2008 Election Game: Campaign Thread

[JerryArkansas]

Tmth is actually the one who gave me the Idea of doing it.

[Lumine]

Doesn't really bother me personally, so long as the update is thorough with what's happened in the last year. Though maybe we should first see what Tmth has to say since he's Bloomberg here.

I would be happy to jump forward! And besides, we can always go with what Spamage did in the 1824-1832 game, asking questions to the President and then writing the Presidential term.

[PPT Spiral]

Ah, then yeah, I'm fully comfortable with that. What Lumine said would also be a good idea here.

[JerryArkansas]

I will be doing this in a Wikipedia format like this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_the_United_States

[Enderman]

I will be doing this in a Wikipedia format like this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_the_United_States

yes do it that way, I'm an aye vote on that...

[JerryArkansas]

Part 1 of at least 3

Events


January

January 6 – The 111th Congress convenes with Democrats increasing their majority to 271 seats in the House, and to 59 seats in the Senate.
January 8 – The BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, an unarmed man, results in protests and several hours of violence in Oakland, California.
January 9 – A Labor Department report shows that the US economy lost nearly 3 million jobs in the last four months of 2008.
January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549 loses power in both engines shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, forcing the pilot to ditch the aircraft in the Hudson River. All 155 passengers and crew are rescued without injuries, and the pilot is hailed as a hero.
January 16 – Circuit City, the number two electronics retailer in the U.S., announces the closing of all 567 of its U.S. stores and the termination of 34,000 jobs.
January 20 – Michael Bloomberg is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States in front of a crowd of more than half a million.
January 21 – Dick Lugar is sworn in as the new Secretary of State, succeeding Condoleezza Rice.
January 26 – William Weld  is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury, succeeding Henry Paulson.
January 29 – Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich becomes the first state governor to be impeached and removed from office in a quarter century.


February

February 1 – The Pittsburgh Steelers win their sixth Super Bowl, defeating the Arizona Cardinals, 27 – 23.
February 5-- Bank Of America declares bankruptcy and stocks lose 893 points on this news.  President Bloomberg asks the congress to bail out the company.   
February 10 – A privately owned American satellite and a Russian military satellite collide over Siberia, scattering space debris in orbits 300 to 800 miles (480 to 1,300 km) above Earth, potentially threatening satellites in nearby orbits.
February 12 To honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Mint launches a series of pennies that commemorate four stages in Lincoln's life.[12]
Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes in Clarence Center, New York, killing 49 passengers including a 9/11 widow, and one man who was in his house.
February 17 – Peanut Corp, a peanut butter processor implicated in nine deaths and more than 600 poisonings due to salmonella, files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy just days after its CEO uses the Fifth Amendment to avoid questioning by Congress.
February 18 – President Bloomberg orders the deployment of 17,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan.
February 19 – President Bloomberg makes Canada the site of his first international visit, restoring a tradition that had been altered by President George W. Bush.
February 24 – The Orbiting Carbon Observatory, a new $278 million NASA satellite designed to precisely measure atmospheric carbon dioxide levels for global warming research, crashes near Antarctica just after launching.
February 24– President Bloomberg addresses Congress calling for bailouts as necessary to economic recovery, and vowing economic recovery, stricter regulation of financial institutions, and health care reform. He also warns that further collapse may happen.  He also said “the bailout prohibits executives from receiving raises and requires a partial return of funding to the government, holding them more responsile for what they have done to the country.”
February 25 – James Nicholson, the manager of an unregistered hedge fund, Westgate Capital Management, is arrested and charged in federal court with defrauding hundreds of investors in a Ponzi type scheme.


