Friday, January 20, 2012

Romney Still With No Support?

In the video they are discussing about whether Mitt Romney is getting the support he actually deserves. He has been targeted by the majority of the other candidates and this is because of the simple fact that they are afraid of him. They know that he is going to become the top candidate and that it is going to say that way once he does. They are trying to dig up dirt on him fast. They want him to lose supporters by making people believe he is dying nothing but lies. I for one believe he is doing everything right. All he needs to do is weather the storm and he will come out on top for sure. His background is definitely one that should gain him some supporters.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#45295091

Is Gingrich The Guy?

In this video they are discussing whether Newt Gingrich would be the right option to vote for or if he will even become a factor come the caucuses. I actually believe that Newt Gingrich is not the right person to vote for at all. Soon the people will realize that a person with no morals can not possibly be the republican candidate for president. There are other candidates that are better off than Gingrich. Such as Mitt Romney or Ron Paul. Either one of those two would have a far better shot at receiving the chance to run up against Obama than Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich definitely has the background to run for president but when it comes down to it, it is his morals that matter as well. The peoe have to look deeper than what they just see. They have to act upon everything he says that he can back up with valid evidence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/#45541837

Romney vs Santorum

In the video they are discussing about who is going to be ahead and who has the better chance moving forward. Personally I feel as though Romney has the better chance moving forward as they begin doing caucuses in the more rural areas. Some people believe that Rick Santorum is a racist which is going to be a reason that the younger population would not vote for him. Mitt Romney is a business man that is very wealthy. There morals are far about from one another. Santorum believes that abortions should never be an option even if the baby would kill the birth mother. The negatives for Santorum far outweigh the positives. I would go with Mitt Romney because he is definitely more fit for the position.

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/politics/2012/01/19/bts-debate-romney-santorum-health-care.cnn.html

Cain Allegations

In this video they are discussing about Hermain Cain and the allegations against him that he had affairs with women during his marriage many years ago. Not only did he have an affair, it was an unwanted one. The accuser denies letting him do it but Cain forcing himself upon her. If this were true why wouldn't she tell the authorities a while ago instead of waiting till he is in the race for presidency. I honestly think this while thing is just a set up to try an get him out of the race. He is the top candidate at this time and is a threat to become bigger if his ball keeps rolling. This is why they have to get him out now by stirring controversy.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/01/20/us/politics/100000001298976/the-caucus-highlights-from-the-debate.html

Gingrich Denies Asking For Open Marriage

In this video they are discussing about Newt Gingrich and how he denied asking his wife for an open marriage. He denied all allegations brought up during the debate on January 19 that he asked his wife to be able to have affairs with women while still in his marriage. I find that to be morally wrong. He definitely will not receive the votes from the religious side of America. How can you vote for someone who is so morally incorrect. His support in the women is definitely going to plummet. I feel as though his past is going to catch up with him and slow him down. If the other candidates keep going on and digging up dirt on Gingrich, eventually he is going to take himself out of the race.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/01/19/exp-debate-king-response.cnn

The Caucuses

This video discusses about the caucuses and how the candidates did and will do for the upcoming caucuses. In the Iowa caucus it was extremely close between Santorum and Romney. It was definitely the closest race between two presidential candidates ever. I good this to be quite interesting because I was not expecting it to be any where near as close as is was. I thought it would be a runaway for Romney. This race was actually between three candidates. RoN Paul, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. I feel as though this is how it is going to be for the rest of the caucuses.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/01/20/us/politics/100000001298976/the-caucus-highlights-from-the-debate.html

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Romney Attacked For Being Wealthy

In an article written by Nicholas Confessore, David Kocieniewski and Michael Luo on January 18, 2012, they discuss about how Mitt Romney is being targeted because of the fact that he is extremely wealthy. Romney has a estimated fortune of about a quarter of a billion dollars. He is among the wealthiest people to ever run for president. Republicans and Democrats are on his case just because he is reluctant to release his tax return. I personally find no problem with this. A person that works hard their whole life for what they have should not be forced to do anything. I think the other candidates are just trying to make him look bad because he does not want to show everyone his tax returns. With only a couple more days to go until the primary they are trying to make it so the people have doubt in their mind. Once that doubt is in their they will probably vote for someone else. This one problem that they are trying to stir up should not really affect his campaign in the long term but it could make him lose a few votes in Saturday's primary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/us/politics/romney-riches-are-being-seen-as-new-hurdle.html?_r=1&ref=politics

