thursday jan. 24

People have already started taking the states test. 2 passed with 100/100. they did pretty good. then we started with our assigned blog discussion again we are almost done now

Barack Obama:

1. Background(3)-born in Hawaii, parents met in Hawaii and had him, parents got divorced when he was 2, he moved with his g-parents they were pretty wealthy, he went to Harvard, he joined church group after college, he met micheal his wife she was teachin in a college she is 3 years younger. got married 1989, they had 2 girls. he won this last election because of his age.

2. 2008 Presidential election(3)-he ran on change and mccain was like bush, he won the election because he wanted change so did the people. mccain lost because people saw him as the next bush. hes a really good speaker and he was clear with what he wanted. he made it clear he wanted change. obama had 360 electoral votes. he won 27 out of the 50 states.

3. First Term accomplishments(4) -Obama care-made it so everyone could afford health care-if you have a business you gotta give your workers health care-Not all Americans love Obama care. He removed Bushes torture rule. He got Osama bin laden dead. Changed the childhood obedsity issue. He ended the war in Iraq. He did the dont ask dont tell- the military cant ask or cant tell if your gay cause if they know your kicked out. He benefitted the veterans. Lilly ledbetter fair pay act-equal pay for women

4. First term problems/issues/ (4)  obama just really kinda put us in more debt. Obama never limited all the loopholes in oil company. he didnt create more jobs really more could have been done. Obama care cause we will be taxed alot and 40% on insurance, people think its socialist. this can also take away jobs. the guns issue a lot of people want guns. about the piracy of music and photos.

5. 2012 Election(3)

6. Why did Obama win(3)

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