Obama officially kicks off campaign
President Barack Obama officially opened his bid for re-election Saturday with two separate rallies, in which he gave speeches about his accomplishments during his three and a half years in office.
I really don’t believe that Obama has to make much of an effort to attract voters, especially considering what he is going up against in the election.
Mitt Romney, who has all but officially locked his position as the GOP nomination, will likely face Obama in the 2012 general election, but I can’t help but feel like he doesn’t pose that much of a threat.
To me, it seems like Romney was the “best of the worst” among Republican voters, who had a choice between Romney, the struggling former Speaker of the House; Newt Gingrich, who couldn’t hang onto a staff; Rick Santorum, who dropped extremely fast after winning Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama and Ron Paul, who a lot of people like, but can’t seem to get the votes.
While Romney has strong opinions about the economy and wants to reverse all of the government control Obama put in place, his health care plan that many have dubbed “RomneyCare,” shares some striking similarities with ObamaCare.
Despite the threat that Romney may or may not pose to Obama, he certainly said the right things to start off his re-election campaign.
At his first rally at The Ohio State University, Obama touted his foreign policy achievements.
While I think that Obama is going to hype the death of bin Laden as long as he can, he is definitely saying that this the right thing for the Americans who are against the conflicts in the Middle East.
“For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq,” he said. “Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to this country, and al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and by 2014, the war in Afghanistan will be over.”
Romney, however, doesn’t want to set a troop withdrawal deadline from Afghanistan.
Obama also tried to capture the Latin American vote by throwing his support behind lesser immigration enforcement.
“It’s time to stop denying citizenship to responsible young people just because they’re the children of undocumented immigrants,” he said.
His continual support of greater rights for immigrants will definitely give him an advantage over Romney, who took a hard stance against illegal immigration during the Republican primaries.
As long as Obama stays true to all of his policies that he brought up on Saturday, I think the outcome will be the same in this election as it was in 2008.
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First, this is an opinion piece and not a news piece. That being said, the young man who wrote the article is sadly misinformed. But hey, I cant wait till January. It will be the last time we have to deal with Barack. He is the worst President in the history of this country.
While I certainly refuse to describe Obama as anything more than mediocre, I think
“worst…in history’” is kind of over-selling it.
Romney won’t/can’t win in November…everyone knows that.
Too bad there aren’t more options…sigh.
Withheld,
Apparently you havent been looking at the poll numbers lately. While i agree it will be tough for Romney, he states an excellent chance of winning. Remember, Obama has to run on his record, which is horrible. He is doing the same old game of trying to divide and conquer, tell people what they want to hear.
I think the intelligent people have seen through this charade and want real change. Obama has not delivered on anything, except for his healthacare reform, which all statistics showed that the US public was 83% against. He has lost the majority of the independents and many disenfrachised democrats… Women are also starting to leave his flock.. It looks bad… His poll numbers show this. He is behind Romney now on every major poll…
Here is what the Constitutional TEA PARTY immigration reform Americans want: 1) an end to mass LEGAL immigration to the US annually; according to NumbersUSA, over a million more legal immigrants are admitted; and 2) an end to family reunification visas; chain migration refers to the endless and often-snowballing chains of foreign nationals who are allowed to immigrate because the law allows citizens and lawful permanent residents to bring in their extended, non-nuclear family members; and 3) abolish sanctuary city policies and punish all the perpetrators; and 4) improve security over voting and introduce mandatory government photo ID, to cast a vote in all elections; and 5) make it a mandatory felony on stealing or impersonating a U.S. citizen to gain work or use their credit; and 6) Enact mandatory E-Verify nationwide that employers must use or be heavily fined or face imprisonment; and 7) an amendment to the 14th amendment that only children born in the United States, must have at least one parent who is already a citizen, to gain birthright citizenship; and 8) secure our border.
Arizona and a number of other states have been caught up in the illegal alien invasion financially, while other states like California, New York, Nevada who prefer to ignore the consequences forced on them by ‘Unfunded Mandates” by the courts still carry heavy billion dollar deficits. Arizona has been incessantly hit hard by foreign nationals crossing the borders and taking advantage of welfare programs, but the U.S. government has always remained invulnerable to public outcry and believes they are blameless? With Arizona carrying a burden of $2.4 billion payout for uncompensated health care, education and other free assistance programs, that undermines citizen’s rights by pampering elected officials for unwelcome invaders. All 50 states should stand their ground and its legitimate residents should undertake to evict all lawmakers from their seats in the federal or state capitals, and replace them with TEA PARTY leadership.
Mitt Romney better be carefully aware, that part of the deciding vote will depend on the gargantuan TEA PARTY vote. Flip Flopping on any immigration enforcement, could have consequences. He had already inspired thousands of usually non voters by stating that self deportation or ‘Attrition through Enforcement’ would be his illegal immigration banner, so he cannot renege upon this ultimatum. Agricultural and farming owners should pay towards Guest Workers who pick crops and furnish the labor a fair wage and well regulated immigration system of temporary workers and that they must leave when their visa expires. In addition, only a special allowance of the most highly credentialed scientists, engineers of this caliber should be allowed expedited and visa fraud must be eliminated and the culprits held responsible. Such is an example of Senator Grassley outlining concerns of abuse within the H-1B visa program that raises questions about Boeing’s use of B-1 visas, to bring Russian contract engineers into the country?