March

March 2 – Insurance giant AIG reports nearly $62 billion in losses during the fourth quarter of 2008, and the US government gives it $30 billion more in aid in a new bailout.
March 3 – Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says AIG took huge, irresponsible risks.
March 7 – NASA launches Kepler Mission, a space photometer which searches for planets in the Milky Way that could be similar to Earth and habitable by humans.
March 9 – President Bloomberg overturns a Bush-era policy that limited federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, while promising that human cloning will be banned.
March 9 – Exactly 17 months after its all time high of 14,164 on October 9, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average bottoms out at 5,547 during the late-2000s recession and begins to rise quickly.
March 13 – A report by the Federal Reserve says that U.S. families lost a record 20% of their wealth in 2008.
March 17 – The Seattle Post Intelligencer ends publication, just two weeks after the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colorado shuts down.
March 18 – New Mexico becomes the 15th state to abolish the death penalty.
March 21 – Four Oakland police officers are killed in a shootout.
March 22 – After emitting steam and volcanic ash for weeks, Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupts explosively for the first time in 20 years.


April

April 1 – Attorney General Richard Holwell dismisses the case against former senator Ted Stevens, due to prosecutorial misconduct.
April 3 – The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously agrees that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is unconstitutional. Iowa becomes the third state to allow same-sex marriage, and is the first state in the American midwest to allow such unions.  President Bloomberg would praise this step and say He will try and pass it in as many states as possible.
April 7 – Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage after the legislature overrides a veto by the governor.
April 8 – Somali pirates hijack the Maersk Alabama, an American freighter, then kidnap her captain.
April 12 – Three Somali pirates are killed in a sniper operation authorized by President Bloomberg, freeing Captain Philips and ending a multi-day standoff between the United States Navy and the pirates.
April 18 – Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist, is sentenced by an Iranian court to eight years in prison on charges she allegedly engaged in espionage. She is released the following month, after an appeals court reduces and suspends her sentence.
April 24 – The World Health Organization calls the reported cases of swine flu in Mexico and the U.S. a "public health emergency of international concern".
April 27 – Air Force One photo op controversy: An Air Force One back-up plane and an F-16 fighter jet fly at approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) over Lower Manhattan, in a photo opportunity organized by the United States Department of Defense. Citizens, who have not been informed of the event, are alarmed due to fears of a repeat of the September 11 attacks.[40]
April 28 – Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) switches parties to become an Independent giving the Independents 5 in the Senate.

May

May 11 – An army sergeant opens fire at a military stress counseling clinic at a US military base in Baghdad, killing five fellow soldiers and wounding one.
May 11 – Defense Secretary Colin Powell removes the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan, replacing him with Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal. Gates states a new approach is needed in Afghanistan. McKiernan is the first general to be dismissed from a combat command since Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.
May 13 – A tornado outbreak devastates the north and northeastern Missouri towns of Green City, Novinger, and Kirksville, killing three. Tornadoes are also reported in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois.
May 14 – Federal transportation officials reveal that low pay leading to sleep deprivation, and failure to pass flight certification tests were factors leading to the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo that killed 50 people.
May 15 – A school shooting devastates the University of Miami.  The President immediately goes down to the site and privately visits with the families, and vows to stop this senseless violence.
May 19 – President Bloomberg announces vehicle emissions and mileage requirements. Under the new federal rules, vehicles will use 25 percent less fuel and emit one third less carbon dioxide by 2026. The changes will add $1300 to the cost of each new vehicle.
May 21 – The Senate passed a bill to impose new regulations on the credit card industry, curbing some fees and interest hikes and requiring more transparent disclosure of account terms.  The Senate also passed a bill which will ban assault rifles and would impose harder background checks on Americans


June

June 1 – Nebraska's statewide smoking ban in restaurants, working places, and bars goes into effect.
June 3 – Governor John Lynch signs a bill allowing for same-sex marriage in New Hampshire. New Hampshire is the sixth state in the union to allow for same-sex marriage.
June 11 – Miss California Carrie Prejean, who had become an outspoken critic of same-sex marriage after winning her title, has her crown stripped by Donald Trump for alleged breach of contract.
June 12 – Analog television broadcasts end in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission requires all full power stations to send their signals digitally.
June 18 – NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since Lunar Prospector in 1998.
June 22 – A DC Metro Train collision claims the lives of nine people including the operator in the lead car of the moving train, and injures approximately 80.
June 25 – The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to potentially unprecedented levels.


