Only a year ago Hosni Mubarak was the undisputed King of Egypt. His was law and he made everything happen according to his own will. But yesterday, he was handed down a life sentence by the courts  for his role in the Egyptian revolution that toppled him. It is from this point that politics really get very dirty because the very Judges who have moved on to find considerable guilt on the former President were the same ones who used to prostrate before him for favors. He had always been a moderate voice in the Arab-West divide and America for a long time found a soft spot into the more hard-line political belts of the Arab world through Hosni Mubarak. He is 84 and does not have much on his hand to live for.

The verdict will please the Muslim Brotherhood who appear to be making in-roads into the Egyptian politics. Their strongman is competing with the last vestige of the Mubarak Regime in the second round election duel and it is almost obvious that the Muslim Brotherhood candidate will win, given the fact that they seem to command a comfortable majority in parliament already.

Infact, the harsh sentence appears to have been  aimed at defusing tensions ahead of a divisive second runoff in the presidential race although many see it as a move that will instead polarize the Egyptian society between those who still believe in Mubarak and those who want him placed away in the hottest part of Hell. With all that has already happened, Mubarak appears to have made history for himself as the first Arab leader to be tried in his own country after being overthrown by a people’s uprising. Gadaffi should have been the first, but he got quickly killed before the law could take course.

His sons Alaa and Gamal were acquitted of corruption, but his Interior Minister shared the same fate as Mubarak when he too was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Presiding Judge Rifaat said Mubarak and el-Adly did not act to stop the killings during the over two weeks of mass protests that saw more than  850 protesters killed by security forces in Cairo and other major cities in Egypt.

I am not saying my problem with Mr. Romney was that he was a fascist.  I have written I could not trust a person who changes his beliefs regularly.  However, I am smart enough to see how democrats out voting republicans in republican primaries has brought us Traditional Values people and conservatives to the choice of Milt Romney.

The reality is that America is in great danger.  The issue is no longer Mitt Romney.  The issue is the death of America through Socialist fascism. 

Obama does not know better than most of us.  Obama’s accomplishments are his healthcare reform and spending 7 trillion dollars.  Obama and his bureaucrats are using Obama-care to interfere with the religious liberties of religious organizations. Obama-care is an extreme financial burden on individuals, organizations, and companies. The interest on monies Obama borrowed are increasing the American debt everyday

Mr. Mitt Romney is a better leader.  His resume is the resume of a talented proven leader.  He knows how to cut spending (including employees) in order to save a company.  He will be able to downsize government and save tax payers money. 

I have written that the relationship between government and the citizens is a delicate balance between governing and freedom. Mr. Romney understands that it is not governments’ job to manage, orchestrate, or run the American free enterprise system.  Governments exist to administrate government departments and protect the public welfare.

 Threats to the public welfare have to be legitimate not perceived threats.  Capital investment is not a legitimate threat to Americans.  Investments fuel business start-ups, which in turn fuel job growth and economic growth.

For too long the liberal democrats have been brainwashing Americans in to hating the American free enterprise system.  Since Obama took office he has been criticizing chief executive officers, Wall Street, and other symbols of the successful American economy.

Yet all these ingredients are necessary for a prosperous economy and successful people.  We need not give up on ourselves.  Everything that is, was, and will be is still possible.

Freedom fuels the greatness that decent and good people can create.  Even in these troubling times I believe that the majority in any people group are good and decent people.  The average person does not believe that his or her success is invested in how much he or she can take from his or her neighbor.

Only Obama and his kind think in such foolish terms. Who spent the US into great debt?  That would Mr. Barak Hussein Obama.  The rich, successful, and wealthy people of America did not borrow and spend America into the current economic mess.

Furthermore, I have no problem in supporting Mr. Romney.  I had the opportunity of watching Mr. Romney’s speech at Liberty University (my Alma matter) and this morning I saw Mr. Romney’s speech to the Hispanic Economic Coalition.

These were great speeches focusing on the public policy initiatives that will lead America out of this current economic mess.  Low taxes, low government spending, and low government regulation will allow for greater investment in American and Americans.

However, do not be fooled. I have my eyes wide open, looking for any signs of wavering by Mr. Romney.  If I see any wavering on ultra conservative issues, I will report it.  My report will not be to knock Mr. Romney down, but to help him improve as a servant of the people.

