidate**: Mr Obama said: “And you know, Governor Romney, I’m glad that you agree that we have been successful in going after al-Qaida, but I have to tell you that, you know, your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map and is not designed to keep Americans safe or to build on the opportunities that exist in the Middle East.”
 * Quote from Mitt Romney:** Mr Romney said: “Well I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the world. And it's widely reported that drones are being used in drone strikes, and I support that and entirely, and feel the president was right to up the usage of that technology.”
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 * Philosophy:** To create 12 million jobs.




 * Name:** Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
 * Occupation**: President of the United States
 * Political Party:** Democrat
 * Home State:** Hawaii/Illinois
 * Biography**: Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. Before he pursued a job in the political field he was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher. Then, in 1996 he was elected to the Illinois State Senate and served there for 6 years. In 2008 he was elected president and still currently serves as it.
 * Positions on Key Issues**:
 * Abortion-** Obama says that he "is committed to protecting a woman's right to choose" and wants to keep abortion legal.
 * ​Health Care-**​
 * - ** He wants everyone to have health care and he wants to make it cheaper for low income families.**Education- ** The President believes very strongly in good education and even gave $360 million dollars to groups to create tests.**Gay Marriage- ** Barack Obama has ended the ban on openly gay people in the military and believes that a marriage doesn't have to be a man and a woman.**Philosophy of Government: The government is there to help people and to tell people what to do and how you do it. His place on the political spectrum is liberal. ****Base of Support: ** African Americans**Source of Opposition: ** Wealthy People
 * Quotes:**
 * **“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”-Barack Obama **
 * "We don't have to look far to see the failure of President Obama's approach. We can look at his record,"-Matt Rhoades


 * Facts:**
 * He is only the 6th president to be left handed
 * Him and his wife made $4.2 million dollars last year with most of the prophit being from their book sales
 * His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso


 * Video of Obama giving a speech:** [|**http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-obamas-2012-address-to-un-general-assembly-full-text/2012/09/25/70bc1fce-071d-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html**]


 * Articles on Obama-**
 * [|**http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/obama-morning-joe_n_2038103.html**]
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 * Current Predictions:** For electoral votes Obama 290 and Romney 248 for popular Obama 48.8% and Romney 49.7%. Washington post says that Obama will win because even if he didn’t do so well in the first debate he already was ahead of Romney and stats still show that he is ahead and will win.