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: Fivethirtyeight Statistician, Nate Silver, Gets It Right For The Second Time, Obama Re-Elected To A Second Term
Report by Rory Cellan Jones Despite numerous political pundits saying that the Presidential Race was neck-and-neck, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight statistician has correctly predicted that Obama would win – in fact, he never considered Obama’s chances of victory to be less than 61.1 percent. In a sense, Nate Silver also won, thanks to his understanding of…
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Obama has one advantage: being the incumbent President
If you look past all the polls and turnout model, there is one advantage that Obama has that Romney doesn’t: he’s the incumbent. Ever since George Washington took office in 1789, among the 31 sitting Presidents that took part in national elections, 21 of them have assumed office for a second term – a winning…
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President Obama, Romney Both Silent On Tax Increase In January, 163 Million Workers Will Be Affected
Regardless of whether Obama or Romney gets elected, there’s a tax increase that is due in January that is going to affect the lives of almost 163 million workers in the United States. In describing how Congress views the temporary Social Security payroll tax cuts, Orrin Hatch, a Republican on the Senate Finance, said, “The…
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Obama and Romney are tied at 47 percent, a Wall Street Journal/ NBC journal Reveals
President Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney are tied at 47 percent each, in terms of support amongst voters, with just two weeks from Election Day. David Axelrod, the campaign manager for Obama, who appeared on an NBC program, presents a different point-of-view, in saying, “If you look at the early voting going on in…
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Will President Obama be compared to Woodrow Wilson?
So, how will this election go down in history? Of course, it depends on who wins. If Obama is defeated, he will be compared to Jimmy Carter, who was a one-term President and whose policies were a failure. However, the comparison might be slightly unfair to Carter – whose budget cuts were literally nothing compared…
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Does Obama Deserve a Second Term as President?
With the Presidential Elections only a few days away and a tight race between the two candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, one wonders whether it could have gone down to the wire like this, if the President hadn’t assumed office with a global financial collapse and two draining wars to deal with. Eight years…
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President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the US District Court
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Sheri Polster Chappell, Katherine Polk Failla and Judge Troy L. Nunley to serve on the United States District Court. “I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama. “I am confident they will serve the American…
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A New Approach to Advancing Development
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 25, 2010 A New Approach to Advancing Development At the Muskoka G8 Summit, President Obama outlined his views on a new approach to development. In his recently released National Security Strategy, development is recognized as a moral, strategic, and economic imperative for the…
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The White House – President Obama Signs Minnesota Emergency Declaration
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 19, 2010 President Obama Signs Minnesota Emergency Declaration The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Minnesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area threatened by flooding beginning on March 1, 2010, and…