Victory Speech This year we had our 2012 election for our forty-fifth president of the United States of America. Barack Obama‚ now being our forty-forth and forty-fifth president‚ won on November 7‚ 2012 to opponent governor Mitt Romney. He won with three-hundred and thirty-two electoral votes verses Romney’s two-hundred and six votes. After months upon months of campaigning‚ Obamas victory lead him to have his victory speech on November 7‚ 2012 giving thanks to the American people for re-electing him
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Ben Mason Eng.1001 sect. 38 9/26/12 The Voting Playground: Play it safe? Or swing? This is a concern that arises for presidential candidates every four years as we approach presidential elections. First‚ there are two terms to be recognized: “safe state” and “swing state”. In a “safe state” the presidential candidate of a particular party has the vast majority of support of that state ’s voters‚ regularly‚ so that he/she can safely assume the favorable outcome of the state
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Three Debatable Issues On November 6‚ 2012 American’s will have the opportunity to decide on the next President‚ current President‚ Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. There are three major issues being debated during the 2012 election‚ which are same sex marriage‚ abortion and healthcare. Each candidate has an opposite stance on each issue being discussed. One of the hot button issues is same sex marriage. In 1996‚ Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act‚ which outlaws same sex marriage
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There is a lot more data and history behind Obama’s work and decisions‚ than it is on Romney. Being the incumbent he has shown much of his strengths and also weaknesses‚ so the voters have a good idea what to expect from him. Huge part of his victory in 2008 was being the first African American with a realistic chance of winning. People saw
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like a morally upright person and an effective leader. Take a look at figure1. It is a campaign ad against Mitt Romney. The first thing a reader will see is the bold white words in the middle of the ad. The words are referring to Mitt Romney’s fiscal policy in which he plans to continue the Bush Era tax cuts. In addition the second stanza of this ad may be alluding to decisions Romney took part in during his tenor at Bain Capital‚ in which thousands of employees were laid off after he acquired their
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[pic] [pic]Willard Mitt Romney 64 Years old Republican Formerly the Governor of Massachusetts Currently Retired Pros; Mitt Romney is a strong debater‚ an impressive campaigner‚ and a skilled fund raiser. He has assembled an effective and out front Presidential campaign for 2012. He clearly takes being a candidate very seriously. Mitt Romney’s tax plan is the most practical and pragmatic which is why we wrote "Finally‚ a candidate steps up and offers a proven‚ tested‚ and verified solution to
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bipartisanship. 2. Mitt Romney is qualified to be a presidential candidate because he has political experience‚ has worked in business‚ and knows how to balance a budget. Romney was governor of Massachusetts from 2003-2007 where he succeeded in working across party lines to fix the state’s healthcare system. Before becoming governor‚ Romney was the cofounder and CEO of the corporation Bain Capital from 1984-2002 which gives him experience in business. Before leaving Bain‚ Romney helped the 2002 Olympic
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Vice President Debate 2012 In the first 2012 Vice Presidential debate‚ “The Foreign Policy Debate‚” both Joe Biden and Paul Ryan were asked how their catholic beliefs affect their view on abortion. Both candidates used implied promises‚ and collective sanctions of directive language to make people vote for them. Although directive language requires numerous techniques in order for success‚ implied promises and collective sanctions were key to Biden and Ryan’s sides‚ because the use of directive
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running for the democratic side were Barack Obama for president and Joe Biden for vice president. Running for the republican side were Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. The presidential candidates for the libertarian party were Gary Johnson and his vice presidential candidate James Gary. The overall winner(s) of the 2012 Presidential election was/were President Barak Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Throughout the midwest the votes were predominantly for Mitt Romney; subsequently‚ the east and west coast
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cover occurrences in both the Republican and Democratic parties. In the article‚ the author states that the 2012 presidential campaign has been one of the most ruthless‚ all-or-nothing campaigns thus far. He points out actions of both candidates‚ Romney and Obama‚ that seem to indicate a genuine disrespect and disregard each candidate has for the opposing party. One such example is the malignant use of campaign ads. According to the author‚ while the campaign television ads have always attempted to encourage
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