Wiretap Approved by Congress - Media Review

Washington Post: Article looks at the view held by the Democrats on the Hill that they had been pushed in to approving the Wiretap as they did not want the blame should a terrorists hit while they are on Holiday.

Roll Call: Raw Results.

Protect America Act: Yes 227 - N0 183.

Liberals on Iraq

The Weekly Standard : A very interesting article by William Kristol on how Liberal Media and politicians have jumped the gun on Iraq and seeing a fault line are coming back to some central ground. Lets Hope its good news in September or those that supported the war might have trouble in defending further action there in the future.

Iowa Poll

A new poll from Iowa. Very interesting, Obama ahead of Clinton, Clinton and Edwards are tied.

ABC NEWS/Washington Post: PDF Required.

Obama 27 %

Clinton 26 %

Edwards 26 %

If Views was in charge of the Clinton Campaign he would have the Senator out in Iowa ever weekend and every other day, she can not afford for Obama to win Iowa, NH would be very attractive for Obama to win next and then the nomination.

A Sham House

The problem with thinking you are always right, does not matter if your a Democratic or Republican is that you think after a time the rules don't apply to you. This week we saw that the Democrats think only of ends not means. They lost a vote on the House floor, what did the Democrats do, take it as part of the Democratic Process, yes that will be the day, they had another vote and got what they wanted. The Republicans smelled a rat and a investigation is taking place, the Post writes the following, " Such powerful investigative committees are usually reserved for issues such as the Watergate scandal and the funneling of profits from Iranian arms sales to the Nicaraguan contras in the 1980s. " It can be argued that because the Democrats have failed to get major issues passed such as Iraq they are forced to play dirty pool, they have to bring home the bacon to the base, but are they making the same mistakes the Republicans did when they had the power.

Liberal Left and Terror

NYT: In between the lines it can be seen that the NYT is not happy that the Congress has passed a bill that will help the government when it comes to national security.

Democratic Credit on National Security

On the whole it can be argued that the Democratic Party has a hill to climb when in comes to the issue of National Security. But this time the Congress has passed a Bill that will help the US Government go after Terrorists over the water. The Bill allows the US Government to listen to communication that goes through the USA but connects people in different countries.