One of the downsides to not writing on a constant basis for an audience, no matter how small, is as soon as there's a shotage in writing, due to family problems, lack of time etc there's suddenly a big gap in between where a vast ammount of changes can occur. There's a big gap between one of my entries and my breakdown, which came out of no where, or in the case I'm trying to highlight, gains in interests which might not rivit the previous audience. In this case, American politics. I'm trying to start this blog up again and give it a use so maybe my new founded interest can play a role in the reforming of the blog. So here it is, the new blog, with a fun new section!

The Next President of The United States?...

So each president is limited to two four-year-terms, and as you, having not lived in a cave for half your life will no, President Barack Obama will be up for another term in two years. But he's proved to be a very controversial president. The economic stimulus package, plus the health care act have been controversial enough to spring a new movement up within a very short ammount of time. Can he be beaten? Well, yes and no. Part of the question depends on the Republican candidate and how he/she holds up int he campaign. So to give you an idea of who the next president of the United States could be, here are some notes on the most popular candidates. This will be done in installments; it's too daunting to write a really long blog article, so without further ado, I give you Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is the former governer of Massachusetts. Before the stint, he was CEO of Bain & Company and the president of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he lifted both events/companies out of financial crises. When governor, he managed to turn a three billion dollar deficit into a six hundred million dollar surplus. Pretty impressive huh? With stubborn unemployment numbers, and the economy to lose two percentage points if the houses passes the Republican spending cuts, Obama may face some serious competition from the man with an MBA from Harvard, a man who calls himself 'Mr Economy'. He will have no problem getting votes from the business community. Except there's a problem:

When Mitt was governor of Massachusetts, he signed into law a health care act which required everyone to purchase health insurence (The US does not have a National Health Service or any universial health care for its citizens). The bill also subsidised costs so lower-income families could afford to buy insurence. In effect, this bill expanded coverage to nearly everyone in Massitussits. So why is this a problem?

Well, the bill looks suspicially like the bill Barack Obama passed last year, the bill which catalysed an entire movement of people (The Tea Party). The bill which Republicans are almost unanimus in condemming as an unnessary and a costly increase in government. Romney, somewhat bravely praised the bill, arguing that the difference with the state bill, called RomneyCare is different from Obamacare is due to state issues, and has called the Obamacare bill a great abuse of power. That hasn't stopped Obama from camparing the similarities to the bills and lavishing praise on the Governer. If Romney fails to get the Republican nomination, it will be this bill.

Coming soon, Mike Huckabee...