Who is going to win the USA election?

**donna** · 25-10-2012, 11:44 AM

It's going to be a tight race to the White House.

Who's going to win and what's it going to mean to us here in NZ?

Rommey is less interested in collaboration with allies it seems - he wants to lead so it will be interesting if USA's reputation takes a backwards step undoing all the diplomacy work of the Dems over the last 4 years.

cheers,

Donna

**Hound** · 25-10-2012, 01:11 PM

I see one of two results likely. Firstly, Obama wins by the tightest of margins. An official result might not be for a number of days. Secondly, a Romney win on momentum, a landslide win. Two very different results for the US.

Americans are tired of the ongoing hard economic times, & may look to Romney as the better financial steward. Therefore Obama is 60% for the win, Romney 40% chance to secure the Whitehouse.

I'm backing Mitt.

**donna** · 25-10-2012, 01:17 PM

It will be more of the same if Obama sneaks home with Republicans dominating the Senate and preventing progress - I agree I think Romney is going to get in and Republicans have the majority in the Senate so stuff happens and they then get re-elected in 4 years time. If this is the result what likely to happen to Obama?

cheers,

Donna

**drelly** · 25-10-2012, 01:30 PM

Romney says that America's top national security threat is "a nuclear Iran."
Must be time for another war if he gets in.

**speights boy** · 25-10-2012, 01:36 PM

' You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. '

Winston Churchill.

**Glizzle** · 25-10-2012, 01:45 PM

These no women running for president though, and america will never step foot in iran, they will not want another Vietnam which is all it will be. Iran is a country with a army not a country with a whole heap of militants

**donna** · 25-10-2012, 03:39 PM

Yeah there won't be a female president for some time - it would have to be a Democrat and there's no one on the radar till Chelsea Clinton jumps in the ring in maybe 20 years time if at all.

**drelly** · 25-10-2012, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Glizzle

Iran is a country with an army ...

That's what they said about Iraq... the country Iran couldn't defeat!

**BigRedDog** · 25-10-2012, 07:37 PM

My mate from Iran swears there is no nuclear weapon and it is all propoganda.

**cube** · 25-10-2012, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Glizzle

These no women running for president though, and america will never step foot in iran, they will not want another Vietnam which is all it will be. Iran is a country with a army not a country with a whole heap of militants

No need to step foot in the country to destroy some key infrastructure.

Originally Posted by donna

Yeah there won't be a female president for some time - it would have to be a Democrat and there's no one on the radar till Chelsea Clinton jumps in the ring in maybe 20 years time if at all.

I wouldn't count Hillary out just yet.