Granted only 20% of precincts are reporting but as of this moment Mitt Romney is just squeaking past Rick Santorum.
But if you look at the big picture, as the folks at The Huffington Post have done, you’ll see that Romney is still sailing ahead. Ah yes, America. Where little wooden boys can grow up to be big wooden boys. See, that’s what happens when you don’t do as the Blue Fairy says.
No matter who gets what in this Republican circus my vote will stay firmly with President Obama. In his first term in office he’s had numerous successes. A few highlights follow below. To read through a more extensive list please check out whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com which also includes links to documented evidence for each achievement.
- Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
- Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health insurance
- Significantly increased funding for the Violence Against Women Act
- Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowers
- Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10%
- Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students pay for college
- Expanded hate crime law in the US to include sexual orientation through the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- Appointed nation’s first Chief Technology Officer
- Signed financial reform law establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to look out for the interests of everyday Americans
- Provided $12.2 Billion in new funding for Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- Extended Benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees
- Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in US history
- Signed the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids — 4 million of whom were previously uninsured
Tommy Karr 