I want Mr. Romney to win because America will win.  I am fully aware of the challenge.  Liberals are resorting to all their tricks.  The network news is liberal. These liberals are manufacturing polls to make Obama appear more attractive and to demoralize conservatives.

This is why every voter is going to be necessary.  Traditional Values and conservatives have to vote and help promote and market Mr. Romney.

America was built on the tradition of the potential behind freedom.  I heard Mr. Biden, vice president of the US, retort that liberals dream  and want personal success.  It is apparent liberals want to be the only ones that have their dreams come true.

I am not a slave of Obama.  I was born free and will die a free man.  It is impossible to remain free when Obama wants to take everything I earn.

Let us have a mature and serious conversation on petty envy. My life is not defined by how much more my neighbor has than I have in life. This is Mr. Obama’s campaign in a nutshell.  In this year’s presidential election, Mr. Obama cannot campaign on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, the national debt, tax reform, and illegal immigration reform.

Afghanistan is a mess.  The US has no influence in Iraq.  Egypt, Libya, and all the other Arab nations who went through the Arab spring are now under Muslim extremist’s control, i.e. Iran’s control.  The residents of Gitmo were not giving civilian trials and Gitmo was not closed down. Ninety five percent of Americans did not get their Obama promised tax cut.  Obama did not cut the deficit in half.  He doubled the deficit.  During Mr. Obama’s first two years the democrats were in charge of the Legislative branch and the Executive branch and did not bother to construct one immigration reform bill.  To date Mr. Obama has not issued any immigration reform public policy.

However, there are still people high on the novelty presidency of Obama.  We cannot allow this man to ruin America.  I have set aside my concerns about Romney.  America is more important than my personal held belief system.  In addition, Romney is not a deviant.   Mr. Romney is educated and has excellent experience administrating large systems, such as the Olympics. Mr. Romney is also a person with high moral character.  Any one when compared to Obama has high moral character.

Therefore, please get involved in building a better tomorrow for all Americans.  Vote republican for president and congress. In addition, get involved in the Romney optimistic and positive public relations effort.

Even if an agreement on spending cuts is reached, the concept of holding a national debt payment hostage will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of the voters. Furthermore, another cut in military spending is likely to be a part of the spending cuts.  Boehner has been unwilling to abide by the last cut in military spending.

Boehner is endeavoring a risky political maneuver and he is caving in to the hard-line Tea Party Representatives. I can’t help wondering if Boehner is attempting to gain the Tea Party’s support of his own re-election bid in November.

I think the majority of voters would prefer allowing the national debt payment and then having a showdown over spending cuts. Personally, I think unseating the hard-line Tea Party Congress members would be a very positive first step toward resolving this national debt crisis.

My wish is that all the posturing ends and the House of Representatives passes a spending cut bill that is acceptable to the Senate and the President. Sadly, the Tea Party Representatives will ensure that no such spending bill passes the Senate. The Tea Party is trying to unseat all the moderate Republicans who are willing to compromise.  This act, all by itself, justifies my labeling the Tea Party a Communist-style political party.  

It is not in our interest to let them set the conversation and debate. I say that our response should be that we respect all people.  In addition, we say that if we offer a different point of view it is because we care and we want people to have the same quality of life we have been fortunate enough to have in our lives.

People always think disagreement means persecution and condemnation.  We who believe in traditional values are trying to help people achieve a great personal life experience with our contribution to the conversation.

The reality is that everything carries the justice of God.  Just because a person does not believe in God does not mean that Gods does not exist.

In addition, there are always going to be consequence to a person when he or she is out of the righteousness of God.  An eternity in hell is the eternal destination to all who do not accept Christ as their Lord and Savior and do not follow the “voice of God”, i.e. the bible.

By telling you the expectation of God I am not telling you my self-created religion. I am telling you what the God smart and powerful enough to create a universe told his prophets to document in the Bible.

Now you may disagree with us about God, creation, and Salvation.  Disagreeing with me is okay and acceptable. However, your disagreement does not disprove God or invalidate my belief system.

Furthermore, it must be noted that we-people of traditional values-are not motivated by hate and violence.  We are motivated by concern.  I do not want anyone to suffer an eternity in Hell.

