When flipping through BBC and CNN on the tv, it's hard to escape coverage over the Democratic and Republican conventions taking place in America. Obama will have some explaining to do over his "change" campaign which won him the elections the last time around (don't think Americans feel their country has changed for the better). In a global context, the world economy isn't better off than it was four years ago. On the other hand Romney comes across as slightly elitist. Born into wealth and power (father was CEO of American Motors and later Governor of Michigan), and as Matt Taibbi mentions "...raised in prep schools, no early exposure to minorities outside of maids...." he runs the risk of being perceived as as a wealthy outsider.
The Taibbi article "Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital" makes for an interesting read.
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