Obama vs. Romney

I guess it’s been five year since Obama was inaugurated as president because there are two and a half months left until November elections take place in the United States of America. Obama is the candidate being presented by the democrats and a man by the name of Mitt Romney is representing the republicans. According to the Fox News national poll Obama has 49% of the votes and Romney is at 40%, A CNN poll had Obama at 52% (The New Age Monday 13 August 2012). It seems to me like Obama is still quite popular, but is it because he is the right man for the job or is it because of his popularity. We all know the popular kids in school they spoke well had confidence they might have even been attractive but

1.       hard work isn’t always their strongest attribute

2.       Nor can we honestly say that they were good decision makers

3.       The biggest problem about popular kids, they’ll say and do anything to be popular

 

Barack Obama made a few promises when he began his campaign

1. He promised to end both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively
2. He promised to keep lobbyists out of the cabinet

3. He promised to get workers out of Naphtha and Gat

None of these promises where kept and his term is almost over. Whether he wins or not does it really make a difference? Romney has painted Barack Obama as “a job-killer bent on making the country worse.” Which leaves me with the questions what was the big difference between Obama and Bush? What stops this Romney guy going back on his word? My belief is, we should not vote on what people say they are going to do but on what they’ve done and what they are doing or else politics will remain a popularity contest.