Presidential election in the US is conducted once in every four years. It is a great event that not just the Americans, but the whole world gets to witness. This excitement revolving round Presidential election has intensified in greater extent in the last few years. Quite naturally the 2012 election would receive all the more attention of people all over the world. And the question which is very frequently asked by many is why Sarah Palin should run in 2012 for the post of President? Today no one is unaware of this potential candidate called Sarah Palin who is likely to be bidding for the President’s post in 2012 elections.

This speculation of why Sarah Palin should run in 2012 started when Sarah Palin declared her presidential bid. Many people are supporting her decision to join the presidential race and are ready to cast their votes in her favor. In her 2008 election Sarah Palin was mostly criticized for her lack of adequate knowledge of international affairs. Realizing its importance for running the most powerful office in the world Sarah Palin is now regularly taking aid of a group of Washington advisors on both foreign and domestic policy. She has also been trying to enlarge her focus which would prove to be of great help to American political life if she manages to win this Presidential race.

A great thing about this lady is that she is capable of securing strong opinions either way. Often the media and the public have considered Sarah Palin as a rogue, a populist and unpredictable but again there are many who feel she should definitely go ahead with the presidential election. Since the time she has declared that she is open to the presidential bid in 2012 many have said that truly deserves to win the race in 2012.

So we wait to see just what she will do in the next two years. Hopefully, if she truly decides to run, that she is ready for the challenge.

I have just updated the text on the homepage for kerosene heating oil, I know that it might surprise you that I am working for an oil company; but I don’t think they are as environmentally unfriendly as I once concluded. Plus, I’ve sold out, I need the money!

President Obama came out fighting in his first State of the Union address, defending his economic record and insisting that change will take place, he also refused to shelve the controversial plans for healthcare reform but it is clear that employment will be given a higher priority than healthcare in the coming year.

The President was given the traditional warm welcome from all sides of Congress and his measured and well delivered speech received several standing ovations. The energetic triumphalism of the President’s speeches after his inauguration however had been replaced by a more sombre and statesmanlike speech.

Opening the address the President said that we as a nation "had to answer history’s call" and he soon made it clear how he aimed to achieve this: "People are out of work, they are hurting, they need our help. Jobs must be our number one focus ion 2010."

The President made it clear that he expected a jobs bill on his desk without any delay, and urged the Senate to make it their number one priority at the start of this year. This demand for immediate results brings to mind the President’s promises for swift change when he took power, and mindful of this President Obama admitted that change had not come as quickly as had been anticipated. He did however promise that he would carry through the pledges that he has made to the electorate.

Some analysts had expected the President to announce that the healthcare reforms would be shelved altogether but President Obama insists that he "will not walk away from these Americans who are losing their insurance, and neither should the people in this chamber." Nevertheless, there was less emphasis on these reforms than there was throughout 2009 and the announcement of a budget freeze from 2011 makes it unlikely that the wholesale reforms originally planned will now be able to take place.

President Obama also defended his controversial bank bailouts, insisting that if he had not intervened then more homes and business would have been lost and unemployment could have been twice as high as it is now.

In a defiantly rousing end to his busy speech, President Obama said: "We don’t quit. I don’t quit. Let’s seize this moment - to start anew, to carry the dream forward and strengthen our union once more."

Initial reaction to President Obama’s speech has been decidedly mixed. I am pleased to see the President place a greater emphasis on returning people to work, and am happy to see less emphasis being placed upon his highly flawed healthcare plans. The President has admitted that "the devastation continues" for a large number of his countrymen and twelve months into his Presidency this is a damning indictment. What is not in doubt is that President Obama is a powerful public speaker, a charismatic and captivating man. If he does not deliver on his promises this year however, then our love affair with the President could be prematurely brought to an end.

Some exciting news before I run, I was speaking to my cousin last night and he has just got a amazing new role at an hr software company. Well done Edward

It’s not that I’m any more interested in US politics than I am in UK politics, but more that I’m tired of the continued press obsession with reporting every little detail of the party candidates – I think I know more about Obama and Clinton than I know about any of the UK political party leaders, and more importantly I’m getting very scared about the rate at which the US economy continues to devalue the dollar.

For most people, the dollar devaluation is a good thing – this is a great time for Brits to visit the US because we’re getting a lot of dollars for our pound sterling (just remember folks, that you don’t get more baggage allowance on the airlines so having more to spend doesn’t mean you can necessarily buy more goods to bring back!). A holiday in the US is going to cost a lot less this summer than it has for many, many years and so anyone with a US trip in the pipework should be celebrating. Then there are those like me who are paid in US dollars which means that we are converting money from dollars into pounds and it’s taking more cents to make a pound these days. This will be the same for anyone who has shares or other investment in the US market – unless of course they can afford to wait it out. On the other hand if your buying in dollars, like the seo london company I work with sometimes, you suddenly are getting everythinig cheaper. I never understood how currency in one country affected the economy in another country until now. It’s quite scary!

This is a good time to invest in the US. While our own property prices are falling, the US property prices are also falling, but when you convert strong pounds into weak dollars, you’re going to get a lot more for your money than you would even this time last year. It is a good time to go to the USA, to buy property in the US, to go and have hair loss treatment there. Of course it’s going to take some time to see a return on any investment you make, even once the US election is settled and a new president sits in the White House, but over time the dollar should start to resurrect itself and the US economy get back onto its feet allowing you to hopefully cash in on investments made now. For others like me however who are reliant on a steady cashflow of dollars to pay the bills, our finances are as weak as the US currency!