If you cherish your liberty from the corruption in Congress that benefits all of us, we need a balanced tax code with no subsidies, loopholes for corporations, sugar industry or anybody else; a right to drill on the Peoples public lands and sea with its massive reservoirs of oil, natural gas for the consumer and to alleviate our out-of-control 16 trillion dollar deficit. No more government bail outs for the friends of the Oval Office. Throw out all the profiteering lawmakers and clean house; put familiar TEA PARTY leaders in their place. Introduce a waste and reduction law, which begins the process of shrinking the size of government. Voters need to insist from Congress, specifically from GOP House speaker, John Boehner of Ohio and Dave Camp of Michigan, as the Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee to stop blocking the 50-state E-Verify bill. Call the Washington switchboard at 202-224-3121 Washington, DC. For further truth, not propaganda on this crisis matter, check with NumbersUSA website, where even Congress consults on immigration matters.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has introduced a major piece of legislation that would require most employers to use E-Verify within two years of enactment. Large employers, federal, state, and local agencies and federal and state contractors would need to conform within six months. The bill would also make the E-Verify program permanent and reinstate the no-match letter program to help identify the 7 million illegal aliens currently holding non-agriculture jobs. “E-Verify is a flourishing program to help ensure that jobs are reserved for citizens and legal workers,” Rep. Smith said. But it’s only on a voluntary basis at this time. It takes just a few minutes to use and easily confirms 99.5% percent of work-eligible employees. There is no other legislation that can be enacted that will create more jobs for American workers.” There is a total 79 Sponsors and we need every American, who believes in the “Rule of Law” to aggressively call their Senators and House Representatives to pass this law.
The United States government currently recognizes any person born on American soil as a “natural born” citizen and ignores the Constitutional requirement that one must also be “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States in order to automatically gain citizenship. The U.S. is one of only two industrialized nations (Canada) to still grant automatic citizenship to newborns. Despite several media reports, the U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on whether or not children born to illegal-alien parents, or to parents visiting the United States with temporary visas, are entitled to birthright citizenship. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 that would, eliminate the practice of Birthright Citizenship by requiring at least one parent of children born in the United States to be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens not only rewards illegal immigration and adds to the population growth, it also acts as a “foothold” for illegal-alien family members to remain in the United States and eventually legalize their status. There are 87 Sponsor for the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (H.R.140) and needs every patriotic American assistance to get this amendment passed.
Dave,
Not sure i understand your post. Who would the tea party vote for if not Romney? i think there a little smarter then to vote for Obama or a third party.
As for the rest of your post, Its a cut and paste from various articles on the net? Its not your own words. What are you trying to say?
Apparently you havent been looking at the poll numbers lately.
- poll numbers at this point are meaning and change with the hour
While i agree it will be tough for Romney, he states an excellent chance of winning. Remember, Obama has to run on his record, which is horrible. He is doing the same old game of trying to divide and conquer, tell people what they want to hear.
- Yes, and the average american voter has a demonstrated history of carefully assessing the pros and cons of each candidate before making a choice…they never rely on superficial data like. who looks/sounds/appears more like or who John Stewart makes fun of least.
I think the intelligent people have seen through this charade and want real change.
- again please reexamine the average american voter…keep in mind, they gave us Bush2004…the worst sequel since Batman Foever. Even conservatives were throwing popcorn at the scream and left before the credits
Obama has not delivered on anything, except for his healthacare reform, which all statistics showed that the US public was 83% against. He has lost the majority of the independents and many disenfrachised democrats… Women are also starting to leave his flock..
-He’s the president, he doesn’t have to deliver…he just has to SAY he did in really slick commercials. And he’d have take a dump on Oprah’s driveway on TMZ camera to lose the vote of women to abortion-hating (at last check-in) Romeny. Ain’t happening.
It looks bad… His poll numbers show this. He is behind Romney now on every major poll…
- Again, polls…meaningless.
Bottomline…Obama gets to nominate SC justices…most people are aware of this. So even if (like me) they aren’t thrilled with the idea of 4 more O’years…we sure as HELL don’t want Romney anywhere near the SCOTUS nomination process if we can help it. And c’mon…I know you want someone different, but you and I both know Romney doesn’t have a chance in hell come November.
side note: Dave is one of those annoying drones that can’t actually think for himself, so he needs all of his opinions constructed and delivered via the internet – thus, the cut and paste. He’s the reason that the tea party is really just a joke that went too far.
Also, I love that e-verify only identifies illegals with non-agritculture jobs. Because Americans are too proud and lazy to do actual work…we’ll let the illegals stay and do the shit work with little pay and no benefits…but not the comfortable well-paying jobs. We’re the assholes of the planet sometimes…lol
We could just stop voting for the lesser of two evils and vote for liberty. Dr. Ron Paul is our best option to restore the republic and get the nation back on a solid economic and Constitutional footing. Ron Paul Revolution, Legalize the Constitution!
Matt,
The problem with voting for Paul is that he really has no chance of winning. Better bet is to stick with Romney, otherwise any other vote is a vote for Barack.
I think if people took the time to educate themselves about Romney they would realize he really is an excellent businessman with professional and educational creditentials that blow Barack away.
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