Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Obama/Clinton Ticket

The New Republic: The REAL point of this article is at the end, its a call for Obama to play safe and choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate, it does not name Hillary but the call for Obama to choose a VP that will help him in majority white working class states means picking Hillary Clinton.

Mr President

New York Times: Report on the World Tour by Obama. On the whole fair, it even states the following, " as if Mr. Obama believes that not only is his official nomination at the Democratic convention in August a mere formality, so is the November election. " As reporters have noticed the Obama Camp think they are in the White House already, they are treating the Press as if Obama was the PRESIDENT while the press core are their just to run with news. The Obama Camp has to be very careful, the press are the most arrogant people on the face of the earth, they like Obama but at end of the day the press is eternal and Candidates and Presidents come and go, and we have a long time before the election.

Death in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports on the death of another British Soldier in Afghanistan. The total of those killed in combat and other cases know stands at 111. This death will not be the last, the West does not really have a policy for winning in Afghanistan.