President Barack Obama visited Madison yesterday for the second time in a month. This visit also marked the third time he appeared in Wisconsin in the five days leading up to the election, a time candidates only spend in states that they realize are highly contested in the election. After winning the state by a 13-point margin in 2008, the Obama campaign has reason to be concerned because polls now show that the race is dead even in Wisconsin. Obama has a Wisconsin problem and Mitt Romney has been gaining momentum in the state. Wisconsinites have clearly come to realize that President Obama isn’t all he said he would be when we elected him in 2008. We gave President Obama four years to produce an economic recovery. However, 23 million Americans are still struggling for work. Nearly one in six Americans are now living in poverty and nearly 47 million Americans now receive food stamps. Wisconsinites are not better off than they were four years ago and neither are our students. Obama has left us an economy where half of recent college graduates cannot find jobs in their field of study and he has added $5 trillion in new debt for their generation to pay off. President Obama can visit Wisconsin as many times as he wants to, but he cannot hide from the fact that we are not better off as a result of his policies. Our nation is at a turning point. America gave Obama a chance in the last election and he has failed to produce the results he promised us. Americans can’t afford another four years like the last four years under President Obama’s failed policies. Four years ago, President Obama overwhelmingly won the youth vote based on his promises of hope and change. Today, young Americans in Wisconsin and across the nation will realize their priorities and vote for Mitt Romney because he will work with Democrats and Republicans, put the interests of the American people first, and deliver the real recovery President Obama could only promise.
Ryan is the Public Relations Chair for the UW-Madison College Republicans. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
