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DECISION 2012...Could Be The Most Important Election In Decades Part 2


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Preface / Introduction

The Decision 2012

As I write this preface the final Presidential Debate has just finished. Who won? According to a poleof undecided voters President Obama won 53% to 47%. Is this a true gauge of how the undecidedsare going to vote? Only time will tell. As for this writer I can only say that whom ever is elected,they have a daunting task ahead. Task 1 on the agenda should be putting American people back towork. From this...cash will begin to flow again. Company's will begin to expand and hire more andso on etc. This ebook deals with some of our pressing issues of our time and what may be done tosolve them. So sit back with your favorite beverage and enjoy Dale G. Thomson


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A look inside my crystal ball. Here are the results of the 2012elections... trust me!

By Dr. Jeffrey Lant

Author's program note. Whether you like it or not, the song to learn is John Sinclair's 1903 favorite,"The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" ... but worse, for the likes of Mitt Romney, it's not just Texas...

but the whole of the US of A. that is taking a good, close look at the strapping, big haired, stentorianback slapping Texas governor, Rick Perry.

What's more, every day that goes by makes Mitt Romney less palatable, less electable, and lesslikable (if that's possible) than he was the day before. But let's not get into that matter quite yet; let'sinstead set the mood by going to any search engine and finding a rendition of Sinclair's snappytune... then put on your favorite Texas football jersey and tune up the music. It is, after all, athoroughly rousing number.

The House of Representatives.

This one is easy. As I write (September 13, 2011), the Grand Old Party holds 240 seats in the

House; Democrats hold 193 seats. There are currently 2 vacancies.

Let's start from some facts much cited that, in the final analysis, won't matter much. Call it the"stink" factor. Poll after poll comes in with numbers like these, according to an NBC News/WallStreet Journal poll. These results, from August 27-31, show 82 percent of respondents disapprove ofthe job Congress is doing, compared with 13 percent who approve.

Forty-six percent disapprove of the Republicans' job performance, while 32 percent approve.Congressional Democrats' disapproval rating stood at 44 percent in the poll, compared with 33percent who approved of their job performance.

Now, let's be candid. These numbers, almost identical for both parties, are bad news for the

Democrats; Americans hold their noses for both parties and that's not at all helpful for the Democratswho must be perceived as a credible alternative They aren't.

Thus, when the votes are in, Republicans will increase their already staggering majority by 3-5seats, leaving the Democrats yearning for the cosmic tsunami they require to change things. If youdon't like this prediction, consider the long-term damage Republican redistricting has wrought. Thatwas perhaps the most significant result of the 2010 mid-term elections and cannot be undone untilDemocrats increase their presence in the nation's legislatures and so control the next bout ofredistricting.

The Senate.

Right now, the Democrats (with the help of two New England Independents) control the Senate53-47. But the outlook is bleak and hinges partly on whether President Obama and his race candeliver the huge number of folks to the polls who usually don't vote, but did in 2008. High turn-outis necessary or the GOP will control the Senate, too.

Here's the current situation. Fewer than a dozen Senate seats appear to be in play, and almost all areheld by Democrats. Just two Republican Senators, Nevada freshman Dean Heller and Massachusettsanomaly Scott Brown are thought to be vulnerable. A Perry candidacy helps Heller. As for thephotogenic, likable Brown, even Boston's longest serving (and Democratic) mayor, ThomasMenino, says Brown's a shoe-in. I agree with his honor. Democrats will make a huge effort to regainthe seat that was once held by the late Edward Kennedy, but will fall short.

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As for seats currently held by Democrats that the GOP expects to capture, that includes knocking offJoe Manchin in West Virginia, Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, Missouri's Claire McCaskill (the Senatorsimpleton), and Ben Nelson in Nebraska.

My prediction? When the dust settles, Democrats lose the Senate holding 48 seats plus oneIndependent (Bernie Sanders of Vermont), Republicans hold 51. It ain't heroic, but it's enough. TheGOP presidential nomination.