July

July 7-- A public memorial service is held for musician Michael Jackson. It is called one of the most prominent funerals of all time.
July 22 – Microsoft releases Windows 7.

[JerryArkansas]

Part 2 of at least 3


August

August 3 – September 4 – The 111th Congress takes its summer recess. Their work in their respective congressional districts focuses heavily on healthcare reform. Congressmen and Congresswomen host public forums and town halls in their respective congressional districts across the nation which focus on healthcare reform issues such as whether or not a public option, stricter regulation of the healthcare industry, or the status quo should be offered.
August 4 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardons two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year, after former U.S. President Bill Clinton meets with Kim in North Korea.
August 8 – Diane Wood takes the judicial oath, becoming the third woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.


September

September 2 – The Justice Department announces the largest health care fraud settlement in history, $2.3 billion, involving Pfizer.
September 9 – President Bloomberg addresses a joint session of Congress on the importance of a bipartisan healthcare reform act. Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) shouts, "You lie!" as Bloomberg says illegal immigrants would not be covered under his healthcare proposal. The heckling was a first in US politics and received widespread media attention for many days.
September 12 – The first 9/12 Project protest event is held in Washington, DC, with attendance being estimated from hundreds of thousands to as many as 2 million people.Numerous other tea party protests occurred nationwide as well.
September 24 – President Bloomberg becomes the first US President to preside over the UN Security Council. Also at the United Nations, Obama outlines stances that his administration will take on climate change, multilateralism, and nuclear proliferation and disarmament.
September 24 – RAINN Day, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network's annual campaign to stop sexual assault is held on college campuses.
September 24 – September 25 – The G20 summit takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
September 25 – At the G-20 Pittsburgh summit, world leaders announce that the G-20 will assume greater leverage over the global economy, replacing the role of the G8, in an effort to prevent another global financial crisis like the one that started in 2007.
September 27 – Polish-French film director Roman Polanski is arrested in Switzerland on a United States arrest warrant.
September 29 – An 8.3-magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami near the Samoan Islands. Many communities and harbors in Samoa and American Samoa are destroyed, and at least 189 are killed.

October

October 1
The unemployment rate peaks at 12.3%, the highest since 1983.
Late-night comedian David Letterman announces on his television program that he has been the victim of an extortion attempt by someone threatening to reveal that he had sex with his female employees.
October 2 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, beating early favorite Chicago despite personal appeals to the committee from Senator Obama, President Bloomberg, Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton.
October 12 – The Chicago Cubs Major League baseball team files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
October 15 – In the balloon boy hoax, parents claim their young child has been swept away in a large balloon resembling a spacecraft, triggering an extensive rescue effort by authorities. They later admit to the hoax and are fined and given short sentences in jail.
October 28 – President Bloomberg signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, extending federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.


November

November 1 – Small business lender CIT Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization) which likely cancels its obligation to pay back the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) loan of $2.3 billion that it previously received the U.S. government.
November 3 – Election Day; Republican candidates win the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections. In Maine, a ballot measure repeals a recent action by the state legislature that had legalized same-sex marriage. In New York's 23rd congressional district, the Rep wins in a landslide.
November 4 – The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies to win their 27th world championship.
November 13 – Having analyzed the data from the LCROSS lunar impact, NASA announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of water in the Moon's Cabeus crater.
November 27 – Golfer Tiger Woods is involved in a car accident the day after Thanksgiving, triggering media coverage that the married father of two has had affairs with about one dozen women, and ultimately the loss of many of Woods' corporate sponsors.
November 29 – Four police officers are murdered by gunman Maurice Clemmons in Parkland, Washington. Clemmons is shot dead by a police officer on December 1.