Now, you may say keep your bias religion to yourself.  I will abide by your request.  It is not my job to harass people until they agree with me.  I am only expected to make a good effort at delivering the evangelical message to a person.

Republicans do not show annoyance, anger, or signs of being upset when interviewed by the news media. Report that because conservatives care we want to get the American economy working again with low taxes, low regulation, and low government spending in order for there to be opportunities for everyone in order for them to have the life they want.

I believe we are being compassionate by wanting to help people avoid drug addiction, teen-age pregnancy, incarceration, unemployment, and other social stressors with employment opportunities and respect for individual freedoms. It is Obama who is being cruel with people for getting their hopes up and not following through with any real policy initiatives. All Obama said was that he agreed with the promoters of homosexual marriage agenda.  Obama did not say he, as president, was going to work to guarantee homosexual marriage through passing legislation.  Obama and his democrats when they were in charge of the presidency and congress did not initiate any “illegal immigration reforms”.  It appears Obama and his kind just wants political support for saying they agree with people but not actually passing any laws.

Mr. Mitt Romney and Republicans want a healthy economy that serves everyone and respect for individual rights.  It is Obama who through a bureaucracy has interfered with religious people’s faith by ordering Churches and religious groups to provide abortion and birth control to its members.

Now, we all know that Obama has been a miserable failure.  The US is 7 trillion dollars more in debt thanks to Obama and unemployment has not improved.  The lowering the of the unemployment rate because Americans have given up looking for work is not an improvement.  This reality is a shameful embarrassment for Obama and the democrats.

There is your lack of compassion.  Obama has burdened all of us with his wasteful spending and he has made it impossible to find gainful employment.

Therefore, Republicans learn the language of compassion through the positive and optimistic value of having a successful economy. I reiterate that when Republican, conservative, and traditional values person is questioned about homosexual marriage just state that because you care you want to share the philosophy that has led you to a great life experience. Then quickly reinforce the idea of caring by wanting to create and American economy that serves everyone.

Mr. Romney, why do you want to be president of the United States? First, let’s visit the obvious answer, “to serve the people of the United States.” That answer would immediately peg my bull s**t meter in the red. Another answer – “I believe that I can bring the United States back to its former greatness.” There goes my BS meter again. Another answer, “President Obama has failed during his four years in the Oval Office and needs to be replaced and I believe that I am the best man for the job” That one almost broke my BS meter.

To be fair, let’s admit that President Obama hasn’t been a stellar president, he’s made mistakes, as we are all prone to do. His past three years has mostly been on-the-job training as he doesn’t have an impressive resume in politics, foreign policy or economic training. He’s had to rely mainly on supposed qualified experts in most all departments and they have failed him in helping to solve our problems. These experts have been career politicians who are protecting their jobs, first and foremost and to that end, give advice beneficial to theirselves and their friends. Hopefully he’ll see the error of his ways during his second term and kick the bums out.

Romney, on the other hand, probably has already selected those friends, and big dollar campaign contributors, he wants sitting beside him if, by some odd chance, he is elected. You can rest assured that they will be professionals in making “behind closed doors” deals, hiding bribes and are 100% corrupt. Romney’s idea of doing what is best for the American people is doing what is best for Mitt Romney and to hell with the law and the Constitution, as he has already proven. He has stood before the American people for a year, maybe longer, and has lied through his million dollar smile (it was my idea to bail out the auto makers), made promises he has no intention of keeping (to be fair, all politicians do that) and probably has already made plans for raping the American economy even more.

I have voted in every presidential election since 1963, some of the candidates I thought were well-qualified and deserving, others should have been prosecuted and/or impeached. Through each presidency, each sitting president had one thought in mind, how to make money from their term after leaving office, either though speaking fees or book deals. Each presidency has had their share of scandals; sex, bribes, corruption or favoritism. Only after the invention of the Internet (Al Gore had nothing to do with it) and the reaffirmation of the 1st Amendment did speaking one’s mind take off. Every one with a computer can get on line and speak what’s on their mind, a few have crossed the line and threatened candidates, giving the rest of us a black eye. I thought the last election was crucial, a tossup between King Bush and Obama and blogged almost every day. But this one in November will be even more important, the outcome defining the United States for decades to come.

