Romney "Surprise"

     In the Washington Post Opinions section there is an article about a surprise Romney could use in the debate tonight that would sway many Americans in his favor. The author of the article is Washington Post author Matt Miller. Matt is involved in politics not only by writing for the Washington Post, but he is also a senior fellow of the Center for American Progress. Miller was writing this article for any voting age American who is paying attention to the Presidential elections; but he was mostly targeting Romney supporters.
     The article is about the debate that is going to happen tonight. Miller feel that if Romney is asked about the percentage of taxes people pay, he will state that he has changed his mind on his taxing policy. In the article there is a scenario set up that a woman tells Romney that her family makes $75,000 a year,  but they are still having trouble saving up for a house and a college fund for their kids and are barely making it by. She then asks how it is fair that her family paid a higher rate for taxes the year before then Romney did on his 2 million dollars that he made. After the woman confronts him, Romney will apologize to her and say that she is absolutely correct. He may have said in the past that he would not raise taxes for the upper class, but after a lot of thought and reflection he realizes that he was wrong and he will raises taxes for the upper class when he becomes President. Miller then goes on to state that Obama's only argument would be that Romney has flip-flopped on the issue and never has a clear answer. For some reason Miller feels that this would cause many Americans to sway in favor of Romney.
     I completely disagree with Miller. Romney has gone back and forth on many issues throughout his campaign and just because he says this once during a debate, that does not mean that he will actually do it. I know that would be many Americans that would be swayed by this, but I would need a lot more from Romney to be swayed, not just this one statement.

The Washington Post "Romney's Oct Surprise"

Romney Pulls Ahead

 I read an article from Fox News stating that Romney has now pulled ahead in the polls after his amazing win of the first debate. Romney won 72% to 28%, which is the largest margin of win in the history of the debates. This is an important article because the Presidential election is the most important thing in this country. The fact that we get to vote for our President is an amazing thing and everyone should be paying attention to the debates and the candidates so that they can really vote for the person who they feel will do the best job running our country. I decided to blog about this particular article because like I said, the election is the most important thing in this country. I feel that everyone should be watching who is pulling ahead and if they don't like what they see, then go out and do something in their community to try and get the results they want. That is what is amazing about our country, we can so something about who is going to be our leader, we do not have to just sit around and hope that someone good takes over, we can go out and do something about it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-pulls-even-with-obama-in-first-post-debate-gallup-poll/