I am disappointed on how things have progressed in this year’s presidential race. The Republican party chose their candidate very early and I felt the Republican Convention was a waste of time to watch. The same goes for the Democrat Convention. I’m neither an Obama fan nor a fan of Romney. I know so many people today who are unemployed. All morning talking heads have been talking about the unemployment rate being down, yet President Obama has supposedly created more jobs in the last four years then Bush did during his eight years in office.
I don’t think it matters how many jobs you can create for people if more jobs are lost then gained. 28 million Americans are currently unemployed. This a just a statistic so it may not include those only working parttime but seeking fulltime positions or have had their hours cut due to lack of demand, no longer receiving unemployment benefits because they have run out or have just given up looking.
I consider myself lucky to have a job in this shaky economy. I would not want to be looking for another job at this time. I just got through looking at Unemployment in Missouri on the Bureau of Labor Statistics site and was surprised by the results. Four years ago, I heard so many people complain about our local economy and how electing Obama as President would bring jobs and lower the unemployment rate. I hate to say it, but unemployment here is nearly double what it was 5-6 years ago. The unemployment began to spike in the middle of 2008 and continued going up during the last four years. I don’t know where the jobs are being created, but it isn’t here in Missouri.
I still am not sure who I’ll vote for this November, but I do think the votes will reflect how voters feels about the employment rate and the state of the economy.
I think I am through with this goal. 9 months ago

My daughter voiced some really negative things about him yesterday. According to her, he wants to set the country back a hundred years. I honestly don’t know anything about him. 13 months ago

I think I already know more about him then I care to know. 17 months ago

The 57th quadrennial United States Presidential Election will be held on November 6, 2012, and it will be expected to feature the incumbent, President Barack Obama for the Democrats, against a yet to be decided Republican candidate, and the increasingly obligatory third-party nominee.

The Presidential Election, which would also see the appointment of a Vice President, will commence with nationwide state level primaries and caucuses scheduled to kick-off January 3, 2012, in Iowa and ending on June 5, 2012 in Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota. The five-month process will culminate with the Republican and Democratic Party convention, which will be held on August 27-30 in Tampa and September 3-6 in Charlotte, respectively.

As the mood of the nation continues to falter in the face of a stuttering
economy, runaway public debt and the lack of viable solutions from politicians from both sides of the divide, the import of the Presidential Election has taken on an added significance. There is almost an electric feel in the air, and it promises to only get progressively worse as the date approaches (note to self: buy more hair gel). But first, a Republican nominee must be anointed, and we are now right in the midst of the selection process.

In the run-up to Election Day, we will keep you up-to-date on the latest developments involving each of the prospective candidates, with an in-depth look at their positions on current national issues as well as providing a comprehensive (and growing) biographical background that will hopefully assist you in evaluating their ability to lead this great nation that is suffering from a massive epidemic of crisis in confidence. 19 months ago