Page 5 Platforms

 Curently in  1st place
HEADLINE : "The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their (born March 12, 1947) was the Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He is a Mormon and part of the Republican Party. He ran for the President of the United States in 2008. Romney stopped running for President on February 7, 2008. Romney is again running in 2012.

• NAME: Willard Mitt Romney
• OCCUPATION: Governor
• BIRTH DATE: March 12, 1947 (Age: 65)
• EDUCATION: Cranbrook School, Brigham Young University, Harvard
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, Michigan

 Willard Mitt Romney
Romney was born in Detroit. His father, George Romney, was an auto executive and Governor of Michigan. When he was young, he served a Mormon mission in France. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University in 1971 and later went to Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. In the 1980s, Romney was one of the leaders of Bain Capital, a company that bought other companies and tried to make them more competitive. In 1994, Romney ran for the United States Senate against Ted Kennedy, but lost. Romney was in charge of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, which helped run the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Romney took over the committee after a scandal where some people were being bribed.
After success with the Olympics, Romney ran for Governor of Massachusetts. While Governor, he was one of the supporters of Massachusetts' health care plan.
On April 11, 2011, Romney said that he was starting a committee to look at running for President again in 2012. Romney is often considered a frontrunner in the 2012 GOP race.
  info taken from  http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney
PROMISES TO:

Mitt Romney promises military option to stop Iran nukes

Currently in 3rd place
HEADLINE: "Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations."

• NAME: Newton Leroy Gingrich
• OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
• BIRTH DATE: June 17, 1943 (Age: 68)
• EDUCATION: Emor University, Tulane University
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich (born June 17, 1943) is a politician in the United States. Gingrich was a Congressman from Georgia from 1978 to 1999. He was speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He is known for bringing in the "Republican Revolution" in the House because his political party, the Republican Party, or GOP, after 40 years of the Democratic Party dominating Congress. He is also an author, professor, and a historian. Since quitting the House, Gingrich has become a political analyst, or someone who talks about current issues on television, radio, or in a newspaper. Gingrich is running for President in 2012.
from : http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich
PROMISES TO: Newt Gingrich Proposes Moon, Mars Flights
Curently in 2nd place
HEADLINE: Same-sex marriage takes us away from purpose of marriage.

NAME: Richard John Santorum

OCCUPATION: Legal Professional, U.S. Representative

BIRTH DATE: May 10, 1958 (Age: 53)

EDUCATION: Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, Dickinson School of Law

Richard John "Rick" Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician. He was born in Winchester, Virginia and is of Italian American descent. He was raised in West Virginia, Butler, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. He went to college and to law school at Penn State University. Soon after, he became a lawyer in Pittsburgh.
Santorum served in the House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995. With the 1994 elections that elected many Republicans, he was elected to the United States Senate. He served in the Senate for two terms, from 1995 to 2007. In the Senate, Santorum was known for having very conservative views about abortion and gay marriage. Santorum lost in the 2006 election for a third term as a Senator to State Treasurer Bob Casey, Jr. After being in the Senate, he worked in a think tank and for Fox News.
In 2011, Santorum is running for President of the United States in the Republican primaries. His campaign is mostly about family values.
Santorum has seven kids. Taken from: wiki http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum
PROMISES AS PRESIDENT:  Rick Santorum has promised to initiate a war on porn if elected




Currently in 4th place
HEADLINE: Can’t legislate economic fairness; so make government small.   
NAME: Ron Paul

• OCCUPATION: Doctor, U.S. Representative
• BIRTH DATE: August 20, 1935 (Age: 76)
• EDUCATION: Graduated from Gettysburg College, Duke University School of Medicine
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a Republican Congressman from the state of Texas.
He tried to become President of the United States in 1988 and 2008, but he was defeated both times. Currently, he is trying to become President again in the 2012 elections.
He is for lower taxes, freedom (he refers to "freedom" as Liberty a lot), minimal government and against interventionism (meaning that he does not want the United States to be militarily involved in foreign countries). He supports making United States money backed by a certain amount of gold, formally known at returning to the Gold Standard. The Gold Standard would prevent inflation (prices of items and services becoming more expensive) and the boom and bust cycle (recessions and depressions) from occurring.
He has influenced many libertarian grassroots movements. Taken from wiki http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
PROMISES AS PRESIDENT:

Ron Paul promises to end federal student loans.

Questions

              Questions 

1.)    Will you sign a law withdrawing federal court jurisdiction over attempts to prevent the acknowledgment of God in all public places (such as the Pledge of Allegiance in schools and displays of the Ten Commandments)?

2.)    Do you consider it a presidential duty to prevent illegal entry into our country?

3.)    What is your plan to deal with the fact that we have lost 3 million manufacturing jobs in the last 6 years, and the people who lost those jobs have had to switch to lower-paid jobs, usually in service industries?

4.)    Will you publicly support legislation establishing that the unborn child, from the moment of conception, is a person under the U.S. Constitution?