December

December 1 – Virginia's smoking ban for most restaurants and bars goes into effect. The bill had broad public support.
December 16 – CityCenter a 16,797,000-square-foot (1,560,500 m2) hotel, casino, condo and shopping complex officially opens on the Las Vegas Strip.
December 25
Videos surface of missing GI Bowe Bergdahl being held by Taliban forces in Afghanistan since June. The videos are not considered proof he was still living because they appear to be several months old.
As Northwest Airlines Flight 253 approaches Detroit, Nigerian al-Qaeda member Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (whom boarded in Amsterdam) attempts to detonate plastic explosives concealed in his underwear until he is subdued by passengers and crew. He is arrested, convicted, and then sentenced to life in prison by a federal court.  President Bloomberg commented that he was glad that the crew of the flight did what they did and called for more security on flights.


January

January 1
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in New Hampshire.
Illinois' ban on texting while driving goes into effect. Additionally, cellular telephone use is banned entirely while driving through a highway construction or school speed zone in Illinois.
January 2 – North Carolina bans smoking in bars, restaurants, public places, and vehicles. The new law exempts cigar bars, private clubs, and some hotel/motels.
January 13 – Google announces that they were the target of a cyber attack from China. The incident prompts the company to consider pulling out of China.
January 19 – A special election is held in Massachusetts to elect a new Senator to take the vacant seat held by the late Ted Kennedy. Republican Scott Brown beats State Attorney General Martha Coakley, who had earlier been considered a certain winner.  President Bloomberg said in response to the Brown win  “This is not an indictment on our administration, but the fact that a moderate Republican was chosen over a liberal Democrat shows that Americans everywhere are sick and tired of the partisanship.”
January 21 – Citizens United vs. FEC: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the First Amendment prohibits restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations, associations, and unions.
January 27 – President Bloomberg in his first State of the Union Address emphasizes the nation's economy, job creation, putting an end to the don't ask, don't tell policy in the military, and restated his commitment for health care reform in the nation.

[JerryArkansas]

Part 3 of 3


February

February 1 – Japanese car company Toyota announces a fix for car accelerator problems and recalls cars in the United States.
February 2 – The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs opens a worshiping site for earth-centered religions on their campus promoting religious tolerance.
February 5 – The Tea Party movement that gained momentum in 2009 during the national healthcare debate host their first convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
February 7
A gas line explodes at a Middletown, Connecticut power plant under construction, killing 5 people.
Super Bowl XLIV is played in Miami, Florida between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. The Saints carried a 31–17 victory over the Colts and won their first world championship. The featured half-time show performance was given by the British band, The Who.
February 8 – President Bloomberg Launches the Reform Party, which will run in the congressional elections this November.  He says "This a party that puts people over politics, with an economically populist and socially moderate message."
February 12 – A biology professor, Amy Bishop, at the University of Alabama opens fire at the Huntsville campus, killing 3 people. When she was 21, Bishop fatally shot her 18-year-old brother, Seth Bishop, on December 6, 1986 at their home in Braintree, Massachusetts. The incident was initially classified as an "accident" by Braintree police. On June 16, 2010, Bishop was charged with first degree murder in her brother's death nearly 24 years after his shooting.
February 12 – February 28 – The United States compete at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia and win 9 gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze medals.
February 17
Three employees of Tesla Motors are killed when the small aircraft they were flying crashes into a house in a residential neighborhood.
Haiti frees most of the members of an Idaho Baptist missionary group who were charged with child trafficking and kidnapping in the wake of the Haitian earthquake.
February 18
After setting fire to his home, Andrew Joseph Stack commits suicide by flying his private plane directly into an IRS building in Austin, Texas.
President Bloomberg issues Executive Order 13531 establishing the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
February 23 – The United States Navy officially announces that it will end its ban of women in submarines.
February 25 – Incident at SeaWorld Orlando: A SeaWorld employee in Orlando, Florida is killed by a killer whale during a live performance.
February 26 – New York Governor David Paterson announces that he will not be a candidate in the Democratic primary for the November gubernatorial election.


