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=United States President Candidates-2012 =

=Willard Mitt Romney =



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Recent Articles~ @http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/29/romney-leads-in-swing-state-newspaper-endorsements/

@http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/romney-and-the-cherry-picking-of-economic-data/2012/10/27/c1d0360a-205b-11e2-9cd5-b55

@http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates/mitt-romney

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"I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work." ~Mitt Romney

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~Birth date-March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan

~Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~Schooling- Cranbrook School, Brigham Young University(1973), Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School(1975).

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Parents~Former Michigan Governor George and Lenore Romney.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Spouse~ Ann Romney

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Children~ Tagg, Josh, Ben, Matt and Craig Romney

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Political Party~ Republican

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Current Political Position~ None

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Past positions/Careers~ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-Missionary in France <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-Chief Executive of Bain & Company <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-Cofounded Bain Capital <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">- President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2012 Winter Olympics <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-Governor of Massachusetts(2003-2007)

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Little known facts~ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> -His first name actually is Willard, but instead he uses his middle name being Mitt. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-When Romney was young, in the early 1960's he was a missionary in France. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-He helped find one his Bain Capital partner's daughter, after she disappeared. Later, they found her in Connecticut where she traveled without her Father's knowledge.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Five key issues- <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Taxes~To lower taxes all across the board, for all the classes. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Immigration~Having legal immigrants in our country creates a diverse culture, and we need to welcome immigrants so they can hold stable jobs and have a safe place for their families. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Healthcare~ Believes in a private sector approach to health care. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Gun rights~ People should have the right to bear arms, allowing them to protect themselves. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Abortion~Life begins at conception, a fetus is a human being and in the constitution it states "Everyone has the right to life.." this is taking away the right of life to that fetus, and is therefore unmoral.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Source of Support~ Gun Rights Groups

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Source of Opposition~ Gay Rights Groups and Pro-Abortion Groups

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Philosophy~ For smaller government, free market-Conservative

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Statistics~ 47.9% of popular vote

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Analysis~ The election is very close, and many observers believe Romney will win the popular vote, and lose in the electoral college.

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=<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Barack Hussein Obama =

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">“It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.” ~Barack Obama

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Information~

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~Birth date- August 4th 1961

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~Raised in- Honolulu, Hawaii

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">~Schooling- Columbia University and Harvard Law School

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Parents~Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Spouse~ Michelle Obama

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Children~ Malia and Sasha Obama

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Political Party~ Democratic

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Current Political Position~ 44th President of the United States of America

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Past positions/Careers~ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-Civil rights attorney in Chicago <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> -Taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School(1992 to 2004) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">- Represented the 13th District in the Illinois Senate(1997 to 2004) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-Senator of Illinois (2004-2008)

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Little known facts~ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-In 2006, he won a Grammy for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">-He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Five key issues-

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Taxes~ Says he will cut taxes for the middle class, and raise them for the high income citizens.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Gay marriage~ People should have the right to marry whomever they want.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Healthcare~ Believes in having Obamacare, when the government paying for people's healthcare when they cannot pay for it themselves.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Gun rights~ Believes in having more restrictions on gun ownership.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Abortion~ A life starts when you can hear the first heartbeat,and a fetus does not have a heartbeat so it is therefore not alive. The woman should have the choice to do what she wants with her body.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Source of support~ Unions

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Source of opposition~ N.R.A.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Philosophy~ Big government, tax and spend- Liberal

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Statistics~ 47.1% of popular vote

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Analysis~ Many observers predict that Obama will win the electoral college, but lose the popular vote because there are so many swing states.