I didn’t vote for Obama in 2008, thinking he was the worst candidate. Now, with Romney as the other choice, I’m not so sure but what other choice do I have? And like 2008, I will be speaking my mind while keeping it civil, on topic (I hope and will try to do so) and only what can be proven. Libel and slander will not be tolerated, even if they are my own, personal thoughts (lawyers and politicians have a unique way of twisting the truth to and the law to their advantage).

No matter who you favor and support, the November election is important, as is every election, and I encourage each and every American to go to the ballots and make your voices heard.

With his wins in Maine and Nevada last weekend and imminent wins at state conventions in six more states, it appears that some of us were correct when we said over a month ago that rumors of Ron Paul’s campaign demise were greatly exaggerated.

The media continues to insinuate that there is not only something underhanded about Paul’s strategy, but something fundamentally wrong with what Politico describes as “the country’s cumbersome and arcane system for nominating presidential candidates.” According to this narrative, Paul’s supporters are “undermining democracy” by using said “arcane rules” to nullify the wishes of the electorate.

One could argue that Paul’s strategy is perfectly legitimate and that the process is deliberately set up the way it is to ensure that only informed and committed voters become delegates and choose the nominee. It is arepublican rather than a democratic electoral process.

This process doesn’t disenfranchise anyone because everyone has an equal opportunity to become a delegate. The rules are not “arcane.” Arcane means that the information is only available to some people. The rules for how one can become a delegate and how the nominee is chosen are published on the Republican Party website in each state and are equally available to everyone.

That brings us to the real question, representing the other side of all of the passive-aggressive attacks on Paul’s strategy and the nominating process itself.

Why can’t Romney simply employ the same strategy as Ron Paul? Why can’t he win delegate majorities in states where he won the popular vote?

As far as I know, no one has conducted a poll of primary or caucus voters asking them why they did not participate in the delegate selection process. That means that one can only speculate as to why people who support Romney in the popular vote don’t tend to go on to become delegates. However, there are things we know about the requirements for participating in the popular vote versus the requirements for becoming a delegate.

The rules vary from state to state, but for the most part, one need only be registered to vote in the primary or caucus. In some states, one must be a registered Republican to participate in the popular vote. In others, Democrats and independents can participate.

If one meets those minimal qualifications, one may cast a vote in the primary or caucus. One does not have to be informed on the issues or even know who is running. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all or even most participants in popular votes are uninformed. However, there is no requirement that they are informed and there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that this may be a problem.

For example, a CNN poll following the 2008 Republican primary found that John McCain had strong support from voters who said that they disapproved of the Iraq War, even though McCain had recently said that it would be fine with him if the U.S. stayed in Iraq for a hundred years. Were these voters unaware of McCain’s position?

More recently, 40% of Democratic primary voters in West Virginia voted for a convicted felon who is currently serving a 17-year sentence for extortion in a federal prison in Texas. While this was clearly a protest vote against Obama, voters interviewed by the Charleston Daily Mail said they didn’t even know who Keith Judd was.

Are these the results the media are so afraid will be overturned?

This could never happen in the delegate selection process. By the time that a candidate for the RNC delegation has participated in the local caucus, the district or county conventions, and finally the state convention, he not only knows who all of the candidates are but can likely recite their policy positions. He’s heard them over and over during that process.

During all of that debate and campaigning, he may also have learned that the other candidates are right about a few things, even if he disagrees with them on most others. Sometimes, supporters of competing candidates even form coalitions to achieve common interests.

Delegates are also required to be more committed to their candidates than primary voters. That local, district, county and state conventions aren’t exactly exciting. In fact, they’re downright boring, unless you really care about U.S. domestic and foreign policy and your candidate’s positions.

So, Romney does overwhelmingly better in contests that don’t require the participants to be informed on the issues or even know all of the candidates. They can say they’re against a war but vote for its biggest proponent. They can vote for a candidate even if they are unaware that he is doing time in a federal prison. Their candidate may be the only one they’re aware of because he gets far more coverage by the media and far more advertising money from Wall Street and other special interests. They aren’t required to know that or even be curious about it. All they have to do is register and make a 15-minute commitment to pull a lever behind a curtain.

Ron Paul does overwhelmingly better in contests that require delegates to commit months of their time to the process, to hear the arguments of the other candidates’ ad nausea and make arguments for their own candidate in return, and sometimes even form coalitions with the delegates supporting other candidates in order to achieve common goals.

