Presidential Candidates 2012

Right now we are in the midst of the beginning of the new presidential election. This will be our 57th presidential election in the United States... Woah baby that's a lot presidents! The voting isn't until November 6th, 2012, so if you aren't sure of who you intend to vote for - don't stress out you've got basically a whole year. A whole year of craziness that is!

The craziness has already began, because even though the Democratic Party has declared Barack Obama as their candidate. However, the Republican Party is having trouble deciding who is going to represent their party. They have no clear front-runner through all the debates. There are many of them to choose from, but in my opinion (and I am more conservative than liberal) I think that all of the candidates are very far right, too far that it is driving people away from them.

The formally declared candidates for the Republican Party are as follows -
Michelle Bachmann - U.S Representative from Minnesota (and even though I am from Minnesota, I am not proud to say she is part of my state)
Mitt Romney - former Governor from Massachusetts
Rick Santorum - former Senator from Pennsylvania
Rick Perry - Governor from Texas
Ron Paul - U.S Representative from Texas
Jon Huntsman Jr - former Governor of Utah
Newt Gingrich - former U.S Speaker of the House of Representatives from Georgia
Herman Cain - businessman from Georgia and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza

So hopefully with this wide selection of candidates the Republican Party can decide who they think is best to represent their party and potentially the country as a whole. It is so back and forth with who is in the lead with this group of people. Many times someone will be in the lead and then they can goof up like Rick Perry did at one of the Republican Presidential Debate. Here is the video for some comic relief.


Well, I will try to keep you updated on what is happening with the GOP candidates, but right now it isn't looking too hopeful.