March

March 1 – A shortage of tomatoes which lasts until April begins.
March 3 – The District of Columbia's same-sex marriage law goes into effect.
March 5 – Former Jefferson County, Alabama commission president and mayor of Birmingham Larry Langford is sentenced to 15 years in prison for soliciting bribes related to municipal bond swaps.
March 7 – At the 82nd Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker wins six Oscars including the first Directing award for a female director, Kathryn Bigelow.
March 19 – NASA announces that 2010 will likely become the warmest year on record due to global warming based on an analysis of temperature record data from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
March 21 – The United States House of Representatives passes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 by votes of 219–212 and 220–211, respectively.
March 23
U.S. President Bloomberg signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law aiming to insure 95% of Americans.
March 28–March 30 – Nine people thought to be Hutaree militia members are arrested in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana for their alleged involvement in a plot to kill police officers and possibly civilians using explosives and/or firearms.


April

April 1 – Official tabulation of the 2010 US Census begins.
April 5
A coal mine owned by Massey Energy in Montcoal, West Virginia explodes, killing at least 25 miners.
April 5–April 20 – STS-131: Space Shuttle Discovery delivers a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the International Space Station.
April 15 – President Bloomberg delivers a major speech on the future of NASA's human spaceflight program. He commits to increasing NASA funding by $6 billion over five years and completing the design of a new heavy-lift launch vehicle by 2015 and to begin construction thereafter. He also predicts a U.S. crewed orbital Mars mission by the mid-2030s.
April 20
An explosion occurs at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killing 11 workers, causing the rig to sink two days later and initiating a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; this environmental disaster is now considered the largest in U.S. history.
April 22 – A Boeing X-37B is launched from Cape Canaveral on mission USA-212.
April 23 – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act that is the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in decades. It receives national and international attention and has spurred considerable controversy.


May

May 1 – 2010 Times Square car bombing: Car bomb goes off in Times Square, New York City killing 135 people.  President Bloomberg vows to catch those responsible for the attack.
May 6 – The "flash crash" occurs at the New York Stock Exchange, temporarily depleting 1,000 points off of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It is the largest intra-day fall ever.


June

June 18 – The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act is introduced in the US Senate.
June 19 – China announces it will raise the yuan against the US Dollar after the US Congress announces it will penalize China unless it does so, causing widely imported Chinese goods to the United States to become more expensive, and to raise demand for US goods.
June 28 – The United States Department of Justice rounds up ten suspects alleged to have participated in the Illegals Program, a multi-year effort by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service to infiltrate the U.S.

[JerryArkansas]

July 1st - July 10th starts now.

Presidential Approval

55% Approve
42% Disapprove
3% Undecided/Other

Congressional Approval

19% Approve
67% Disapprove
14% Undecided/Other

Congressional Ballot
Rep 33%
Dem 27%
Reform 26%
14% Undecided

Unemployment for May  11.3%

Dow is at 9532 as of late June.

PM for Polling on races

10 Days

[PPT Spiral]

U.S. President Bloomberg signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law aiming to insure 95% of Americans.

Bloombergcare, eh? I guess both parties will turn on it after a little while.

[JerryArkansas]

U.S. President Bloomberg signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law aiming to insure 95% of Americans.

Bloombergcare, eh? I guess both parties will turn on it after a little while.

One thing I should mention, the bill is not what Bloomberg wanted, but is the best he could get with the radicals on the left.

[JerryArkansas]

Texas Governor Polling

Rick Perry 42%
Generic Dem 30%
Generic Reform 20%
8% Undecided

[tmthforu94]

Do I not have a say on what's in the health care law?

