Who do you think will win the 2012 American presidential election? (and why)?
In my opinion i hope Romney wins. here's why: -I think America is very separated as a nation right now -whether you're pro gay marriage, pro life, or pro choice i really don't think this is relatively important in the next election because i personally believe we should be working to making America become debt free and focused on fixing the economy...plus no social issue is going to be passed in congress with it being so mixed opinionated. -If you like obamacare or not...i believe it should definitely should have not been passed, at least not at this time, with it adding tons of more debt in a economic crisis....plus Obama clearly lied to the American people saying it would not be a tax-when that was the only reason it was in fact deemed constitutional. -I want a president that will at least try to fix the damn economy...i mean all obama has done is add more and more and more debt to America....Now is not the time to try to advocate a healthcare law that half the population is against and adds debt. -In my opinion Obama is a great talker, but to me i feel like all he does is straight up lie to the American people and deceives them ... I feel like he'll say anything to get re-elected (not that Romney won't either) -Overall, American needs a president that is focused on fixing the economy. We don't need to be debating social issues or putting in a new healthcare system, rather coming up with new solutions to fixing the economy. Obama has failed in every aspect in fixing the economy...As i see it, Romney is a successful businessman and therefore will at least have a better shot at fixing the economy.
Who will win Ohio in the 2012 Presidential Election?
No one can predict with 100% confidence. The polls have been trending Obama. Political analysts cite lower unemployment figures for the state compared to the nation overall. Also, Ohio has many workers and businesses that depend on the US auto industry, which was bailed out by taxpayers via Obama. Don't underestimate the GOP's ongoing campaign to prevent certain citizens from exercising their right to vote.
Will Republicans go after the former U.S. Commissioner of the IRS or just President Obama?
Douglas H. Shulman was the U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. He was appointed by George Bush in 2008. His nomination was confirmed by the full U.S. Senate on March 14, 2008 and he was sworn in on March 24, 2008. Douglas Schulman, headed the IRS during the scrutiny of Tea Party groups in 2012. Schulman's term ended on November 11, after the 2012 election.
Why do you support the democrats or republicans?
Why do you support the political party that you choose. Do you agree with all their views? I can't agree fully with either party. I seem to have this ability to make up my own mind as to which position I take toward things. Like take for instance welfare. I think we need to support those who really need it like the elderly and handicapped, but those who don't are abusing the system and it needs to be revamped. So what I am really wondering is how the die hard whatever party members on here that just bash the other party decide which party they are going to support.
If Mitt Romney had not made his "47 percent" comment would he have won the election?
The statement may have hurt Romney's final votes tally some, but not enough that he would have won without the comment. He had cornered himself on policy issues during primaries that would have made it difficult for him to win - the issues related to women, minorities, poor/middle class (vs further enriching the business class and rich), GBLT, and immigration. That is a lot to overcome. What is most alarming is that neither Romney, nor his analysts, nor the Republican party machinery had a handle on the accuracy of the electoral pulse. Until the last minute, they truly believed that Romney would win. So the lop-sided electoral collage win and the convincing popular vote win by Obama took them by surprise. The Obama camp was surprised in the last days before the election by the confidence of the Republicans in Romney and began to suspect/doubt their own numbers, which ultimately turned out to be not only accurate, but conservative in the victory margin.
Were the 2012 Presidential election results a surprise to people who had predicted a Republican victory?
Sad, but not surprised.I always believed that the polling was correctly measuring Obama's popularity. Anyone who has looked at the difference between polls of (all) registered voters versus polls of (somebody's guess of) likely voters will show that Republicans benefit from a lower turnout in almost all cases. It's probably not productive to argue about how that could be true so often. It does expose Republicans to charges of vote suppression. But in all my years of working inside the Republican Party, I have only known of people hoping for low turnout - not working to turn a high turnout into a low one.Everyone in politics, most especially the poor sainted candidates, believes that they are on the side of the angels. You simply wouldn't work this hard at something if it didn't make you feel good that you were working for the right side. Like everyone else, I always have a hard time imagining that anyone could actually be enthusiastic about voting for the other guy. He represents a philosophy that many adhere to - that much I get. But objectively speaking, he has failed, at least so far, to achieve most of what his supporters thought he would achieve. Indeed, the fact that "there is much more work to do" has always been a theme of his campaign. To my ears, it always sounded like "no, we're not where we should be after four years, and I haven't changed my mind about what we're going to do to try to fix things, and I need more time to keep doing those same things." There was no promise this time to work for a grand goal of some kind. No mid-course correction. Fine - that's the way I looked at things. I was simultaneously aware that half the voters thought that my guy would wreck everything.So, as I knew it would (not because I am a brilliant analyst but because we live in a democracy), it came down to who voted. The President's supporters were far more motivated than I had imagined. I think it's fair to say that they surprised quite a few experts with their large turnout. Those who were confident it would be big, and who worked to make it big, must still have been more than satisfied; their expectations must have been surpassed.Congratulations to the Democratic Party and its voters. We will meet again.
If you could re-elect Bill Clinton in 2018, would you?
Presidential elections will be held in 2012, 2016 and 2020. So no one could if they wanted to