2012+Election

Research Becoming a presidential candidate, requires a very long, and multi step process. The candidate must meet the guidelines in the Constitution, which are that they must be a natural born citizen; they also must be 35, or older. The candidate must then declare candidacy, and fill applications with the federal commission. After this they must campaign, and participate in party primaries, and caucuses. There are three different types of primaries. Open, and closed are the most common ones. An open primary, is open to anyone who is eligible to vote, but a closed primary is only open to people who are registered with that party. A caucus is a gathering of voters from the same part at the precinct level. To become the presidential candidate for your party the elected delegates, at a national convention, must vote you on. Who gets onto a state ballot, is left up to the state.

No question, Obama will be on the ballot for the democratic party in the coming election, and many people believe that even after all his broken promises he will be reelected. Many conservatives, and the Republican party are not happy at the likely hood of Obama’s reelection. Obama will probably get most of his votes from minorities, because that’s where he get’s much of his support. The democrats however, are happy about the chance of reelection for their party.

The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties, and always has a candidate on the final ballot. Running this year for the Republican party is: Michele Bachman, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Fred Karger, Andy Martin, Jimmy McMillan, Tom Miller, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Buddy Roemer, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Matt Snyder, and Vern Wuensche. Although this seems like a lot of candidates, most of the support is divided up in between a few, namely, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, and Michele Bachman (just to name a few). The current front-runner is former House speaker, Newt Gingrich. Many people think that none of the Republican candidates have much of a chance in the upcoming election against Obama. However many people say that the main thing the Republican candidates need to concentrate on is sticking to a conservative base.

Presidential elections are normally filled with candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties, and people often don’t take notice of the Independent, and other party candidates. However in every election, there are always candidates from these smaller parties. This year the outside party with the most candidates is the Libertarian party, which is the third largest party, passed by the Democratic and Republican parties. Running for the Libertarian party is: Roger Gary, RJ Harries, Carl Person, and R. Lee Wrights. Another party that has a candidate running this year is the socialist party, with Stewart Alexander as their candidate. There is also one independent candidate, Danny Woodring.

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Democrats:
 * [|__http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/the-future-of-the-obama-coalition/__]
 * [|__http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/10/19/why-no-democrats-will-challenge-obama-in-2012.html__]
 * [|__http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/11/22/minority-support-may-boost-obama-in-2012-despite-economy__]
 * [|__http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/273399/52-pennsylvanians-think-obama-shouldnt-be-reelected__]
 * [|__http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/obama-election-odds-better-in-2012-than-2008/__]
 * [|__http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/nate-silver-handicaps-2012-election.html?pagewanted=all__]

Republicans:
 * [|__http://2012.republican-candidates.org/__]
 * [|__http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/28/newt-gingrich-south-carolina-gop__]
 * [|__http://godfatherpolitics.com/1964/can-any-republican-candidate-win-in-2012/__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other Parties:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://2012.independent-candidate.org/__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://2012.libertarian-party.org/__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Basic Information:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://2008election.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=1566__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.enchantedlearning.com/vote/presidential_elections.shtml__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.declareyourself.com/voting_faq/voting_faq_449.html__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.declareyourself.com/voting_faq/voting_faq_449.html#primary__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 80%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.declareyourself.com/voting_faq/voting_faq_449.html#nomination__]

Background Research <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.biography.com/people/newt-gingrich-9311969__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://usconservatives.about.com/od/champions/p/NewtGingrichBIO.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.newt.org/solutions__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates/newt-gingrich__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Newt_Gingrich__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-video biography

Background Info (experience):
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Republican Speaker of the House-elected in 1994
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">resigned from congress in 1999
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">stayed in politics as a commentator and consultant for various think tanks
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Won a seat in the House in 1978 and was reelected 10 times
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First campaign for congress in 1974
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lost in 1974 and 1976, but won a seat in congress in 1978
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">formed the Conservative Opportunity Society in 1983
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lead the “Republican Revolution”, and GOP won the majority in the House
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">stepped down as speaker in 1998, and resigned from congress in 1999
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">consultant and TV commentator on Fox news channel
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2007 founded American Solutions for Winning the Future
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Author of: Lessons Learned the Hard Way (1998), Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America (2005), Rediscovering God in America (2006), To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular Socialist Machine (2010)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Life:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Married Jackie Battley in 1962
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 daughters, Jackie and Kathy
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Battley and Gingrich split in 1980
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">remarried Marianne Ginther in 1981
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ginther and Gingrich divorced in 1999
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Married Callista Bisek in 200
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lives in McLean, Virginia
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creates public policy documentaries with his production company, Gingrich Productions