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Democrats have some issues in North Carolina. The state Democratic Party is consumed with a sexual harassment scandal. The governor has become so unpopular that she decided not to run for a second term. And supporters of same-sex marriage lost at the ballot last week. In 2008 everything that could have gone Obama’s way it went his way. Yet he still only won North Carolina by just 14,177 votes a tiny portion of the 4.2 million cast statewide. Primarily thanks to his ability to expand the Democratic base Obama managed to win the state while losing independents to John McCain. Obama performed better among white voters than John Kerry and Al Gore. However crucialy Republican turnout fell off dramatically from 2004. It is no coincidence that Democrats will have their National Convention in Charlotte in September. Gary Pearce a Democratic consultant said:” My heart says he will win here, but my head says it’s going to be awfully tough for him. This is a tight state for him. Race is part of it. The economy is a big problem. Four years ago he was new, he was exciting. He was hope and change. That has worn off. The glow is gone. It’s going to be tough for him to catch magic in the bottle again.”

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I think Romney should be supported as the GOP candidate. He should have been the candidate in the last presidential election rather than McCain. He’s an experienced businessman, and economic know-how is more desperately needed in government than ever. He doesn’t make heavy weather of his religion. Only thing that bothers me is that – like McCain – he won’t use his opportunities to tell the voters what the media hide about Obama, all the disreputable facts. I have no doubt that if they were repeatedly stressed Obama would be not just discredited but disgraced. If Romney cares more for his  gentlemanly image than for getting into the White House, he will be helping Obama to victory.  
It would be terrible for America and the world if Obama is given a second term. He has done enough harm in his first term. Four more years of his redistributionist, pro-world government, pro “green” energy, pro-Islam policies would be disastrous. I think he will be defeated, but perhaps less because of what the polls indicate (though at present they are encouraging) than because I so strongly wish it.   
I think the economy will be the main issue in the presidential election. It should be. 
It’s good that millions of people now get information and opinion from sources other than the mainstream media, which are blatantly left-slanted and Democrat-supporting. Obama was hugely helped by the MSM in 2008. They will support him again this year of course, but they have a lot more competition.
If Obama is exposed and hammered by Super PAC ads, they could make up for Romney’s restraint. Let them bring on Jeremiah Wright ranting at his worst, and all the others -  communists, terrorists and America-haters – who constitute Obama’s circle of friends and supporters. 
The electorate made a terrible mistake raising this incompetent, ignorant, weak, vain man, stuffed with leftist ideology and lacking any understanding or experience of leadership, to the most powerful position in the world – and in a time of conflict, threat, and economic distress, when a strong and prosperous America is so desperately needed. The mistake must not be repeated.  
Jillian Becker  Editor-in-chief of The Atheist Conservative May 18, 2012

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What are your thoughts about Mitt Romney as a GOP candidate?

 He wasn’t the worst GOP candidate but he certainly wasn’t the best either. He has a record as governor that will more than stand up against Obama’s record as president and he is less likely to destroy this country anymore than Obama. His record as governor falls short of all the other governors he ran against and beat in the primaries. He was a better choice however than Bachmann or Santorum.

What do you think about Obama and his chances for re-election?

Honestly, I give him a 47% chance as of today. He will garner at least 92% of the black vote (but remember, whites are racist if they vote for the white guy). He will also get 60-65% of the Asian and Hispanic vote as well as 85-90% of American Indians living on tribal land. He lost support and will be lucky to break even with the Jewish vote this time. Though the polls don’t show it, he will get right at 50% of the female vote and almost 60% of whites under the age of 30. He loses among independents which will be his downfall as well as every time lately that he tries to energize a segment of his base, he ticks off another 

What do you think will be the main issue in November election?

For Romney, it will be the economy. For Obama, it will be the GOP and how he saved us from George W. Bush’s policies and failures.

How do you think Social Media will play a role in this campaign? and can you compare it to Obama’s campaign of 2008?

Define “social media”. There are more conservative blogsites that have over 1000 hits per week than liberal ones. Yet, Yahoo and Google are both in the tank for Obama. Most comments on popular websites are made by liberals because conservatives have better things to do with their time than try to educate those unwilling to learn or even consider other possibilities. Honestly, I think social media influence will have a reverse effect than anticipated for the liberals. I believe their Obama worshipping tactics will only strengthen the conservative resolve to remove Obama from office.

What is your opinion of Super PACs and its influence in this race?

Campaign Finance Reform – Liberals wanted it as it is, so they should learn to live with it as it is.

If you have some other thought you would like to share please feel free.

Did I answer these questions with the intention of doing so “as an interview”? No. I don’t want to write for any other site than the one I currently write for. Al gives me free reign to write my opinions as I see fit. I write as much or as little as I like. If he doesn’t like what I have to say, that doesn’t stop him from posting it. We differ on things such as gay rights, hate crimes, some religious issues and even conservatism in general. I write opinion 99% of the time and occasionally I’ll throw in a fact or two. Though he may disagree with me on certain things, he has never once altered a single word or even a letter of a word I have written. Why did I answer your questions……They were good questions.

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What are your thoughts about Mitt Romney as a GOP candidate? 