Gingrich Gathering Momentum

In an article written by Alex Altman on January 19, 2012, he discusses how Gingrich is using his mouth along with polls and his new followers to boast about how he is in a dead heat in the South Carolina primary. He told the people that "If we can win here, I will become the nominee." Newt Gingrich definitely needs to relax if he actually believes this. He is far from becoming the top dog in this election. Going into Saturday's primary he was ahead in the polls but slowly and steadily he is beginning to fall due to his past catching up with him. The other candidates are using his past to try to cool his small surge down. It may be working. As far as we know it went from being somewhat clear to a log jam at the top of this primary. One thing that may boost his campaign is the help of his new supporter and former opponent Rick Perry. Gingrich said that he was honored by having him join his campaign. There is a possibility that the supporters that used to support Rick Perry can be the deciding factor in whether he wins or loses.
http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/19/new-newtmentum-gingrich-picks-up-speed-scrutiny-and-supporters-in-south-carolina/?iid=sl-main-lede

Thursday, January 12, 2012

In an article written by Catalina Camia on January 12, 2012, she discusses about why the U.S Chamber of Commerce believes these attacks on Mitt Romney about his record at Bain Capital are foolish and that is all just helps Obama in the end of the day. Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have been taking shots at Mitt Romney to try to portray him as a ruthless corporate raider out for profit. This is quite idiotic if they want a republican to be in the White House come the next election. The only thing they are really doing is handing Barack Obama more fuel so that no one can compete with him, even the best of the Republican candidates. The weird thing about all this is the fact that the U.S Chamber of Commerce usually stays out of the politics when it comes to presidential things but him and Obama do not really see eye to eye on several issues and I am pretty sure he would like nothing more than to see a new face in his spot. Preferably Mitt Romney's because of how much support he receives. If the other candidates continue to dig up dirt on one another soon there will be no good candidates left on the republican side and people will have to settle to vote for one. In the end that candidate might not win the whole election.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/01/mitt-romney-attacks-chamber-tom-donohue-/1

South Carolina Not Good For Mitt?





In an article written by Chris Cillizza on January 12, 2012, he talks about the next caucus in South Carolina and a few reasons why he might have a bit of trouble winning this one. Mitt Romney is coming off two straight wins in Iowa and New Hampshire and has basically established himself as the leader of the pack. South Carolina voters are less likely to vote for Romney because they are completely different from the first two states he won at. For example, a poll showed that a whopping 57 percent of Iowa Republicans that went to the caucus considered themselves either born again or evangelicals and in New Hampshire there were just 22 percent. In the next state he will be going to, South Carolina, there are a total of 60 percent that consider themselves either born again or evangelicals. The reason I state this statistics is because of the fact that Romney has a lot of trouble winning over them. The other factor to this is that South Carolina is way more populated than Iowa with means he would probably not receive a substantial amount of votes. The bottom line to this is that Mitt Romney is not going to just walk away with the win so easily this time around.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-south-carolina-is-mitt-romneys-toughest-test/2012/01/12/gIQAPLQvtP_blog.html

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Bachmann is Done

In an article written by Howard Kurtz on January 4, 2012, he discusses about how Michele Bachmann decides to call it quits after a terrible outing at the Iowa caucus. It was not like we all did not see this coming any way. Michele Bachmann was way out of this race before the caucus even began. The last place finish just put the last nail in the coffin. He then talks bout what she did the night before she took herself out of the race, when she said her speech terribly. Bachmann, who is normally a fluid speaker, had a hard time with that speech. In that speech she discussed about Obama and how she would end his socialism in this country. It obviously did not help much when it came done to the voting. There were many signs showing that she was going to be out of this race. Such as when her campaign manager left her. Even she knew sh was not going to be in it. She decided not to talk bad about Romney hoping to become his running mate later. When all is said and done everyone saw this coming.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/04/michele-bachmann-calls-it-quits-ending-her-2012-presidential-bid.html

Romney the Better Job Creator?

In an article written by Glenn Kessler on January 4, 2012, he discusses about Mitt Romney and how he says he can create jobs. Of course, this is something every candidate says just so they can get votes from the people. They must have information backing them up if they want to be serious contenders for the presidency seat. Mitt Romney has some information that could back him up for this up coming election. When Romney served as the governor for Massachusetts, during his four years the number of jobs has gone up 61,000. Obama has almost 2 million jobs since he's been president. The writer of this article also defends Obama as well saying that most of those jobs lost cannot be blamed on him because they were lost before he ever could begin his policies. Also comparing Obama's first three years of presidency to Romney's four years of being governor is not right. If we compared the first three years of each Romney would only have created about 4,000 jobs. Now that is not much to brag about I would say. Instead he tries to catch peoples eyes by throwing out the big numbers but not the information for it. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/romney-vs-obama-on-job-creation/2012/01/03/gIQA31g3YP_blog.html