There are no doubt indiscretions, peccadilloes, and embarrassing episodes in Rick Perry's personalhistory; we all have them. But Mitt Romney better hope they are whoppers and soon or he's toast.

When Romney was running against a field of pygmies (which he was until August 13, 2011 whenPerry declared), he was the "front runner." But the very first foot step Perry took as an announcedcandidate kicked Romney out of that questionable position and reminded the Mitt-ster that "some ofthese days these boots are gonna walk all over you." That time is nigh and so Romney is runningaround America trying to get Tea Party-ers to like him. But it's no good. They loved motor-mouthMichele Bachmann, but in Perry they get the best of Bachmann without her craziness... and they getthe distinct possibility of backing a winner. And that's not good for Mitt. Neither is the primaryseason.

Romney must do well in the February 6, 2012 Iowa caucuses. If Perry wins, Romney will bevulnerable. And if Perry wins in Iowa and in the February 14th New Hampshire primary, Romney isa goner... because while he may win the Wisconsin primary (February 21) he will almost surely losethe Nevada causes (on February 18) and the South Carolina and Arizona primaries (February 28th).Romney may win the Michigan primary on the same date because his father was once governorthere... but Perry won't care. He can and should be the prospective nominee by then and der Mitt-sterwill be sniffing around the vice presidency Perry won't offer. Mitt better get that dirt on Perry fast;he needs all he can get.

Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States....

Americans always need to be reminded, we do not elect the president; we elect electors who thenelect the president. Electors, unless otherwise mandated by the laws of each state, may vote forwhomever they wish. Here are the electoral facts.

President Obama's poll numbers are bad, and worsening. But he is a formidable campaigner, knowshow to use electronic media for maximum impact, and will raise about a BILLION dollars to keepthe White House. Democrats may no longer be enchanted with their man, but they have no where togo. Here are his challenges.

Obama won 365 electoral votes in 2008. Because of redistricting he would lose 6 electoral votes,and these may prove crucial to the final result. Here's what the electoral college looks like forObama today.

Assuming Perry is the GOP nominee, Obama will sweep New England for 33 electoral votes. ANYstate Perry takes here is gravy and bad news for Obama.

Obama similarly sweeps the mid-Atlantic states including the District of Columbia (3), for 79 votes,including the big prizes of New York (29) and Pennsylvania (20). About this time, Perry folks aredespairing... but despair is premature.

Perry will sweep the South for 183 votes. Obama is weak throughout the region, Perry is from theregion. The big imponderable is Florida, but Perry could help nail down victory by selectingfreshman Senator Mel Martinez for vice president which would give him a useful leg-up with the




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Hispanic community. Missouri (10) could prove difficult for Perry, but incumbent Democraticsenator McCaiskell could prove a drag for Obama and thus I give the palm here to Perry and with itthe Solid South.

There are now three more regions to review. One goes to Obama (Pacific West), one to Perry (West)and one will determine the election (Middle West). First the Pacific West...

Obama takes California (55), Oregon (7), Washington (12), Hawaii (4). 78 votes total. Nothinglooks hopeful for Perry at the moment, but if Obama's poll numbers fall, Perry should aim forWashington. Alaska's three go to Perry.

West. Strong for Perry (92). And if he selects Martinez, that would secure Colorado with its sizableHispanic community.

And finally, the Mid West, including Ohio (18), Illinois (20), Indiana (11), Michigan (16),Minnesota (10), Wisconsin (10), Nebraska (5), Kansas (6). Perry takes Ohio, Nebraska and Kansasand Indiana. Perry gets 85 votes; Obama gets the rest (56 votes) but it's not enough.

Perry wins 292 electoral votes to 246 for ex-president Obama.

Of course this is all just projection but it does show how Perry can win... and Obama lose. However,

November 2012 is over a year and a multitude of unplanned events away, so Perry had better notstart whistling "Hail to the Chief" quite yet... and neither should Obama.