Four years ago I don’t believe Mitt Romney stood a chance of winning.  I attributed that to Bush-fatigue and southern evangelicals who would not be able to get by Romney’s Mormon faith.  However, after three and a half years of Barack Obama I believe the country has seen enough and will embrace Romney as a viable alternative to Barack Obama’s big government solutions and attempted takeover of our health care system.

What do you think about Obama and his chances for re-election?  

I believe Barack Obama will go down in history as our absolute worst President.  I would set the odds of his re-election at roughly 10%What do you think will be the main issue in November election?  Under Barack Obama deficit spending has increased to absurd levels the American people need to and will understand that continuing the irresponsible practices of Barack Obama will absolutely destroy our country.  The time has come to make hard choices and live within our means.  Living in Wisconsin where Governor Scott Walker made hard choices and fixed a massive structural deficit I believe the unions and the left will react in a similar manner as they did in Wisconsin screaming like spoiled children about policies that will make the country live within its means.

How do you think Social Media will play a role in this campaign? and can you compare it to Obama’s campaign of 2008? 

Facebook and Twitter will help spread information that the liberal media ignores, its impact will be fierce and this will cause even quicker news cycles.  What’s a big story today may be forgotten tomorrow.  What social media will do though is increase enthusiasm and activism.

What is your opinion of Super PACs and its influence in this race? 

I believe all PACS should have to disclose where their money is coming from.  Being from the land of Russ Feingold I get to hear him mouth off about the Citizen’s United case endlessly.  McCain Feingold created the environment with  which these PACs flourished and they favored the left.  Left-wingers hate this latest Supreme Court decision so much as it leveled the playing field thereby diminishing the power that unions had in supporting democrats.   As long as the rules are even the Democrats will scream for reform until of course they can swing things to their advantage again.  Again, I believe the biggest reform we need is for all PACs to disclose where they get their money from.

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What are your thoughts about Mitt Romney as a GOP candidate?
 
My preferred candidate was Rick Santorum, and I am disappointed that he wasn’t able to continue his candidacy all the way to the convention floor to ensure that Mitt Romney doesn’t tack to the left in the general election campaign and the party platform reflects the concerns of both mainstream and Tea Party Republicans. Having said that, Romney is already proving to be a much better candidate than John McCain was. During the Republican debates, Romney kept calling President Barack Hussein Obama “a nice guy” and I was afraid he was going to pull his punches like McCain did, but he and his team are punching back hard when they are attacked. I still have my doubts about Romney’s core convictions, but if he keeps giving as good as he’s getting, I may become enthusiastic about him being the Republican Party’s standard-bearer.
 
What do you think about Obama and his chances for re-election?

 Obama’s presidency has been a spectacular failure by every measure. With Democrats controlling the executive branch and both houses of Congress during the first two years, liberals had the rare opportunity to turn their social and economic theories into reality and nothing worked the way it was “supposed” to. I think Obama and the Democrats will be thoroughly repudiated in November — the 2010 midterms were a harbinger of things to come. The only question is whether the margin will be narrow or it will be a landslide victory for Romney.

What do you think will be the main issue in November election?
 
The stalled economic recovery, the jobless rate and the fact that those who were eligible for 99 weeks of unemployment benefits will have exhausted them by November and will be desperate and angry as they go to the polls.
 
How do you think Social Media will play a role in this campaign? and can you compare it to Obama’s campaign of 2008?
 
Social media is even more important in this election cycle as in 2008, and Republicans are fully up to speed now, as evidenced by such humorous Twitter hashtag campains as #ObamaAteADog .
 
What is your opinion of Super PACs and its influence in this race?
 
As it happens I wrote a post explaining why I love Super PACs: 
Super-PACs gave this voter the gift of democracy
http://thestilettoblog.com/2012/04/26/super-pacs-gave-this-voter-the-gift-of-democracy.aspx

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Please read below interview with BrothersJudd.com Blog:

The key for the GOP was to nominate a governor from a competitive
state.  Jeb Bush would have been ideal, though Mitch Daniels, Tim
Pawlenty, and Bobby Jindal would all have been good.  Mitt is less
associated with the compassionate conservative/Third Way politics of
George W. Bush, which are the key to a long term Republican majority,
but he’s flexible enough to adopt them.

Most importantly, he’s seen as non-ideological so  he’s acceptable top
independents and has the sort of executive experience that could make
him an effective president.

President Obama came to office with no executive experience of any
kind and has, predictably, struggled to master a job that was way over
his head.  But what really hurt him is that he ran as an ink blot,
everything to everybody.  As a result, every time he’s done or said
anything he’s disappointed someone who imagined him to be an entirely
different creature.  Combined with the level of discomfort that voters
feel about their own economic situation, it’s an extraordinarily
difficult election for him to win.  His best hope was that the GOP
nominate one of the more partisan congressmen.  We didn’t.

The only issue that matters is how people felt about the economy late
last year and early this year.  In this the election most closely
resemble 1992, where an improving economy at the time of the election
came too late to save George H. W. Bush.

I’m not a big believer in the capacity of social media to effect
voting.  People basically use the wider media availability of media
sources these days to confirm their own views.

