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Sabrina Rosenfield

The Democratic convention: Private effort, common good | The Economist - 2 views

www.economist.com/21562258

obama romney attacks

shared by Sabrina Rosenfield on 16 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Sabrina Rosenfield on 16 Sep 12
     
    What's interesting about this article is that it seems to criticize the campaigning tactics on both sides as being too negative and relying too much on garbled quotes from the other side.
  • Abby Schantz on 16 Sep 12
     
    This article was interesting as it really showed how the election is a back and forth of a negative comment from one party to the other party coming back with a defense to the claim and a new negative comment about the opposite party. This article definitely focused more on the negativity of the Obama campaign.
  • Danielle Polevoi on 16 Sep 12
     
    I also found this article super interesting because it shed light on the pettiness of campaigning.
Abby Schantz

week 3: Florida's Impact on the Election - 1 views

www.economist.com/21562969

florida obama romney ryan swing economist

shared by Abby Schantz on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Abby Schantz on 18 Sep 12
     
    This article talks about the importance for a Candidate to win Florida. In 2008, Obama won Flora by only 3% and four years previous, Bush won Florida by a slightly larger 5%. Because Florida has a total of 29 electoral votes, it is the biggest and therefore one of the most important swing states. Not only that, but the majority of the state does not matter as compared to a small section known as the I-4 who really do determine this election themselves. 
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  • Danielle Polevoi on 23 Sep 12
     
    I'm curious to follow Romney's and Obama's campaigning in Florida until the election. From my other reading, It seems as though Obama has secured the "minority" votes compared to Romney so wouldn't that continue over in Florida?
  • James Foster on 23 Sep 12
     
    This is going to be an interesting swing state due to its larger population of senior citizens and with Romney appealing significantly to the senior citizen population with a 52-41 percent lead over Obama according to an associated press-GfK poll with seniors likely to vote.
  • Sabrina Rosenfield on 24 Sep 12
     
    It's interesting to me that it seems that the entire election can come down to one swing state, and the whole state to one county. I think this is a example of why the electoral college isn't right-no one county should have that much power.
Danielle Polevoi

Lexington: Deeds, not words | The Economist - 1 views

www.economist.com/21562924

Foreign-Policy

shared by Danielle Polevoi on 17 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Many voters do want the president to speak more forcefully to foreigners, especially Arabs: Mr Romney is applauded each time he accuses Mr Obama of conducting a global “apology tour”.
  • It also failed, leaving Mr Obama authorising more drone strikes on Islamic militants than George Bush, and nursing abidingly awful relations with Israel’s government.
  • Mr Romney is “Reaganesque”.
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  • he Republican decries Mr Obama for failing to halt Iran’s nuclear programme, mocking him for talking while the centrifuges spin
  • Danielle Polevoi on 17 Sep 12
     
    This article talks about Obama's and Romney's responses to the recent violence in Libya. Obama is criticized with not speaking forcefully and being too apologetic in regards to the recent situation as well as some of the recent stuff going on in the Middle East. The article then goes on to say that despite the foreign affairs news, the economy is still the pressing issue of the election (not sure if I agree with that fully).
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  • James Foster on 18 Sep 12
     
    I agree with you that the most pressing issue of this election has been shifted, at the moment, away from the status and future of the economy to the pressing foreign affairs occurring within Libya and Egypt. These riots represent the beginning of an Anti-American movement sweeping through the Middle East and without proper care, the feelings toward the U.S could push the economy to drop even more. This is why I think the most pressing issue of the election has shifted from the economy to foreign policy.
  • Savannah L on 18 Sep 12
     
    If things continue to escalate in the middle east, as they have been lately, than foreign policy will continue to be a major issue in the election. Danielle, I feel like you are right and that most americans will focus on the economy, but the two issues are intertwined, and bad news for one is bad news for the other if things continue to escalate. How much money are we willing to spend dealing with other countries? We already have out of control spending, but if things get worse then we will have to decide what is more important to our country: security, or money.
  • Sabrina Rosenfield on 24 Sep 12
     
    What seems frustrating to me about this whole situation is that both sides seem to be using Libya as an excuse to say "look at me, look at how good I am at foreign policy!" I wish that they would work together to actually solve problems instead of trying to prove what good problem solvers they are.
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