GOP Debate Tonight - Who will come out on top?

Tonight is the long awaited and much publicized, due to the scheduling conflict with the president's speech, GOP debate in California.  Some things to look for is first of all whether Rick Perry will be there or not.  The Wild Fires in Texas have pushed his schedule back and have caused him to cancel some events that he had already planned in California, but he did state that he hoped to be at the debate.  If he is there, then another thing to look for is the fight between the two front runners being Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.  Mitt Romney has not had very much good news coming out of the summer and is seen as being more moderate in his stance.  Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry will also be battling for that top spot of being the Tea Party's candidate.

It will also be interesting to see how many of the candidates take this opportunity to make their economic and job creation plans known through this public forum since the Republicans will not be giving a rebuttal speech to President Obama's Job's Speech tomorrow night.  Lots of things to look for and do not be surprised to see some of the more less known candidates drop out of the running depending on how much or little of a bump they receive from polls afterwards.  Most of the GOP candidates were present at a Forum that was held in South Carolina and could be seen as a good precursor to what will be said at tonight's debate.

Who do you think will come out as the winner of tonight's debate?  There will be a poll of the left side be sure to answer, and comment below, and share this with your friends.

GOP CANDIDATES

          Ron Paul            Mitt Romney          Rick Santorum       

 

Thaddeus McCotter  Michele Bachmann   John Huntsman

    Herman Cain           Newt Gingrich        Gary Johnson

   Buddy Roemer           Rick Perry

Still No Jobs - Examining Job Creation Ideas from President & GOP Candidates

The August jobs number that were made public this morning points to zero job growth and a 9.1% unemployment rate.  Gene Sperling continues to explain the lack of job growth as a situation that President Obama inherited.

Many wonder if the job's speech that President Obama has planned for September 8th will actually be any different than what he has been putting forth in the last year.  The question for today is whether anyone, the President and any of the GOP candidates have a solid plan to help with job creation in this economy.  The current culture of uncertainty has definitely affected the lack of job growth in the country; what needs to happen in order to help companies become more certain of the economy to initiate job growth and create more productivity?

So with the President's Job's speech upcoming, let's look at some of the other candidates plan for the economy along with his.

Jon Huntsman

Mitt Romney

Ron Paul

President Obama

These are just some of the plans that the presidential candidates have discussed, and we will likely here more on this issue at the September 7th GOP debates in California and also from President Obama as well at his Job's speech on the 8th.  So what do you guys think?  Which candidate's plan are you the most impressed with or the most interested to hear about more?

Controversial Timing - Jobs Speech vs GOP Debate

Lot's of drama yesterday and today over the scheduling of President Obama's speech on jobs on the same day as the GOP Primary debate in California set for September 7th.  This has caused quite a stir from the GOP side because of the debate that has been scheduled for the GOP hopefuls and has given them reason to question why President Obama had to pick this day.  White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, has stated that the scheduling of the speech at the same time of the debate was coincidental.

Speaker Boehner has requested that they move the speech to the 8th which President Obama has agreed to, but not until much negative press from the GOP side was given.  Speaker Boehner claims that the House was only given a 15 minute notice before the issue of this date before it was announced.  With much debate during the day yesterday the President has finally agreed to move the speech to the next night.

So what do you guys think?  Is this a preview to the political scene that we will see this fall, or do you think that bi-partisanship is still possible at this point.  It looks like both the GOP and the Democrats are in full campaign mode.

Is Obama Losing Support From African Americans?

Many people have read about and seen the news articles about the Congressional Black Caucus rebuking President Obama.  Corey Boles wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus warned that African-American voters could stay home next year rather than vote for President Barack Obama's re-election unless the administration does more to tackle the "near-depression levels" of unemployment in the black community."  This statement hints at a possibility of President Obama possibly losing support from the African-American population.  The frustration seems to stem from the downward economy and lack of job creation in African-American communities.  Mr. Boles wrote in the same article a quote from the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, "I'm frustrated with the president, I'm frustrated with the Senate, I'm frustrated with the House," said Mr. Cleaver..."The president and his White House team is trying to minimize the discussion of race as it relates to job creation."  This is not the only article that is out there about the possibility of President Obama losing support from the African-American community.  Recently, a video from Felonious Munk on YouTube has received a lot of attention because it was mentioned by the Glen Beck radio program.  I'll post the video below, but I need to warn you that this video contains a  lot of offensive language so you may want to pass on watching it if you are offended easily by this.

As you can imagine, this video has received many comments and Felonious Munk has been accused of being a sell out, but this is not the only time we have seen an outcry from the African American community against President Obama.  If you  remember there were several groups of African Americans that interrupted then Presidential hopeful Obama on the campaign trail.

Democrats were quick to respond to this group as a fringe hate group called Blacks against Obama, and honestly they may be right after looking at some of the information.  But this still brings up the question that we are asking currently 3 years later.  Is President Obama losing support from the African American community?  I will be posting a poll on the left sidebar of this blog, please cast your vote and feel free to respond in the comments below.  Remember to share this blog with your friends via Facebook and Twitter.