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Santorum Says Romney’s Delegate Lead Will Fade as the Contest Continues
Summary: As re-election is approaching, the race to go up against Obama is heating up. With Mitt Romney having already collected 454 delegates, doubts are quickly surfacing. Many believe that as the competition continues the flow of votes will come to a halt. With needing 1,144 delegates the other candidates are thinking of joining forces to block his votes. In an A.P. poll of 117 superdelegates Mr. Romney is said to have 24 of them, while Santorum only has 2. The math presented by Romney’s group is said to be doubtful. Some believe he is making numbers up or just feel he doesn’t know what he is talking about. Spokesman for Santorum, Hogan Gidley, stated that “Mitt Romney’s math is just like Mitt Romney’s conservatism,it’s bogus.” In this article they mentioned that even of Romney’s own strategist’s are doubting his votes.

Relevance: In class we are learning a lot about national powers and the Great Depression. We are learning of the nation's leaders during the World Wars and their personal tactics. This article is about the potential new leaders of America and because of that, is relevant to our course of study right now. If chosen to become the new president, one of these men might end up being like Hitler or any other selfish leaders. They might seem as if what they are doing is to better the people, but they might just be helping him, or some people that he favors. Although this happened often back in the mid 1900’s, it would be a shame for it to happen now. Presidents can be overruled and removed from office, but for some amount of time, they were in control. The policies, acts, laws, and bills that are passed are based off of the current president. What George Bush may have done and thought was significantly important might be ignored and brushed aside by president Obama. These days, it is important to know who is going to rule our country because we are facing a very hard time. The unemployment rate is up as well as many other national issues like Global Warming, Obesity, and Natural Disasters. With tie being valuable we need the most qualified and dedicated people in our oval office. We need someone to pull us out of such a rut or at least lighten the load. There is no time for unnecessary wars or starving and poor citizens, we need to learn from the mistakes in the 1900’s to make wise and reasonable choices for our future government officials.

Explanation: This current event is perfect for the theme of politics. The official definition of politics is “the art or science of government; the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy; the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a government.” In this article they explain the current status of the elections for the next president and that ties right with “holding control over the government.” One of the men whose position was explained may be running for president against current President Obama. This article is all about politics and gives good explanations on how things are being portrayed against the candidates.

Questions:
 * 1)  Who is currently in the lead for running against Obama?
 * 2)  Why is Romney said to slowly lose his vote intake?
 * 3)  What are other candidates doing to stop Romney?
 * 4)  Do you think Romney can continue to steadily bring in votes?
 * 5)  Who do you think will win?
 * 6)  Is Romney’s math “bogus” based off of the poll taken by the University?

Works Cited "Politics - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary." Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. .

SHEAR, MICHAEL D.. "Santorum's Delegate Math Looks Different From Romney's - NYTimes.com." Politics and Government - 2012 Presidential Watch - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. .