The recent focus on the Republican contest with the likes of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich has taken some of the focus off President Obama and some have wondered if he has the same support he had in 2008. While the overwhelming support especially from populations of young people and in urban areas has quietly gone about their lives since bringing Barack to head of the most powerful country on Earth in 2008, rest assured, they are still there. They are the silent majority when summoned will once again rise to their polling stations to strike down the next and less formidable Republican contender.
See, contrary to what many so called conservatives think, Obama supporters are not fickle, they are not fair weather fans, and they are not crazy liberals. There is a growing majority of political centrists that Obama appeals to. These independent voters are fiscally conservative, which by the way is NOT necessarily a Republican quality (for evidence of this just google George W. Bush), and they cannot be squelched by Republican attacks. This new progressive movement aligns themselves with forward global thinking, equal rights, the arab spring, support for the poor, fair tax for the wealthy, less American military intervention in foreign conflict, economic reform, insourcing American jobs, working class rights to higher pay and better working conditions, trade reform to keep America competitive in a changing world, among other issues that are important to them.
This is already evident in the fundraising from the Obama campaign. They are attracting small donors, everyday democratic voters from every walk of life giving what they can just like I did on
Obama's Website, on average $50 as show in this
new study.
This contrasts the Republican fundraising machine, which is largely characterized by a smaller group of large donors and more super pac's. In fact, according to this
Wall Street Journal article, all but one of the 12 largest political donors last year was republican.
To be fair, Obama has recently partnered with their own super pac out of necessity to compete with the growing number of pac's vigorously generating money for the next Republican nominee.
One thing is for sure, we are all going to see an unprecedented amount of political ads in the coming months before the November election. Couldn't this money be used in a more productive way. It's just a shame that the only people who benefit from this mudslinging are the marketing firms that produce the ads.
Nevertheless, whatever nonsense the Republicans come up with this time, we independents have already chosen the winner and it's our President Obama. While he is far from perfect, Barack has helped resurrect our economy, liberate oppressed countries, end long wars started by a previous administration which shall remain nameless, give underprivileged Americans hope, increase America's stature around the world in turn increasing homeland security, partnering with unbelievably stubborn GOP leaders to lower debt and stimulate job growth, all while trying to get both sides of the aisle to work together.
President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America will be the first one to admit he's not perfect. He is a humble man. He is a decent family man. He has gone from a wide eyed US Senator to winning the Nobel Prize to one of the greatest presidents in American history. This is why Obama is a better choice and this is why you should grant him a second term to finish the great work he has already done.
This is a not a solicited source, this is coming from one 31 year old man from Minnesota, one independent political mind, one voice, one heart. I ask you, listen to your heart, and if it tells you to vote for the president, vote for him!
God Bless America