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on high?

It is not the problems which assail us, for the Great Republic was conceived, born and grew strongand proud because of great problems greatly engaged. Because we believed -- and still I trust believe-- that only from great problems solved can a great people evolve towards perfection.

It is not that the political climate is more divisive, harsh, noisome and belligerent than our FoundingFathers and their generations of descendants faced, for the political atmosphere and actions in thispantheon of strong opinions have often been incendiary, ad hominem, vulgar, and abusive. As apeople we know the alchemy for turning such bile into unity. It is our particular genius.

Nor is it that we are less dedicated and committed to the usages of our great system of governanceand life, for the blood and passions of our forefathers run strong in us, too.

What then is the cause for our disappointment, dismay, and of the incipience of despair and growingdisillusion? And what then must we do?

There are many causes, profound, significant, challenging... and many are at work even now to bringsolutions to the problems at hand. But your office, our customs and immemorial usage all dictatethat you, our oathed and solemnly sworn leader take precedence in action and constructive purpose.And here you have faltered, and I wish to suggest why.

I am writing to you now from a neighborhood and institution you know well and loved, Cambridgeand The Harvard Law School. There you learned and then mastered the principles and procedures ofthe law, one of the glories of our entire civilization. Here amongst the grassy precincts and serenebuildings redolent of learning, judgement, and, above all, due process you found yourself and grew.You were happy here... but it did not prepare you for your current responsibilities, turbulences,conundra, attacks and altercations. As a result you are suffering... for lawyers learn how to dividepies... not how to make them. You are now the duly chosen Chief Baker... but without a recipe forsustaining and improving your aggrieved customers to be had.

These good people were at first confident, then patient, then exasperated, frustrated and irritated,

now they have turned angry and exigent. They know what you should know: the casualties inflictedby global economic maelstroms and a host of related economic and social realities are greater thanthe greatest of wars. If a wreath was placed on the door of every individual adversely affected weshould fall down in disbelief and horror. For the people know how great is the trouble in the landwhere God once shed His grace.

Your job, your only job, is to put America to work... for only an employed America can be a happyland of serenity, security and sustained peace of mind. You are Commander- in-Chief. Thus declarewar on America's most pressing enemy, unemployment

Create a "war cabinet" and set up your headquarters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House,already hallowed as a place to secure and defend America's interests. Make it known throughout the

land that this is not an Obama initiative; it is an American initiative and therefore you call upon allAmericans to do their bit, as their parents and grandparents did in World War II. And if someoppose, let them. You have God's work to do and cannot allow little men and their self-servingobjections to hinder you. You are America's leader, and you have America's work to do.

Every time any business or organization adds a job, post a notice and laud the job creators. They areall heroes in a war we must fight and we must win. They deserve recognition. Set up a websitewhere you list jobs created. Go live on the Internet at least one each day and show and tell theAmerican people just what you are doing and results achieved. Our people do not understand ourpresence in Iraq and Afghanistan. But they will all understand this. You are at a crossroads of yourlife and office. But there is a grand, honorable and necessary thing which you can do. Leave the




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many good things you would do if you had world enough and time. Focus on the one thing we musthave now and without which we can achieve little else. Embrace your true calling, sir, and lead theendeavor to put America to work. It is what's needed... a goal we can reach together and must starttoday.




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President Obama is a goner, unless he gets the messagefast: the issue is and always has been: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

By Dr. Jeffrey Lant

Author's program note. You know and I know (and may be even they themselves know) the folks inWashington, D.C., those congress people, and even the president of these United States, just don't

get it. I mean, it just seems like common sense, logical, that a human person needs a job and theincome that derives from it. So today I'm going to do these exalted poobahs a favor. I'm not going towait a moment longer... I've got a detailed plan for what the Honorable Barack can do -- right now.And he better use it, too, before all the folks without jobs hand him his hat... and some other gent hisjob.

