President Obama 50% Approval - Gallup Poll

Gallup: Reports that President Obama has a 50% approval rating in their latest poll, while 42% disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. Let see in few days how the State of the Union Address impacts these numbers, Obama knows how to give a good speech, it should be short and conservative in nature, it has to be about jobs, jobs and jobs, also tax cuts would help. Let see if President Obama has learned the lessons of Bill Clinton after his major defeat in the 1994 Mid Terms, will this speech start the path to a successful re - election in 2012.

Obama and the State of the Union Speech

Guardian: It is always easy to tell if a left politician is in trouble, the left media build him after a defeat, in this case the 2010 Mid Term Elections, the article looks at the Obama State of Union Address and can only see plus side of the sheet, the article states the following on Obama at the moment, “ it seems to me that the White House people are clearly winning this public relations battle……Finally and most importantly, Republicans are on the defensive”, that the Republicans will help Obama win re-election, as the Republicans helped Bill Clinton in 1996. One has to wonder why Obama has to bother giving the speech the Guardian and the New York Times will praise his move to the centre, his investment in other words spending, But its early folks, these old papers are forgetting the political landmines out there, the US Court system could throw out ObamaCare, then Obama has nothing on the domestic front, even if that does not happens Obama will have to defend ObamaCare in 2012, also his argument that there should be tax hikes, lets be honest and direct here, in Arizona and here at the State Union he is the centre of attention, in 2012 it’s a two man race, or woman even, Obama wont be the new kid on the block, he looks old now, being old does not help youth centric culture of the US. Let the left wing and liberals celebrate and miss the point, its not new, some on the left wanted Ronald Reagan to be the Republican candidate in 1980, they thought Jimmy Carter could beat him, YES folks they can be that OUT of it, two years is an age in politics folks, Jimmy Carter in 1979 had Iran and Afghanistan to deal with, events, events always around the corner folks.

The UK Cabinet Imprisoned by Tony Blair - Iraq War

Telegraph: Reports on the remarks by the former Cabinet Secretary Lord Turnbull that the UK Cabinet was only asked three days before the War to give its green light, in other words it was last minute and didn’t have a choice in less PM Blair was forced out by the Cabinet, aka Lady Thatcher. If this blog is right about the thrust of the final report of the Iraq Inquiry the old New Labour spin machine will have one last fight, to keep the political reputation of Tony Blair from being destroyed in the media, thus one last fight for TB, PM, AC, even GB if he is still talking to TB. The Iraq Inquiry report could lead to the resignation of Tony Blair as Middle East Peace Envoy, always thought that was a very ODD decision to appoint him to that job considering Iraq.

Gleam in the Eye for War ? - Blair and Iraq

BBC News: Reports on evidence by former Cabinet Secretaries on Tony Blair and the Iraq War, Lord Wilson stated that Tony Blair had a gleam in his eye when it came to Iraq, in other words he had crossed the threshold for War, and Lord Turnbull stated that the Cabinet didn’t have the important papers and didn’t know they were on a path to War. This is quite damaging evidence folks, Cabinet Secretaries can read the tealeaves, they know that the Iraq Inquiry will throw Tony Blair to the wolves, one can almost write the Iraq Inquiry report oneself, that Blair was going to war with the US from 2001 onwards, that the Attorney General was kept at very long arms length as to keep any nasty legal opinions to himself. That by the time the Attorney General gave his formal opinion to the Cabinet it was to late, the die had been cast, the path for War had been settled well before 2003. It will be interesting to read the Iraq Inquiry report, Tony Blair and his followers must already smell the coffee, will they mount a PR campaign against the Iraq Inquiry.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier was killed Today in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 350 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 309 in combat action and 41 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.