Whay political party are you most closely aligned with?

Although I wouldn't say I have a strong political party affiliation I would most closely align myself with the Republican party. Both my parents are republicans and I believe they have an influence on me but, I would not say that I am a republican simply because they are. The main issue that I agree with the republicans on rather than the democrats is their stand on the income tax. In many cases of wealthy americans money wasn't simply handed over to them they had to work hard for it. I don't believe that those hard working Americans should have to give more money to the goevernment than those who make less. Another reason I lean towards the republican side is because I belive in economic freedom and believe that the federal government should not have too much regulation in the economy.

Current Event week 1 Closing Guantanamo Bay

In his first Month of office President Obama declared that he would shut down the controversial prison Guantanamo Bay, setting a closing deadline of January 2010. Now defense secretary Robert Gates says that the closing of the prison might take longer than planned. Many Americans see this delay as showing weakness in the Obama administration, however Gates says as long as singnificant strides are being made in closing the prison it shouldn't matter too much if the process takes a little bit longer. The closing of Guantanamo was already a heated topic becuase many republicans stated that they didn't want dangerous criminals on American soil, while others thought that the brutal prison showed a bad image of our country.
In this case I agree with defense secretary Robert Gates. This is because the Obama administration is not putting the closing on hold, but due to complications of the process they are not able to accomplish the goal exactly when they planned. In everyday life people set goals and deadlines that can't always be accomplished and I believe this isn't a problem as long as they dont give up on their goal or deadline.