Which process would you rather see determine the nominee for president?

Ron Paul, member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Congressman Ron Paul at an event hosted in his honor at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The blow back from that incident has been fierce and some in Barack’s party have claimed to withdraw their support. But I just wonder how long that will last especially now that their has been a “compromise” offered in the deal? I saw an interesting editorial cartoon which depicted Death handing a bag containing thirty pieces of silver to a Catholic Obama supporter. I know there are Republican and Democrat Catholic voters. I just hope they will view things concerning the election and the behavior patterns of their respective parties with open eyes. Increasingly their is a trend from the Democrat Party to overlook or dismiss altogether the rights guaranteed in the Constitution.

The National Defense Authorization Act is a good example of this. In theory the administration could, say, view hubs such as this one as a threat to the security of the nation and I could be arrested, without warrant and without being charged and held indefinitely. Sounds rather a Gitmo thing to do does it not?

Then once we get to the actual race for the Presidency itself, you can rest assured that whomever the Republican nominee is will be accuse of being:

A. Racist—-it is the main bludgeon of the left at this time. After all no one could possibly disagree with any stated policy of Barack Obama without being a blatant racist. The fact that I would disagree with those policies where they stated by a politician of any race regardless does not matter.

B. RICH—–Another guaranteed low blow on the way. It matters not that the President himself is quite wealthy or that most any given Democrat politician is obscenely wealthy. No Democrat is actually anything but an average Joe according to the Party.

I really hope there are some Democrats that will pay attention to these and other troubling issues emanating from their increasingly Socialist Party. They may not wish these things. Time to get off the fence.

America is in an election year and everything is being politicized in that country lately. The hot debate that is causing great media interest right now is a blouse in which Ann Romney, the wife of the Republican flag bearer Romney, was seen dressed in recently while with her hubby at a television  talk show.

The hullabaloo about Mrs. Ann Romney’s 990$ blouse was that she chose to adorn an expensive blouse at an economic time when the ordinary American seem to be struggling to even put a meal on the family table. The argument her critics put forward is that she is not in touch with the objective realities of the American people today.

I am quite sure that if Ann Romney had dressed like this six months ago on a similar occasion, no one would have even bothered to give a second look. But because America is so politically charged right now, anything attracts political debate and this why I think politics is such a stupefying endeavor.

The Romneys  are public figures for goodness sake and as Senator with a middle class wife…… should it raise any eyebrows at all if she appears in public dressed in a 1k $ blouse? The amazing thing about this incident of attire is that it has spilled over to Reed Krakoff , the fashion house that made the nearly 1000$ blouse worn by Mrs. Romney and they now find themselves on the defensive saying they had nothing to do with the wardrobe choice of Mrs. Romney .

It amazes me that people who should really be minding their own political business are trying to find political capital in this dress issue. This makes politics and old time dirty game that focuses on trivia sometimes. The Democrats should not think, this 990$ blouse incident will bring Romney down! Let them go after issues as they kick off their campaigns.

When all of this political wrangling started I wrote that the most important issues were honor and integrity. The people have been served wrongly by politicians that care more about their own political ambitions then the will of the people. Mr. Romney has to know that though he may be getting the nomination, he will be serving the people of the United States of America.

The real crucial issue for the US is National Security. It is obvious the world is close to imploding. There are great economic challenges for many European nations. There is civil unrest and chaos in many nations.

Obama has made a mess of the American economy. The US is in no position to help countries in trouble.

On the economy, I believe the majority of conservatives want low taxes, low government spending, and low business regulation.

When private businesses and citizens start investing in the economy, jobs will be made. The increase in jobs will lead to an increase in tax revenues.

The American conservative expects that these tax revenues will be administrated in a responsible manner by the new president and the new congress. The idea of helping people is a good idea. However, at present all governments are doing with their government programs is making people weak and unable to meet their own personal challenges.

For decades the people of America have been held hostage to the politics of illegal immigration. More people from Mexico are in America and more continue to come to the US. Companies try to take advantage of cheap labor. Illegal immigrants use public resources at a high cost to the American tax payer.