Statements on various issues:
- Beginning in July 2010, the Department of Justice announces it will no longer seek the death penalty on most civilian cases. President Bloomberg announces that they will begin a push for the death penalty abolished at the state and federal level.

Since the death penalty was re-instated in 1973, over 80 inmates on death row have been taken off after a wrongful conviction. I have spoken to Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, and moderates and libertarians on this issue. This has support across party lines, whether it be due to the heavy financial burden associated with the death penalty, the inhumane treatment, or the threat of innocent indiduals being put to death. This is an issue that we hope to inform and persuade the American People on. I am confident we will.


- Our administration's top priority is creating an economic recovery, which is why we are pushing for a stimulus package that provides aid to small businesses, creates thousands of infrastructure and transportation jobs, and provides incentives to employers to create new jobs.

- Education remains a critical priority for President Bloomberg, which is why he has approved delegating various responsibilities back to the state and local levels. Bloomberg has pushed for the "Race to the Top", and is pushed to lower the student loan rate to 1%.

- Bloomberg has implemented military reductions in Iraq, and has promised for a full withdrawal by 2011.

The surge implemented by President Bush has worked - we have found success and stability in Iraq. We will continue to wind down our military presence there, with the final stage ending in February 2011. Our administration is focused now on Afghanistan, finding Osama Bin Laden, and defeating Al Qaeda. We WILL win the War on Terror.

[JerryArkansas]

North Carolina Senate
John Edwards 35%
Richard Burr 34%
Generic Reform 20%
Undecided 11%

Illinois Senate
Barack Obama 45%
Generic Rep 25%
Generic Reform 20%
Undecided 10%

[JerryArkansas]

Ohio Governor
John Kasich  34%
Ted Strickland 30%
Dennis Kucinich 25%
Generic Reform 10%
Undecided 1%

[PPT Spiral]

Rick Perry Campaign Schedule: July 1-10



July 1-5
-Gubernatorial duties

July 6
-Meeting with Texas Farmers Union in Waco, TX
-Town Hall in Waco, TX

Farmers are an essential part of the state, and to see you all hit by droughts in recent years is truly disheartening, not just for your livelihoods, but for how crop yields affect everybody else. Rest assured the agricultural community has a friend in Rick Perry. I used to serve as the state Commissioner of Agriculture and I dealt with these issues firsthand. This will continue to be a high priority on my administration's agenda.

July 7
-Meeting with Texas Chamber of Commerce in Austin, TX
-Rally and Fundraiser in Austin, TX

Over the last ten years, the state of Texas has gained almost a million jobs while the US as a whole is set to lose about a million jobs. This just goes to show that Texas is an economic powerhouse, and I'm quite proud of this record. We can keep on forging the path to prosperity together.

July 8
-Interview with local news station in Austin, TX
-Interview with local news station in Houston, TX
-Interview with local news station in Dallas, TX

July 9
-Meet and Greet in Alton North, TX
-Meet and Greet in Andrews, TX
-Meet and Greet in Athens, TX
-Meet and Greet in Brownfield, TX

July 10
-Meeting with Travis County Republican Party in Austin, TX
-Strategizing with campaign advisors at Perry HQ

The Reform Party candidate seems to be peeling away some of my support in the polls. There's nothing to fret about so far because we're still leading by quite a comfortable margin, but we need to really emphasize my accomplishments in office to bring back those voters.

[tmthforu94]

President Bloomberg's Schedule:

July 1st - 3rd:
Presidential Duties

July 4th:
Independence Day Festivities

July 5th:
Fundraising for Reform Party

July 6th:
Speech in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Infrastructure Repairs
Town Hall Meeting in Hoboken, New Jersey

Unemployment is over 10%, and due to a broken Congress, we have been unable to pass sufficient legislation to tackle this problem. In just a few days, I will be meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders and will be unveiling new legislation to create thousands of infrastructure jobs throughout America. This not only needs to be done to create jobs, but it also needs to be done for safety reasons. Please call or write to your local representatives and urge them to support this crucial legislation.

