What does voting bloc mean ? What does satellite nation mean ?

Answer 1

A voting bloc is a group of voters that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in elections. The divisions between voting blocs are known as cleavage. A voting bloc can be longstanding and institutionalized, such as support for business or labor, or it can be created from scratch as the result of the saliency of a new public issue, such as a war or the potential resumption of a military draft. Ethnic groups are sometimes considered to be voting blocs, but it is untrue to say that all people from any given ethnic groups vote in the same way, as economic status and religious beliefs also play an important role. Voting blocs grow and wane according to the development of issues and personalities. These blocs can often disappear and reappear with time and are not necessarily motivated by one single issue.

A satellite nation is a country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation. In times of war, satellite nations sometimes serve as a buffer between an enemy country and the nation commanding the satellite.
The USSR was given satellite nations after World War II to form a buffer zone of countries to protect them from invasion through Europe. One such example is that of the Ukraine, which, until the breakup of the USSR in 1991, had been one of the largest of the satellite nations. These countries were overtaken by the R.S.F.S.R. and their land and associated resources was used for the benefit of the Soviet ecomomy. During the establishment of the Soviet Union, Ukraine was organized economically to be reliant upon Russia and the rest of the Union for stability. Huge surpluses of wheat and flax were annually exported to Ukraine, and the Ukrainian people benefited from Soviet construction of factories. The public facilities of Ukraine were modernized and maintained by the Soviet Government. Ukraine gained economic stability from the sale of natural gas to Russia, and for this reason is today still vastly dominated by Russia

Answer 2

First you have to remember: What's good for Romney is good for America. This is something Romney believes to very core of his being. And obviously the reverse is implied - what's bad for Romney is bad for America. Then you have to bear in mind: If the scenario he outlines were to come to pass, the republicans could not win a presidential election. Not now, not ever. And the rest, as they say - follows.