It doesn't cost trillions of dollars and your right arm. By Washington standards, it's cheap... andthat's probably why they'll turn up their noses at it... because this plan isn't going to swell the ranksof the bureaucracy; it is only going to help real people get work and focus the president on what'simportant: having a job, like he does.

For the incidental music to today's article, I've selected a pip of a tune. Your mom probably sang it to

you when you were a kid. Mine did... and mom (who was a bit of a ham, like all good mothers)needed no persuasion, not just to belt it out, but pretend she was a train and that I was her favoritepassenger. The tune is "I've Been Working On The Railroad." You'll find it in any search engine. Gonow, find and sing it at the top of your voice. Feels good, doesn't it, especially if you've got a job!

It's a traditional American folk song first published in a book of glees, "Carmina Princetonia", byPrinceton University in 1894. Those privileged boys knew nothing about work, of course; but theydid know a good tune when they heard it...and so did the Sandhills Sixteen who first recorded it. Itwas released by Victor Records in 1927... and was so popular everyone and his bro' recorded it, too.It's easy to see why. It's got traditional American pep and toe tapping rhythm. It's the way a bunch offolks would sound as they let off steam (and had a cool one, or two) after work... The key was

"work." And that, Mister President, is why you need to listen to this tune and its lyrics and get themessage:

"I've been working on the railroad All the live-long day."

A pie cutter, not a pie maker.

To understand Barack Obama better, you've only got to remember that he's a lawyer. And while thatisn't exactly illegal, it is certainly not what we need when the issue is, as it has been throughout hispresidency, jobs, pure and simple. That's because lawyers are adept at dividing wealth (alwayskeeping a good slice of it for themselves); they are not and never have been good at creating wealth.I like to say, lawyers can cut up a pie and distribute it... but they don't know a hill of beans about

making pies. And that's Barack's problem and why he's having so much trouble... and why muchmore trouble is heading his way unless he gets the message and starts creating some jobs.

And one more thing... the problem is even worse because he's a Harvard LAW grad.

Now, I've got nothing against the "Harvards" (as Lyndon Johnson used to call them); I have twoHarvard degrees myself. but you've got to understand something. Harvard Law graduates (the besttrained lawyers on earth) are cool, detached, analytical to a degree. They have been trained in themastery of words... not in the necessary skills for working with, inspiring and motivating people.And if you don't see Barack Obama in these words, you need to change your bi-focals. He wastrained in a way that provides no assistance whatsoever in making pies and feeding Americans who




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need them.

I'm here to help. I am always glad to pull a Harvard Law grad out of the drink... It helps humble thatinsufferable breed.

Here's my suggestion designed to save the president's bacon and, while we're at it, put millions ofAmericans to work, which is where they ought and want to be. Here's where a knowledge ofbusiness, marketing, and the Internet come in handy.

First, let's make sure we're focused on the right enemy and get Obama focused, too. He missed theboat (as every political junkie knows) by concentrating first on health care, gays in the military, etc.These were important, of course, but never as important (or as marketable) as JOBS. And here theHonorable Barack unquestionably muffed it. It's what put him in the soup and soured America. Realpeople never forgot that which Obama gave no indication of ever knowing; namely that having a job(with that all-important predictable income) is the key to the good life and the mental serenity thateveryone needs. It's that "pie maker" thing I mentioned above.

Declare war on the real enemy -- unemployment.

Obama is the Commander-in-Chief of all the president's horses and all the president's men. He needsto act like it and select the right enemy: unemployment. This means setting the goal and going aboutthe business of achieving it.

Start by turning the Roosevelt Room into what it used to be: a military command center. Tell thenation that a 24 hour-a-day strategic center will work from there... and that it will help folks aroundthe nation CREATE jobs... and recognize those who do. Make it clear that you, the president, willappear in this war center daily; also, that you will address the nation for 5 minutes or so. Mondaythrough Saturday. Set up the necessary video facilities in the White House.

