Mitt Romney

as explained at Fairvote.org. Now, Texas, a red state having an ample amount of democrats, in 2012, 3.3 million votes for Obama was collected for Romney. In another scenario during the 2012 presidential election Republican nominee, Mitt Romney’s 4.84 million votes in California counted towards Obama and rewarding him 55 electoral votes and none to Romney. Not only does this frustrate the minority groups in states, even though the electoral college are supposed to look out for the minority, it…

Politics is a complicated topic, that only few truly understand. With this in mind it is extremely easy to mislead the voters and supporters of these slick politicians. Rhetoric according to google is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. This essay will correspond directly with Obama’s democratic nomination acceptance address. Obama uses various rhetorical tactics to try and win over the people as he runs for a second term. President Obama uses pathos to try and appeal to the…

To be president of the United States of America you should have certain character traits that include conflict resolution, being a visionary, diplomacy, a sound worldview perspective, and a love for humanity. Although Donald Trump - the current GOP presidential leader - likes to brag, these are not the traits that he can brag about. If we go back to presidential cycles prior to 2008, and ask the question, could a person like Donald Trump be elected president? The answer would be a resounding no…

Cody Hawthorne Professor Parsons American History 23 April 2015 Game Change: A Presidential Perspective Have you ever wondered what it was like to run for president? If so, then Game Change is just the book to read. Game Change offers an insider’s look into each presidential campaign during the years leading up to the 2008 Election. It is quite amazing the amount of work and money that it takes to run a campaign. Heilemann and Halperin give a personal insight as to how much stress and emotion…

For this weeks article readings, I felt that they all tied in together a little bit. How Rich Countries Lift up the Poor, Middle Class Shrinks further as More Fall Out Instead of Climbing out and The One Percent. Roughly it is stated that middle class income is starting at $35,000 to $100,000 for a family of four. I have to disagree with that because it is such a big gap. I feel that anyone making over $85,000 should be considered upper middle. Speaking for a family of four having a combined…

What do you believe in? "Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, or specific beliefs and practices, according to dictionary.com." Us as Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of inhabitants. Muslims, on the other hand, believe that God sent sacred texts or scriptures to the prophet Muhammad. Although, these religions are the most favored among many, there are other religions still to be acknowledged. Among many beliefs,…

Coming to Rubio's defense, Beth Myers, who performed vetting for Mitt Romney's search for his vice presidential candidate, said their examination of Rubio turned up no red flags. "As the senior Romney advisor who handled VP vetting and had access to all the vetting documents, I can say that Senator Rubio 'passed' our vetting and we found nothing that disqualified him from serving…

University's motto is”The wind of freedom blows”. It's also known that its undergraduate program is the most selective in America. Stanford University has been known as a very great school and some notable figures in history to attend their were Mitt Romney, John F Kennedy was the 35th president, and Herbert Hoover the…

National Currency “It's not that I’m Anti-China. I just think it’s ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do” (Trump). People will go to immeasurable amounts to have the upper hand in this world, especially when it involves money. What if we could eliminate the probability of one country having an advantage over all? When concerning money, we could…

votes and John McCain had 173 electoral votes. Obama decreased the gas price as of what it was when George W. Bush was the president. After the first 4 years that Obama was president, he decided to run again. This time he was running against Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney wanted everyone to have an equal education, because he believed that education was…