During this intense political season, students need to know which candidate is the better choice for our nation. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney differ on almost every issue. Our current economic and global issues mean we need to vote based on those positions and not social problems. We need a president who can put us back on track. Between Obama and Romney, Romney is the man to do it.
With the economy sluggishly attempting to recover from the recession, Obama has failed to deliver on several of his election promises. He promised to take the $1.3 trillion deficit and cut it in half by the end of his first term.
Cody Skinner, sophomore, said that he wouldn’t vote for a candidate who has “racked up a trillion dollar deficit every year he has been in office.”
The economy has not made any real progress in recovering and now people want to re-elect the man who failed to pull us out of these problems. Romney helped build Bain Capital into a strong business that has made several intelligent investments in two strong companies such as Staples and Sports Authority. Romney has experience making smart choices when it comes to large amounts of capital.
“If there’s one thing Romney can bring that Obama can’t, it’s management of crisis situations and ‘bad situations’ from his time doing restructuring at Bain,” alumnus George Spiceland said. “If this country ever needed a financial restructuring, now would be the time.”
Romney’s opponents attack him for how rich he is, but when it comes to fixing our debt and making us finically stable, I am more inclined to vote for a man who has made a lot of money by being financially inclined himself.
Another key issue that students should consider is the defense of our nation. Obama did successfully take down the number one enemy of the United States, Osama bin Laden, but besides that, he has failed to act appropriately to the attacks on our embassy in Benghazi. Any attack on the embassy is quite literally an attack on American. Obama’s response did not have enough force to show that any further attacks would be dealt with swiftly. According to the New York Times, Romney has stated that he will return a permanent presence of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. Romney shows that he is willing to put American defense at the forefront of priorities.
Finally, President Obama has shown that he is slow to react during crises. During the BP oil spill, Obama took more than a month to finally visit the Gulf of Mexico area, according to Politics Daily. He also failed to show determination and quick response time to the attacks in Libya.
“We express immediately when we feel that the president and his administration have done something which is inconsistent with the principles of America,” said Romney in a public speech after the attack. He shows great concern and interest in handling crisis situations with a strong force.
We need a president who will lead by example and represent America in a resilient way. I don’t mean knee-jerk reactions, but be able to confidently stand up and announce that he will do something.
In the upcoming election, vote for the candidate who will help America stabilize and regain its foothold: Mitt Romney.