Then get a website where the jobs being created are listed along with the folks responsible for thushelping achieve victory in the war for employment. Make it clear to your fellow Citizens just whatyou are doing and that you are calling upon them to help add new workers to their enterprises and

organizations.

Each day cite progress, outline problems, say what you're doing to solve them and make progress.Show the American people what YOU are doing... and then make it clear what they need to do.Americans like this kind of common sense approach. They can understand it, unlike mere statisticsas reported by government agencies and run in newspapers. Your job is to keep it clear and simpleso that even teen-agers understand.

"Hi, fellow Americans, here's what we achieved together today."

You pioneered in using the Internet to raise money and identify supporters. Now use it to motivateand recognize job creators of any kind for everything they do. Be enthusiastic! Always mention the

names of these heroes in the war for job creation and growth. Make your website interactive like myLive Business Center. Have employers leave their job creation info... and have a staffer get back tothem at once for all the details. Make sure you phone some of them... and always, always, alwaysthank the people -- by name -- for what they do towards creating the jobs Americans need. And,remember, every job created has a tremendous ripple effect, the new job holder, his family, thechildren, the merchants where they shop, you get the picture.

Turn it into a Big Deal.... because it is.

One more thing: by doing this and embracing the American people and their needs and concerns,you'll not only save your soul; you'll probably save your presidency, too. And if you follow these




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Jobless rate drops to 8.5%... Obama winks at Michelle anddoes his happy dance... O! Mamma!

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant

It is Saturday, January 7, 2012 as I write. The nation's air waves and print publications are filledwith stories about Republicans. About today's flash-in-the-pan former Pennsylvania senator Rick

Santorum... about the Boston Globe endorsing former Utah governor and U.S. Ambassador to ChinaJon Huntsman over Boston's not-so-favorite son former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.Bummer, but what can you expect from that crowd anyway?

Despite that little drawback, it's the Romney people who are cock-a-hoop this morning not onlybecause they are ecstatic to be running against a pigmy like Santorum, whose friends and neighborsin Pennsylvania refused him -- and by a huge number -- a third U.S. senate term. Even better today'slatest poll results show Romney still romping to an avalanche in the crucial New Hampshireprimary, and, lordy, lordy, way out in front in what could be the make-or-break primary in SouthCarolina. I hear Mitt's got all those toothsome boys of his learning to deliver a winsome a cappellaversion of "Hail to the Chief." Cute.

If all this is so -- and I assure you it is -- why did one Barrack Obama, after seeing a certain newsitem on the front page of all the newspapers he reads with voracity, take Michelle in his arms andwhirl her about the breakfast room letting those delicious blueberry scones he loves get cold?

It's because of this single number: 8.5%. And you don't have to be a political junkie to know what itmeans: It's the latest piece of welcome news... in what is getting to be a lengthening string of suchnews... because every time the jobless rate drops the political fortunes of Barrack Obama go up.Let's review the facts that make the First Mom and Dad so awfully cheerful, even giddy.

8.5% unemployment means the lowest rate in almost 3 years.

Barrack Obama is a very fortunate man, a man who can say to America, with complete factual

accuracy, too, that "You've never -- at least in my Administration -- had it so good."

The nation added a tidy 200,000 jobs in December, 2011, a burst of hiring that drove theunemployment rate down to its lowest point in just under 3 years. Tra la!

Moreover, December was the sixth straight month that the economy added at least 100,000 jobs, thelongest such streak since 2006. As a result of this happy-making data, more and more practitionersof the dismal science have resoundingly concluded there's a dance in the old dame America yet.

What makes a weak and vulnerable president purr with contentment?

Just this. The unemployment rate declined to 8.5% from 8.7% in November, and 9.1 percent at the

start of 2011. The jobless rate peaked at 10.1 percent in October 2009.