There is no compassion in letting Mexicans escape their responsibilities by entering the US illegally. The people of a nation are the ones who are responsible for the nation.

I wonder why people are tied to politicians and business people giving them solutions. Politicians want to manipulate people’s hearts and minds to usurp their vote. Business people just want to remove people from their money.

This is still the election where people have to reclaim their country. For a long time politicians have gotten elected on promises they do not keep and have turned their backs on the people.

Now, we know there is a lot to be concerned about with Mr. Mitt Romney. The only solution is to let Mr. Romney know on a daily basis our conservative expectations.

Mr. Obama has answered once and for all which political ideology is better. After spending 7 trillion dollars of the hard working tax payers money, Mr. Obama has a worse economy then when he got elected.

Obama’s goals in his medical reform was to make healthcare more affordable and to increase access to healthcare. Removing competition from any industry is not a good idea. The quality of goods and services suffer and the price goes up.

I was watching a program on the production and sale of “meth“. A doctor said it cost the hospital 300 million to treat people who have almost killed themselves making “meth”. This would be correct if a person is calculating retail prices. However, the hospital and hospital resources already existed. Therefore, I say that a wholesale calculation is more appropriate, which would yield a lower price.

In El Paso, Texas there is something called the University Health Center. This is the county government hospital. In their pricing, this institution tries to compete with the for-profit-hospitals. I wonder how much money could be saved if the US government could manufacture healthcare materials (meds, bandages, gowns, etc) and sell them to the needy at wholesale prices. Of course, only the needy would be permitted to shop at these government hospitals.

This way government would leave private healthcare providers alone. Competition among private healthcare providers would keep prices in check and produce beneficial new technologies.

Now, Obama can speak eloquently. This week many military insiders are upset with Mr. Obama over his gloating about killing Osama Bin Laden. When I was asked about Obama’s decision to give the go ahead to get Bin Laden, I stated that it was a decision any politician would make. The reason being which politicians would want to suffer the political fallout from being the person who said no to getting Bin Laden.

However, there is a great problem for Mr. Obama on human rights. Obama criticized G. W. Bush for supposedly torturing people and infringing on people’s constitutional rights.

Last year Mr. Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act. This act allows for the indefinite detention of terror suspects. The definition of terrorist is becoming vaguer everyday. Obama and his AG believe they can execute Americans on American soil and foreign lands.

I continue to ask Mr. Obama where his “right to trial by jury of your peers” in every drone assignation. All of us want terrorists stopped. However, all these people Obama is killing have not being found guilty in any court of law.

When Obama ran in 2008, he wanted to promote something called the Citizen guard. Obama has tried to go around Congress. Obama questioned the constitutional oversight of the US Supreme Court.

In realty Obama has a lot of problems. He does not believe in individual freedoms. He wants as many people slaves to poverty as possible. All the solutions have to be his solutions, no matter how much they cost the tax payer.

Romney has a conservative trust problem. However, at the moment he seems to be all we have in this election. The positive and optimistic message is that letting the freedom in America work works for everyone.

The American Spirit of freedom to work to succeed is still alive and well in America. America was built by free people building with their ingenuity and tenacity. Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Gram Bell, Samuel Colt, Henry Ford, Charles Goodyear, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and other great American inventors did not need government poverty programs.

     Quick refresher…. the presidential election isn’t a popular vote; each state (and the District of Columbia) has a separate election, and the winner receives electoral votes for that particular state.

     Ergo, if a candidate wins the state of Michigan, he recieves 16  electoral votes.  Once the states are added up, a total of 270 electoral votes are needed to win the election.

     Nothing, obviously, is a sure thing.  But unless something wildly drastic occurs, there are 42 states that are all but a sure thing to go one way or another.  Once these states are tallied, you find Obama with 247 electoral votes, and Romney with 191.  This leaves  states up in the air…. battle ground states.

     So the election will, in essence come down to Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa and New Hampshire; 100 electoral votes amongst them.

     With Obama only falling 23 votes shy of a victory at this point, the odds favor him.  Winning just two of these battleground states would cinch the election, and early indications are that he will win more than that; He will most likely carry Ohio, Virginia, and New Mexico, and could very well win Florida. (Unless Jeb Bush is chosen as Romney’s running mate).

     At any rate, it seems almost certain that we are in for 4 more years of Barack Obama.

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