July 7th:
Appearance on Nickelodeon Summer Bash in California
Appearance on "Good Morning LA"

July 8th:
Fundraising for Reform Party in California

July 9th:
Presidential Duties
Meeting with GOP and Democratic Leaders on Infrastructure Package

July 10th:
Depart for European Tour

[Sec. of State Superique]

What essentially is Mikecare?

[JerryArkansas]

What essentially is Mikecare?

Obamacare with a few changes.

[Sec. of State Superique]

What essentially is Mikecare?

Obamacare with a few changes.

Wich ones?

[JerryArkansas]

What essentially is Mikecare?

Obamacare with a few changes.

Wich ones?

More Liberal.

[tmthforu94]

Sorry, Jerry, but I'm butting in here. It would make a bit of sense of "Mike" actually had a say in what "Mikecare" does.

Mikecare is similar to Obamacare, though there are differences. The set standards for Mikecare are lower, allowing more Americans to keep their plan than under Obamacare. Bloomberg also includes a conservative provision that allows individuals to cross state lines, promising that this will help lower costs for many, especially in smaller states. The bill also tackles tort reform, which Bloomberg also believes will drive the costs down. In the end, Bloomberg's message is that this bill will bring health insurance for the remaining 15% who are unemployed, while also including provisions that will lower premiums for the rest.

[Lumine]

Newt Gingrich Schedule: Back to the spotlight!

From July 1st to July 10th, 2010:

-Rent a building in Washington D.C. to host the Gingrich staff (jokingly referred as "Newtworld") and the Gingrich foundation (that makes films and books).
-Write a new epilogue for "The Conservative Dream" (that was never published).
-Calling potential candidates, donors and incumbents to devise a new strategy.
-Hold meetings with Eric Cantor and the GOP leadership (as always).
-Write an Op-ed for "The Washington Post":

Excerpt:

"When I spoke to the Republican Party after the 2008 Election, I spoke of our chance to retake what we lost in 2010. And I think time has proven me right, since Republicans are ahead in the ballot, and we are ready to go. President Bloomberg has reached across the aisle many times, and many people here in the party are thankful for his compromise in health care reform that allowed conservative provisions in the bill.

However, and despite what his approval ratings show, I don't think we can him a sucessful president. When our troops leave Iraq despite hollow promises of winning the War on Terror after the attack on Times Square, when unemployment stays at 11 percent, when a new party comes out of nowhere to create a political mess, you just know that all of that was not meant to be.

We need change, but not the kind of chance that promises the "outsider" view. I have sympathy for the Reform Party at some levels, but we need people with actual experience to do the job, and the Republican party is the only choice to deliver that. When you go to vote in November to send someone to Congress to represent you, you have to think on what's best for the country.

This November, please vote Republican."

Press Conference in Atlanta, Georgia:
July 1st:

Reporter N°1: Mr. Speaker, what is the purpose of this conference?
Gingrich: Well, I wanted to speak on what will happen with the midterms. As you know, many people requested me to run for Senate after my 2008 Presidential campaign, and I thought about it, despite the fact that I would have involved a primary against a sitting Senator. But I decided not to, so I will not run for Senate this year.
Reporter N°2: Does that mean that you will run for President next year?
Gingrich: Woah, let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. I'm interested in the idea, yes, and polling shows I would have a lot of support, but I'm more interested in the midterms right now.
Reporter N°3: What are you going to do then?
Gingrich: I want to be a crusader this time, and I'll be travelling around the country with my staff to help other Republicans. This is the perfect storm for a comeback, and our party has the opportunity to regain what we lost.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Can I get til tomorrow? I'm certain I'll have mine up by tomorrow evening.

[JerryArkansas]

Can I get til tomorrow? I'm certain I'll have mine up by tomorrow evening.

Don't worry, I am going to extend this round to Monday.