These numbers made Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University,Channel Islands, positively rapturous. "There is more horsepower to this economy than mostbelieve. The stars are aligned right for a meaningful economic recovery." Obama when he read thiswas heard to mutter "From your lips to God's ear" and beamed a mega-watt smile that had been littleseen throughout the early days of his watch.

More good news.

But heart-warming though all these data were to the residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, theywere only a portion of the good news arising from grass roots America. For instance, the nation




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added 1.6 million jobs in 2011, on top of 940,000 added in 2010. Mind you, more than 8,000,000jobs were lost in the Great Recession that began in December, 2007... but this figure was History(and therefore of no interest) whereas the jobs added were very much about the present and give thePresident credibility when he launches into a rousing rendition of Franklin Roosevelt's iconic ditty,"Happy Days Are Here Again," the tune that always means we have something good to smile about,wide and broad, and which you can find in any search engine, to play along with this article.

The pretzeling of presidents; their dexterity with astonishing contortions.

Now President Obama knows... every Republican presidential candidate knows... every member ofthe Congress knows, whatever party they adhere to, that the good news is only part of the report, butwhat's a politician for if he can't take a crumb and turn it into a bakery?

Take this bothersome conclusion, for instance, the considered opinion of Eric Rosengren, presidentof the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He said just a couple of days ago that he expects theeconomy to grow modestly this year -- 2 to 3 percent -- despite signs of building momentum.

The reason for this deflating opinion is that households and small businesses were especially hard hitduring the recent economic turbulence now widely called the Great Recession. Until these sectorsimprove and get distance from their particular issues of foreclosure and falling house prices, the

recovery won't be as glittering as you can be sure Obama and the Democrats will paint it. You canbe equally sure Mitt Romney will be assiduous, morning and eve, about pointing out this and everylapse from the strict Truth.

Keep in mind that Mitt, too, is a close reader of these data and learned predictions. And more to thepoint, as a business wunderkind, practiced in high level (and very lucrative) leggerdomaine, he is themore likely to glean helpful suggestions and ideas from what he sees than Obama, who was a merelawyer (albeit, like Mitt, Harvard trained.)

Thus, whatever Rosengren and his ilk recommend, Mitt will (with alacrity) recommend... whilestrongly censoring Obama and his minions for not having acted. Rosengren wants the ObamaAdministration to do more to stimulate the economy.... Mitt does, too, whilst Obama (whatever he

has done) has done it too little, too late. Rosengren says the housing market and small businessshould be a particular focus, because these two sectors have traditionally lead the nation out ofrecession and unemployment... but not this time round. Mitt says ominously that is because ofObama's ineptitude and lack of vision. Obama will point to what he has done for those folks... whowere always in his mind,his heart, and his political calculus. He well knows he needs these people,especially with the acute disappointment and chagrin of Blacks, Liberals, and young voters (withhigh unemployment rates) who were once wild for Barrack but now mutter darkly about how theywere hoodwinked and deceived by their hero and his mastery of high sounding, flatulent rhetoric.

And so it will go, ad nauseam, until our can't-come-quickly-enough-for-me November Election Dayconfirms what most of us already feel in our bones...

... that the President will defeat Mitt in a solid but not overwhelming victory.

... that both houses of the Congress will be comfortably Republican.

... that Obama's second term will be in such slow motion and so undistinguished you'll think theWhite House Sleeping Beauty's castle, all asleep.

What then should der Mittster do, when he's handed the worthless presidential nomination of hissplintered party? Easy. He should tell the truth, the straight-forward, unvarnished truth about wherethis country is going and offer SPECIFIC proposals of the type congenial to policy wonks like him.In this role the Romney too few like to make him President will become respected and even admired,




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his considerable merits at last put to proper and significant work, saving America as he once savedthe Olympics; greatly honored by all who love the Great Republic and wish her Godspeed.

*** What do you think? Your comments are invited below.




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About the Author Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is CEO of Worldprofit, Inc., providing a widerange of online services for small and-home based businesses. Dr. Jeffrey Lant is also the author of18 best-selling business books.

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