Pakistan and O8 Election

CNN: Looks at the effect of the events in Pakistan on the up an coming vote in Iowa. Iowa has a Isolation bent in character, both Democrats and Republicans, but Foreign Policy Experience could help Clinton and McCain. My gut is telling me could be seeing a Clinton v McCain contest after February.

Iowa Polls

Just after the Christmas, and the polls in Iowa are all over the place, a Strategic Vision Poll has Obama ahead by 1 point, 30 % Obama, Clinton 29 %, a ARG Poll has Clinton ahead by 15 points, Clinton 34 %, and Obama in third place at 19 %. Its getting interesting folks.

Iowa Trail

DesMoinesRegister.com: A very interesting article that looks at the effect of coming third in Iowa, the article states the following, " On the Democratic side, a third-place finish will severely wound a leading candidate, perhaps mortally. On the Republican side, it just might provide a shot of political steroid for a lagging candidate as the race heads to New Hampshire. " If McCain can come in third this could give him the chance of New Hampshire; should Huckabee beat Romney; as in N.H Huckabee is at the bottom of the polls. The last poll I saw had Fred Thmpson in third place, but events events as a old British Prime Minister stated to a Minster, third place just might be POTUS.

A Sad Day

The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of the PPP is a sad day for Pakistan and for those that support Democracy. The up and coming election in Pakistan has to be carried on, if Democracy is stalled then the Terrorist wins. The Assassination does raise a question, can Pakistan have security and Democracy or do the people of Pakistan have to chose between Security and Democracy. Pakistan is nuclear armed thus the future of Pakistan is a concern of the West and the World.