As the Presidential Debates Continue, heated discussion concerning our economy, the middle class, and unemployment, reached some new and not-so-subtle arguing points between the two candidates. During Tuesday's debate, Governor Romney was on the defensive. According to CBS and Newsday, the public felt that Romney began to "Interrupt" President Obama when discussing certain heated topics. The president was reciprocating and standing his ground, but in a way that seemed more subtle than Governor Romney. An interesting point in the night that resonated with younger voters, occurred when Adelphi University Junior, Jeremy Epstein, raised the question of How the candidates could reassure him that he, among other college students, would be able to find a job after graduation. This spiked an unexpected trend in the 'Twitterverse' and other social media websites. Jeremy, an undecided, first-time voter was the youngest person asking questions at the debate. He says in a Newsday article, "I'm representing a whole other group of people my age, people who are facing the exact same problems, who are worried if they're going to be able to move out of their parent's house and support themselves sufficiently." Apparently, Jeremy managed to strike the right chord among young voters and social media users. He got his deserving fifteen minutes.
Things seem to be looking upward, there has been claims that the job opportunity has significantly increased within the last couple of days. Unemployment aid is the lowest it has ever been in the last 4 years. Some may say it could be caused by seasonal changes, but this could change within the next couple of months after things have settled. Numbers have shown that there has been less than 330,000 unemployment applications and this is incomparably different from the claims of 2008. Some say, this can be Obama’s saving grace. His poll numbers dropped after the presidential debate, consequently leaving the public with a numbing brain sensation, as if getting hit with a frying pan. This Comes to show, anything is possible during the election time. Its all a game of he said she said. Anything can happen and for the majority of the time people remain with whom they decide to vote for but one little mishap or bump on the road can either lead them to to reach the summit or on the side of the rode. At this point Obama may have the upper hand, our economy and job opportunity is moving very slowly. Now, impressing the public on how the changes have improved out of nowhere. Lets just hope its not just a seasonal fluke. I believe it takes time to fix the economic crisis, whoever is elected, will have to continue to improve what we see now and prove that this little bit of change is actually not a cast on chance.
Just this month the unemployment rate dropped a whole 0.3%, from 8.1% to 7.8%. This looks like a great breakthrough for the country but bad luck for our candidate Mitt Romney. Just last week was the Presidential debate for both Romney and Obama. By the end of the debate, it looks as if that the favor won against Mitt Romney. Yet in a sudden turn of events our country faced with a decent drop from the unemployment rating. This would turn out bad for Romney then expected from Americans, giving a great "head start" for President Obama in the 2012 election. We will have to see next month on what the people will choose and the next four years with the next president running the United States.
In an article of the Washington Post, it discusses the unemployment rate is rising in the United States, leading to another .1% in the unemployment ratings. With people unskilled, they are mostly dependent on unemployment benefit applications rather then looking for a job themselves. As America is focused more on jobs, people of the unemployment demographic are seeking unemployment benefits and many private employers are expanding their options to creating jobs in our country. Although with a slight increase in creating jobs, there is still a larger demographic problem concerning this issue: People seek more unemployment benefits then just looking for jobs
Being forthcoming with information on how President Obama, and his rival Mitt Romney plan to improve unemployment rates and stimulate job creation has been very vague during both of their campaigns. This still holds true on the issue of outsourcing and currency manipulation by China. The candidates where both campaigning in Ohio when Mitt Romney declared ”one thing I will do from day one is label China a currency manipulator. They must not steal jobs in an unfair way.” The way he would go about this is to implement policies that would make it more favorable for businesses to stay in America. This statement definitely alludes to his “Believe In America”. Labor policy which seeks to implement legislation that would make America more attractive to potential investors and in his view give America a competitive edge. On the Obama front his administration goes on the record declaring “China has illegally subsidized automotive exports and undercut American suppliers.” The President then goes on to call Romney “disingenuous” and called him out on his years of profiting from these same tactics. While both of these candidates state the issues and what they each view as problems none of them is willing to give a real solution as to how they will fix it. I hope tonight’s impending debates will give us some real insight as to what each candidate is actually going to do once he is in office. To further study this issue CNN has expanded on: Obama, Romney clash on China, taxes in Ohio battleground
No more than a few days ago, The Washington Post ran an article hinting at some positive news for President Obama. With the unemployment rate still remaining above eight percent, the economic recovery of our country is moving at what feels to be a snail-like pace. According to Obama advisers however, A "positive trend line," is where the hopes of Obama and his voters rest for this upcoming election. "We're not there yet," acknowledges an ad that Obama ran earlier this month in regards to private sector job growth. On behalf of us all, Mr. Obama, lets hope we get there.
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Hopeful Signs For Obama
Candidate Mitt Romney is pursuing to help the middle class, opening new markers that will enable those who are unemployed the opportunity to acquire jobs. Romeny feels very strongly to oppose any of Obama's strategies, particularly his view on reworking the economy. Based on the oppositions, the controversy lies whether we want to have another 4 years with the same gamble or start off from scartch. Based on more recent headlines, within the last couple of weeks, Romney, focuses to rework the economy. Its great to hear the candidate's excitement for a new approach, but what is the approach? It's not 100% clear what Romney's plan will offer. I guess we have to stay tuned to hear more about his plan and how he can he rekindle demanding job opportunities if he get elected.
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What Will it Take for Romney to Win?
