Reading Response # 6

Silvia Soriano    Reading Response; The Storm swept one candidate toward the finish.But whoever loses has only himself to blame".

                                    After reading  "The Storm swept one candidate toward the finish .But whoever loses has only himself to blame." by John Heilmann I realized that Hurricane Sandy did have a hug affect on the election of 2012, Barack Obama VS. Mitt Romney.With Hurricane happening it gave both Romney and Obama a chance to prove them self one more time what the were all about, bye showing the public (The United States) how they would they take charge in a situation like this.How the President of the United States took his role in one of the most important and suppisenly dangerous event of the year. Also how maybe the new future President of the United States (Romney) does and reacts to this, also how he would try to take action or say.In any way the Hurricane Sandy would have made the choice more clear to everyone. Has the hurricane made the choice more clear? Or Has it made everything more difficult for everyone?
                          In the article "The Storm swept one candidate toward the finish .But whoever loses has only himself to blame." by John Heilmann I always asked myself one question during reading it, what if the hurricane made Romney and Obama act not like themselves? What if they only acted nice, sweet, helpful and caring because they knew this was their last chance to convince the people to vote for them. To help them for their own self fish ways , instead of the real ,honest truth that is being hidden. In the article it said that Romney really didn't have a role to play, he wasn't president so he couldn't do anything big like at that time President Obama could. He was also affected by hurricane Sandy his house was supposedly affected by the hurricane. While on the other hand when Obama did make a small mistake/ debated what to do it was Romney who took charge/ took it upon his self to do something. So really both Romney and Obama weren't given an advantage during the hurricane, it made them both look like each other, they couldn't control what was happening and what happened they just both went with the flow. They worked with what they had and tried to make the best out of the situation.
                       While reading "The Storm swept one candidate toward the finish.But whoever loses has only himself to blame."  I also asked myself another question, was the voting jeporized because of what Obama and Romney tried to due during the Hurricane? Were we scared of what might happen next during the hurricane that we just voted for the one that supposedly said stuff that charmed us, the one that filled our heads up with lies? In the article is said that most of the voting was finally decided because of the the lies , stuff, things that were bing said during the hurricane. On the other hand many of them  had lots of the people/ voters/ states/ governors support since before the hurricane. With both of then traveling to every state to talk to the people  they had to have convinced the voters during that period of time. Obama had the Hispanic support since way before that, so people couldn't just say that Hurricane Sandy affected the voting because it really didn't. Maybe it could have made people finally decided/ or confirm their final choice that they have been debating on.
                             If I was able to vote, I would have chosen the Candidate that was saying what he would be doing, what actions he would be taking during Hurricane Sandy because, I would be scare like every other person. Wondering whats going to happen next. Whats going to happen to me, my family and every body I know. I would I even be able to survive in my house with my family if I don't even have power or anything else useful in my house. I would just want everything to be fixed at once and Ill listen to anything they say to feel safe and like everything is going to be okay.
                                 In conclusion I have learned that the Hurricane Sandy did affect the voting and the election in many ways.It change the voting of many people. It gave both candidates a chance to make themselves look good before the voting. It was a election like any other, it had its bad side to it it had its good side to it. It was what makes us human. In the end we had the choice to vote for who we wanted, in the end we had the last word and our decision is what made election what it is. We shouldn't regret it , its past.