5.)    Do you support Abortion?

help from -> http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2007/jan07/psrjan07.html

Name :Barack Obama        
Date of Birth: August 4, 1961
State of Birth: Honolulu , Hawaii
Religious Affiliation:  Christianity
Marital Status: Married
Political party affiliation: Democrat
Ideology: Liberal
Last political office held and in what state : Illinois, Senator
Famous For:
The first African -American to serve as U.S. president
Key Accomplishments:
Voted to end $ 300 million worth of tax breaks for businesses.
Significant Quote:
"Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop".
Fun Quote:
”Yes, We Can"

Name: Rick Santorum         
Date of Birth : May 10, 1958
State of Birth: Virginia
Religious Affiliation: Catholic
Marital Status: Married
Political party Affiliation: Republican
Ideology: Conservative
Last political office held and in what state: House of Representative , Pennsylvania
Famous For:
Stated that the right to privacy does not cover sexual acts.
Key Accomplishments:
He defeated seven time incumbent Dough Walgreen in the election.
Significant Quote:
” Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security strateging up and defending marriage.
Fun Quote:
” My feeling is wall, if its my many, i have to judge.”

Name: Newt Gingrich           
Date of Birth: June 17, 1943
State of Birth: Pennsylvania
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Marital Status: Married
Political party Affiliation: Republican
Ideology: Conservative
Famous For:
Leaving his wife while she was facing cancer
Key Accomplishments:
- Served the sixth district of Georgia for 20 years
-Speaker of the house of congress
Significant Quote:
- I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America
Fun Quote:
- I discourage a cult of personality


Name: Mitt Romney                            
Date of Birth: March 19, 1947
State of Birth: Michigan
Religious Affiliation: Mormon
Marital Status: Married
Political party Affiliation: Republican
Ideology: Conservative
Last political office held and in what state: Governor, Massachusetts
Famous For:
-Being the 70th governor of Massachusetts
Key Accomplishments:
-Voted for illegals
Significant Quote:
-America is not better off than it was $ 1.8 billion dollars ago.
Fun Quote:
-Sometimes i wonder whether Washington liberal politions, truly understand the greatness that is America.

Name: Ron Paul                 
Date of Birth: August 20 , 1935
State of Birth: Pennsylvania
Religious Affiliation: Republican
Ideology: Conservative
Last political office held and in what state: United State House of Republican
Famous For:
-Served in the United States House of Representatives for Texas multiple times.
Key Accomplishment:
-Saint Economic Committee
- House Foreign Affairs
Significant Quote:
-Have your noticed the debt is exploding and its not all because of medicare.
Fun Quote:
-I am absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and protecting American way of life is freedom, limited government and minding own business.

                                The Presidency: The Basics

Qualifications: (constitutional Requirements)

1.)     35 years old

2.)     Natural born citizens

3.)     Living in the u.s. for 14 years

Informal requirements (few Americans can meet these requirements)

1.)    Experience

2.)    Income/connections:

3.)    Political beliefs;

4.)    Personal Charcteristics: (Generally)

      -non European

      -white

      -married

      -succesful

     6.) Health:

Term:

     -When was this determined? Why?

Duties

1.)    Commander in Chief

-          4 billion dollars wartime power

-          Diploy troop oversea military war power resolution

-          Head of state

-          Chief diplomat

-          Diplomatic recognition

-          Proposal and Ratification of Treates

-          Executive agreements

-          Chief executive

-          Head of state

2.)    Appoint (with senate consent):

-          Head of executive department

-          Federal court judges

-          Other top officials

3.)    Conducting foreign policy

-          Treaties with consent of senate

-          Meet with head of state

-          Host foreign officials

-          Apoint ambasadors

4.)    Most Important Duty:

-Insure all laws of the U.S. are faithfully executed
           SALARY: 200,000-400,000 (Two Hundred Thousand to Four Hundred Thousand)

BENEFITS:
1) Transportation
2) Health benefits
3) Residency
4)governments pays for pensions
5) Retirement Plan: Secret service protection 10 yrs after leaving office

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION :
1) Who becomes president if that position became vacant? How did this come about?
- Vice President becomes president, because the VP is next in line to be president if his position becomes vacant.
2) Who becomes President/ and Vice President if both positions become vacant?
- Speaker of the house of representative
3) What if the President becomes disabled?
- The presidency turns over to Vice President
- Vice President becomes temporary president

THE VICE PRESIDENT:
1) Qualifications: Native -born citizen , 35 yrs old or older, must be a resident of the U.S. for at least 14 yrs
2) Two major duties: Be ready at any time to replace the president to cast votes in event of a senate .

Vocabulary

A VOTER’S VIEW- picking a side by registering to vote. Exchanging to be a democrat or republican

THE CAUCUSES- : A political meeting or a caucus is held by one political party and the only people that are allowed to attend are members of that political party.

THE PRIMARIES- a preliminary election in which voters of each party nominate candidates for office, party officers

THE NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTIONS- convention held every four years by each of the major parties to nominate a presidential candidate

THE GENERAL ELECTION- an election usually held at regular intervals in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies of  a nation or state

DARK HORSE- a competition or candidate who has little chance of winning, or who wins against expectations.

DELEGATES- a person with authorization to represent others. In particular, an elected representative sent to a conference

FAVORITE SON- a political favored in his or her home state.

Ex. Mitt Romney

FRONT-RUNNER- The person who is most liked EX. Mitt Romney

INCUMBENT- Necessary for or resting on (someone) as a duty or responsibility

NOMINATION- An act or instance of nominating, especially to office. The floor is open for nomination of candidates for the presidency

PLATFORM- A formal declaration of the principles on which a group, such as a political party. Makes its appeal to the appeal.

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC)- campaigns for or against the political candidates