Harriet Harman Next Labour Leader ?

BBC News: Reports that Harriet Harman, the Labour Deputy Leader, has denied that Lady Thatcher has been granted a State Funeral. PM Brown should be worried, this news will go down well with the left wing of the Labour Party. Is Ms Harman getting her ducks ready to run for the leadership against the Foreign Secretary.

The Friday Polls

Its that time of the week folks, end of the week polls. My god they match, Obama is 1% ahead in both the Gallup and Rasmussen Polls.

Gallup: Reports that the race is tied, the poll finds the following, Obama 45% - McCain 44%. It seems that the Arrogant/Star tag has done its work. Also the hard hitting attack by the McCain Camp on the Obama when he used the race card could see McCain going ahead in some polls, its something to look for over the next few days.

Rasmussen: Reports that Obama has a 1% lead over McCain. The Poll finds the following, Obama 47% - McCain 46%. The Polls are interesting as they sample different groups, Gallup does Registered Voters while Rasmussen does Likely voters. But they both show a very close race, in a close race Obama does not win. Obama needs a large margin to win, one has to take in to account those that lie to the pollsters and state the PC answer, in other words what the NYT thinks in true. Obama has to recall he is not President and run as the underdog, he has to move to the centre and be a hawk on Foreign Policy, the more he panders to the left the more chance he will lose. ADVICE TO OBAMA HIMSELF, DROP THE ARROGANCE IS NOT APPEALING TO THE VOTERS. ALSO ON THE WHOLE OBAMA COMES ACROSS AS A BETTER MAN THAN THAT, IN OTHER WORDS DON'T BELIEVE YOUR OWN PRESS.

The RCP Average of Polls has Obama only leading by 2.7. With the Olympics coming up it will be interesting to see how the Polls stand up and how the Campaigns cope without the air of the press.

NYT FAWNS OVER OBAMA

The New York Times: The White guilt of the NYT shines through again, after using the race card against President Bush and Senator McCain the Democratic Nominee, Senator Obama was called on it by the McCain Camp. So what does does the Liberal NYT state, its the fault of the McCain and the Republicans. The One or the O can not held account for his views or STAR power in Europe. The form of paternal white racism has to be shown for what it is, a agenda based firewall that was used to destroy the Clinton Campaign. The McCain Camp has gone after the record of Senator Obama, his weakness over the War on Terror, his partisan based rejection of drilling because the extreme liberals care more about the planet and not the people. Obama is the Democratic Candidate for President, nothing more or less, he is not POTUS. Also using the race card as a firewall is dirty pool at its most dirty.

Define The One or the O

The New York Times: A very interesting article how the McCain and the GOP are out to define Obama before he can define himself. The Tag, Weak ( over Iraq and Iran ), Liberal ( pandering to the left over Iraq and the surge ) and Arrogant ( he thinks he is President ) seem to be working at the present.

Negative Press Works

Politico: Looks at how Senator Obama has gone from post racial, transformational to The One by the McCain Camp or The O by this blog when he goes all Hollywood. How the tag of Liberal, Weak and Arrogant has been helped by the Obama Camp itself. As the Politico points out the Arrogance of Obama has started to be sent up, that should warm the Obama Camp, they are running for President they are not in the White House yet, people have to vote for you, its not some Liberal Wet Dream like the West Wing. The Obama Camp had smart politics to defeat the Clintons but this is a new game, smell the Coffee, move to the centre and dump this left wing racist crap.

The Race Card ?

CBS News: The McCain Camp has gone nuclear, it has accused Obama of using the race card. The Senator has stated that Bush and McCain will use as way to defeat him. This is a risky move by Obama, its easy to see why he is using this ploy, the trip to Europe was not on the whole a great success and he is seen as weak, arrogant, and Liberal. Thus Obama is using the trick that worked in the Democratic Race, closed down all attacks on Obama and accuse those that state differences as being racist, a very low move, it might work, but have my doubts, the US voter is not the left wing voters of the Democratic Race. It can be argued that they just might take offence at being called racist because they don't fawn over Obama. This could really hurt Obama if he is not careful, he is moving more to the left and not the centre, McCain just might be the next POTUS.

Ducking Edwards ?

NewsObserver: Senator Edwards is ducking reporters who want answers to the alleged and rumoured affair between him and a former Campaign worker. The more the Senator ducks the the press the more they will draw their own ideas, would a married man with a wife who has cancer have an affair that leads to a child. Also would an honourable man not stand up and admit or sue the press if the story was not true. I think the American people have the right to answers, the elite media cant cover for Edwards.