The United States presidential election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Democratic nominee, incumbent President Barack Obama, and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, were elected to a second term, defeating the Republican nominee, former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and his running mate, Representative and future House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

As the incumbent president, Obama secured the Democratic nomination with no serious opposition. The Republican Party was more fractured; Mitt Romney was consistently competitive in the polls, but faced challenges from a number of more conservative contenders whose popularity each fluctuated, often besting Romney's. Romney effectively secured the nomination by early May as the economy improved, albeit at a persistently laggard rate. The campaign was marked by a sharp rise in fundraising, including from new nominally independent Super PACs. The campaigns focused heavily on domestic issues: debate centered largely around sound responses to the Great Recession in terms of economic recovery and job creation. Other issues included long-term federal budget issues, the future of social insurance programs, and the Affordable Care Act. Foreign policy was also discussed including the phase-out of the Iraq War, the size of and spending on the military, preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and appropriate counteractions to terrorism. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who secured the democratic nomination?
2. What election year is the article about?
3. Did Obama have opposition securing his nomination?
4. Who was competitive in the pools for the republicans?
5. Did Romney face opposition?
6. Who secured the republican nomination?
7. Was foreign policy discussed in the campaigns?
8. Who was Obama's running mate?
9. Who was elected to a second term?
10. What state is Romney the former governor of?
11. Who was Romney's running mate?
12. When did Romney secure his nomination?
13. the campaign was marked by a sharp rise in what?
14. What did the campaigns focus a lot on?
15. Were federal budget issues focused on?
16. Was the Affordable care act discussed?
17. Who were they trying to prevent from obtaining nuclear weapons?
Answer: 1. Obama
2. 2012
3. no
4. Mitt Romney
5. yes
6. Mitt Romney
7. yes
8. Joe Biden
9. Barack Obama and Joe Biden
10. Massachusetts
11. Paul Ryan
12. early May
13. fundraising
14. domestic issues
15. yes
16. yes
17. Iran

CHAPTER THREE.

DESCRIBES THE DEED OF AN AMATEUR MATADOR AND THE WORK OF A ROUGH-AND-READY SHOEMAKER.

When the day began to break Hockins awoke, and his first impulse was to shout "hold on!" Ebony's first action was to let go, thereby bringing himself to the ground with an awful thud, which would have told severely on any one less akin to india-rubber.

For a few minutes Mark Breezy, holding tight to his particular branch, looked down at his companions, yawned heavily, and smiled a little. Then a sudden impulse of memory caused him to look grave.

"Come," he said, dropping lightly from his perch, "these natives may have been searching for us all night, and are perhaps nearer than we suppose. I vote that we push on at once."

"Agreed," said Hockins, stretching himself.

"No fear, Massa," remarked the negro. "If it wur moonlight dey might 'ave search, but whar de nights am dark dey knows better. De niggahs in dis yer island hab got skins an' eyes an' noses. If dey was to go troo such woods in de dark, dey hab no skins or eyes or noses in de mornin'-- leas'wise nuffin' wuth mentionin'. Cause why? Dey'd all git knocked into a sorter mush. Plenty ob time for breakfast 'fore we start."

"That's true, boy," said Hockins, "but where's the breakfast to come from?"

"What! you no bringed nuffin' in your pockits?" asked the negro with a look of visible anxiety on his expressive face.

Hockins turned his various pockets inside out by way of reply. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who agreed with someone?
2. What time did Hotchins wake up
3. Do the natives search at night?
4. In waking what did he first want to do?
5. if the natives searched at night, what might they lose?
6. so they would be healthy?
7. what would they get turned into
8. could they have food?
9. did they bring any food?
10. who stayed in the tree a little longer?
Answer: 1. Hockins,
2. morning
3. yes
4. to shout
5. their skin, eyes, and noses
6. no
7. mush
8. unknown
9. Yes
10. Mark Breezy,

In the intraparty battle for the GOP, score Round 1 for the Republican establishment over the tea party.

CNN projects that North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis has won the state's GOP Senate primary. Tillis, who was backed by many mainstream Republicans, topped 40% of the primary vote Tuesday, avoiding a runoff in July.

Tillis beat a bunch of more conservative candidates for the chance to face off this November against first-term Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, who is considered very vulnerable in the general election. Flipping her seat and five others held by Democrats would give Republicans control of the Senate.

In his victory speech, Tillis slammed Hagan's record, tying her to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and calling them "an echo chamber for President Obama's worst ideas."

"We need to be clear, it's not the end of a primary, it's really the beginning of a primary mission, which has been the mission all along and that is to beat Kay Hagan and to make Harry Reid irrelevant," he said.

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"You know, their failures, both Obama's and Kay Hagan's, are obvious," Tillis added.

"We know a lot of them -- our government is borrowing too much money and it's dangerously in debt to China. Obamacare is not working. And Obama and Hagan's left-wing political agenda is driving up our energy prices and making our country less safe.

"For six years, she's voted with Obama and against North Carolina," he said.

Trailing Tillis is tea party activist Greg Brannon. He enjoyed the support of many tea party groups, other influential conservative organizations and endorsements from the likes of Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, who joined Brannon on Monday at a rally in Charlotte. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who does CNN predict will win The GOP senate primary of North Carolina?
2. What did he do and say in his victory speech?
3. Who will he be running against in November?
4. How many years did he say she voted against Obama?
5. How many seats in the senate would it take to give the repubicains control of the senate not including hers?
6. Which tea party member trailed Mr. Tillis?
7. Which senator of Kentucky gave him their support?
8. Did Tillis beat a lot of other conservative candidates in the primary?
9. What did he say about Obama's and Hagan's agenda?
10. What percent of the vote did he top?
Answer:
1. Thom Tillis
2. He slammed Hagan's record, tying her to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and calling them "an echo chamber for President Obama's worst ideas."
3. Kay Hagan
4. Six years
5. Five
6. Greg Brannon
7. Rand Paul
8. Yes
9. It's driving up energy prices and making our country less safe
10. 40%