Mitt Romney's Neglect for the Hispanic Vote

September 20, 2013
Unit 2
Mitt Romney has had some time to reflect on his presidential campaign that ended last November.  He has finally spoken out and said that his greatest fault in his campaign was neglecting to appeal to the Hispanic voters.  He said that the Hispanic voters did not understand that he wanted to reform immigration.  He lost the Hispanic vote by 40% in November because Hispanics did not understand the Republican Party's stand on immigration.   He said that he needed to get his position on immigration out better through Hispanic TV and outreach. Republicans have been trying to get the Hispanic voters on their side.  50% of Hispanics identify with the Democratic party while only 15% identify with the Republican party.
I think that this relates a lot to our current unit.  We are studying the reasons why voters vote for certain candidates.  This article shows that if you don't appeal to a certain group of people, you can lose an election.  I agree with Romney in his reflection.  I'm not in the hispanic community, but I feel like he didn't get his positions on certain issues out to a lot of different people.  I think he appealed to the group I identify myself with, but others misunderstood his positions.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/27/hispanic-outreach-mitt-romneys-largest-error-from-2012/?hpt=hp_t2

House GOP Launches Shutdown Battle by Voting to Defund Obamacare

Unit 1
The Republicans in the House of Representatives have launched a spending battle in Congress.  If passed, it could start in 2 weeks.  The House passed a spending plan that would eliminate all spending for Obamacare.  With a 230-189 vote almost strictly on party lines, the plan was passed in the Republican-held House.  Republican leaders are encouraging and pushing for the Senate to do the same.  Republicans think that they have listened to the people's opinion and their opinion is to do away with Obamacare.  They are telling the Senate that if they should listen to the people and do away with Obamacare.  Obama thinks that the Republicans are "trying to blow things up just because [they] didn't get their way."  That's a pretty accurate assumption.

I think that we should do away with Obamacare.  I think that the Senate should do what the House is encouraging.  They should listen to the people.  I know that they don't have to listen to the people in every issue, but this is an issue that is very big and affecting many people.  The people have experienced its effects and don't like it.  Maybe if politicians listened to the people more who are experiencing the things that the politicians enact, we would be able to get a lot more done in Washington.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/politics/congress-spending-showdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t1