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Polls Show 2012 Having Closest Presidential Race in 76 Years

Posted date:  October 30, 2012  |  Comment



A poll report released early Monday by ABC News/Washington Post observes that the results this election-year “has been the closest by some measures in pre-election poll.” And the report claims that this is the closest split since 1960 by some measures, and by others it may be considered the closest race extending “even to the early days of polling in 1936.”

The report observed that “Support for Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney has averaged 48-48 percent since September, the closest in ABC/Post polls, or Gallup polls before them, in comparable periods dating back 76 years. It’s also the first contest since 1960 in which neither candidate, in this period, has exceeded 50 percent support (adjusting for third-party vote where applicable).”

While we are left to wonder how Hurricane Sandy is going to add to the equation, Obama has swung into action declaring a state of emergency in the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island and New Jersey. The steps taken by President Obama guarantees federal aid to supplement response efforts by local authorities in these states in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

The declaration of a state of emergency in these states authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate disaster relief efforts. President Obama visited the office of FEMA on Sunday to get briefed on the preparations for handling the Hurricane.

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Abraham Yeshuratnam

There is another potential danger looming large in the horizon. Obama has authorized joint military exercise with Egypt. After Morsi became president, several alarming changes have taken place. Like Khomeini’s Iran, the whole state has been Islamized. A constitution that codifies religious fascism was hurriedly written. Hundreds of convicted terrorists were released, turning Egypt into a haven for jihadist terrorism. The Muslim Brotherhood and its Salafist allies attacked embassies and US interests (KFC, Coco Cola etc.,) in the newly Islamic-dominated Middle East countries. Islamist protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Cairo destroyed the American flag, and replaced it with a black Islamist flag similar to the one used byAl-Qaeda — all on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack Obama has also appointed Muslim Brotherhood men in key and sensitive posts in Washington. . His lavish loan of billions of dollars to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood when America itself is reeling under the heavy burden of loans is a matter for scrutiny. In a fiery speech Morsi said before an enthusiastic crowd that the motto of the Muslim Brotherhood is “The Koran is our constitution. The Prophet Muhammad is our leader. Jihad is our path. And death for the sake of Allah is our most lofty aspiration.” In the new geopolitical scenario. Egypt having intimate ties with Beijing and Moscow and with the emergence of a new axis in the Middle East – Tehran-Cairo-Baghdad-Damascus – it is suicidal for America to train Muslim Brotherhood forces in defensive and offensive operations. And yet, Obama has done this unpatriotic and treacherous act. Another term for Obama will embolden him to strengthen this alliance with Islamist Egypt which will be a great danger for America and Israel.

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