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Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is a former Massachusetts governor. As a republican he ran for president before but lost.

However, even though he has been a governor, he is not qualified to be a president because he has little experience in foreign policy. To deal with this, he has taken a trip to Afghanistan. While he is there, he will train Afghans in his views on the issues of leadership, public service, economic opportunity and democratic participation. He will also share his views with local leaders. Based on the facts that he has been a business man and governor, two qualifications needed to be a president, and is going for the last one, it seems he is running for president.

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann is a congressional representative who founded the Tea Party group in congress. She is a conservative republican from Minnesota. In 2010 Ms. Bachmann beat Tarryl Clark (a democrat Obama supported) in her re-election for her spot in congress. She was elected into congress in 2006, over the last two years she became more well known. She has fought tax increase, the health care law, and big spending. When she was asked whether she was going to run for president, she said “I’m going to Iowa—there’s your answer. I am going to Iowa,” referring to the fact that elections start there. She is running for president.

Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York and is a republican. He is running for president. He has scheduled a trip to New Hampshire to talk to the voters there. Since New Hampshire is one of states that votes early along with Iowa, he has decided to go there so he can boost his chances of winning (he did not win when he ran there previously). He thinks that the election will be full of far right candidates, so he thinks that there will be chance for a candidate who has a background in national security. He has run for president in 2008 in New Hampshire and came in fourth place. He is running for president.

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