Nor do I think money has much impact in either national races
generally nor in elections featuring an incumbent specifically.  No ad
is going to change how folks feel about the economy.

Ultimately, the election is just a referendum on the economy.  All the
GOP needed to do was nominate a plausible candidate and the race would
be no worse than competitive.  Mitt fills the bill.

Given this dynamic, the less we see of him the better.  Indeed, he
ought to simply refuse to debate.  He has nothing to gain and risking
a stumble makes no sense.  Keep the focus on the President and on the
economic underperformance during his term in office.  The rest is
unnecessary noise.

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Please read below interview with Ed’s Opinion Blog:

1. My last article addressed Romney as a candidate. Basically he would be another George W. Bush in political philosophy and in terms of the people he brought into the government. We would have a repeat of the Bush years which would be bad for the country. Also on my blog I Analise Romney’s book chapter by chapter and my con-conclusion was he was another Bush
2. I think Obama will be reelected but not with out a tough fight and a lot of mud will be thrown at him. He should take nothing for granted, no state not even his home state, Illinois or issue will be his for sure.
3. The focus will be on the economy and jobs. However Obama inherited a bad financial and economic situation from Bush. Studies show that economies on average emerge from a financial melt down or a main street downturn after six years at the most. The exception is the Great Depression. We are starting to emerge now but probably will not be back to full employment by 2014. By then we will have worked our way through the mortgage crisis and new construction will be on the upswing.
4. I did an analysis on this on my blog for the Howard Dean campaign which was almost entirely a child of the social media. He was able to raise a lot of money and organize through Meet Up and other organizations. His campaign manager wrote a book about the campaign called The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Revised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything by Joe Trippi. This book Is still on Amazon and my critique of the book is still there. I concluded that social media is important for raising money and organizing but television is the most important method or reaching voters.
5. The Super Pacs are new and we don’t know how important they will be. They will bring more money and attack ads for sure. They will be able to steamroll underfunded candidates in state races but in the presidential race both sides will be well funded so it is hard to say what their effect will be other than to lower the dialogue between the candidates.

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In an interview that was broadcasted on Thursday President Barack Obama announced that he now supports same-sex marriage. This announcement came sooner than planned as a result of comments made by Vice President Joe Biden. He told ABC’s “Good Morning America”:”I had already made a decision that we are going to probably take this position before the election and before the convention”. He was reffering to the Democratic National Convention in September. President added that he would have “preferred to have done this in my own way, on my own terms”, but “all’s well that ends well”. During the weekend Biden told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he is “absolutely comfortable” with the same-sex marriage. Several top Democrats mentioned that president’s senior advisors are little bit annoyed that this same-sex conversation has already started. President Obama was explaining to ABC how his position has changed and evolved. He noted that his daughters Malia and Sasha have “friends whose parents are same sex-couples. It wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently. And frankly that’s kind of thing that prompts a change of perspective–not wanting to somehow explain to your child why sonebody should be treated differently when it comes to the eyes of the law.”

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There is an old saying that says that a gaffe is when a politician is caught telling the truth. Something like that happened to President Obama back in March when a hot microphone picked up President Barack Obama telling his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev that he will have “more flexibility” if he wins re-election. Of course his political aides downplayed this remark. But there is something to it. Without a danger of losing in the 2nd election a secon-term president is liberated to pursue policies that aren’t politically tenable during the actual election. An Obama win in November will provide him with an opportunity to pursue his programs and to press forward with his policies that have been greatly criticized by the Republicans in the last 2 years. An Obama win would be a big defeat for Republicans who view current president as vulnerable. According to Jennifer Rubin , a conservative columnist for the Washington Post:” Republicans will be under a huge amount of pressure to be conciliatory.” Many Republicans fear of the same-sex marriage and taxes issues. The president himself mentioned that he wants to raise taxes on households making more than $250,000 a year. According to Rubin:” Eventually the structural budget and deficit will have to get addressed, and his solution is likely to be a tax increase on the middle class.” However what Republican politicians fear the most is the structure of the Supreme Court. There are 3 justices well into their 70′s and its likely that there will be at least one retirement in the next 4 years. Some say this could be the most powerful way Obama can leave his mark.

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It was not a big thing when it happened. There was no press conference, no TV, no journalists or reporters. Instead of all that Rick Santorum’s endorsement of Mitt Romney came in paragraph 13 in an email to supporters at approximately 11 p.m. on Monday night. Rick Santorum said in an email the following thing:”We both agree that President Obama must be defeated. The task will not be easy. It will require all hands on deck if our nominee is to be victorious. Governor Romney will be that nominee and he has my endorsement and support to win this the most critical election of our lifetime.” With these lukewarm words Rick Santorum became the latest rival to do an endorsement. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offered a lukewarm endorsement of Mitt Romney during a press conference last week. In that endorsement he simply stated that Mitt Romney is a positive alternative to President Barack Obama. In a statement released on Tuesday Mitt Romney stated that he expressed “sincere gratitude” for Santorum’s endorsement and said his “committment to conservatism energized millions of Republicans around the country.”

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