Obama vs. Romney - Gallup

Gallup: Reports on its trial heat between President Obama versus Governor Romney, in this match up POTUS wins by 2%, by 50% to 48%. Its early folks, but this shows that Governor Romney would give President Obama a run for his money, lets not forget there is less than eight months to go as of January 1st 2012. The deciding factor will be the economy folks, it will be interesting to see what the unemployment rate will be at the end of January, if as expected those hired over the Christmas period are let go the rate should go back up to around 9%, of course the US economy might be turning around, if the rate of those out of work keeps dropping then Obama might win a lose victory. It start folks, more polls through eight months.

Iowa Poll - Paul LEAD

The Hill: Reports on a new poll on the Iowa contest, Congressman Ron Paul leads Governor Romney by 24% to 20%. In a odd way this could be good for Governor Romney, if he wins or comes a close second in Iowa he will be the Republican Nominee, Paul lets be kind, is a crank, the Israeli Lobby if Paul was the Republican Nominee would totally support President Obama. The only way for Newt Gingrich to win the Republican nomination would be to win Iowa and come close in NH. If this does not happen the Gingrich Campaign is a dead man walking, its that simple folks, that brutal. If the former Speaker wont play dirty he is going to lose, nice men come last in politics, its about winning at the end of the day, otherwise its just blowing wind.

Gingrich on Romney Negative TV Adverts

CNN - Politics: Reports that former House Speaker New Gingrich has been highly critical of the fact that Governor Romney has not condemn a Super Pac for its negative adverts on the former House Speaker. If you’re a Republican voter you might think that Romney just might be your candidate, he has friends who are willing to support a Super Pac that will go after Gingrich, if Romney is the Republican Nominee they will go after President Obama. Lets get real folks, power is taken, its not given, this shows that Governor Romney is willing to play hardball to win, if you want a Republican in the White House in 2013 that is good news. If the Speaker cant or wont fight in a negative manner then he is in the wrong fight. Lets get really real here folks, the Republican Nominee will be taking on Chicago political street fighters, they don’t fight fair, they fight to win, and they don’t care how they win. Thus if Romney is willing to get his hands dirty but of course having no connection to the Super Pac good for him, he just might be a contender, its eye of the tiger time folks, time to Rocky not Apollo.

Iowa Vote - January 3rd 2012

Guardian: Reports on the money being spent in Iowa “ ..tide is flowing through American politics: a tide of money unleashed by a supreme court decision that opened the floodgates to unlimited spending ..”. Money is the mothers milk of US politics, the Obama re-election committee is expected to raise a least a billion dollars to spend in the General Election, the US Supreme Court has allowed Corporations and Unions to give money to political action committees, this the Iowa vote is just a warm up folks, the poor people of Iowa, NH by the end will be hiding in bunkers to avoid these paid political adverts. In Iowa as the article notes these Super Pacs with lose links to the Campaigns of Romney and Perry have spent four million, expect a few more million before the first vote is cast in January folks. The elite media hate the fact the US Supreme Court has lifted the blocks on spending, but folks its a good move by the Court, Democracy is about supporting a candidate, thus if you’re a business or a union you should be able to raise cash and spent it, its called Democracy, at the end of the day it’s the best system we have folks, flawed but the people get to decide, better than North Korea.

Funeral of a Tyrant - Kim Jong - il

Telegraph: Reports on the staged burial of Kim Jong - il of North Korea. Thus far except for a few short range missiles shot in to the Sea of Japan the North Koreans have not done much military rattling, but that might happen after the funeral, the new regime might want to make an impression and force the World to deal with the new Regime. The US and its Allies should keep an eye on North Korea, something tells this blog that there will be trouble sooner or later from this tyrannical Regime, they will act when it does not help the West.

Italy and the Eurozone Crisis

BBC News: Reports that the cost for the Italian Government to sell its six months bonds has gone down from 6.504% to 3.251%. This shows that that the austerity package of new Italian PM Mario Monti is working, also the European Central Bank is throwing money in essence at the banks, loans over a three year period. As the article notes the banks are securing their own risks but leaving them enough Capital to buy Sovereign bonds, this is the idea of the French Government, its seems a French plan is working. But then we have Spain, it is rumoured that there will be tough news out of Spain in the new year, the Italian bond news is good news folks, but lets not buy the Euro yet, its going to be a tough year folks.