Obama's House Troubles - Health Care Reform

Bloomberg.com: Reports on the problems that President Obama is having with his own Democrats in the House of Representatives when it comes to health care reform. This will be the real test for President Obama, can he manage the House like LBJ and Reagan, can he get Congressmen/women to vote for a Bill that could see them thrown out of office in November. At the end of the day charm is not enough, JFK had charm in abundance but could get nothing pass the Congress, the heavy lift was done by by LBJ, his successor and former Senate Majority Leader. The Congress has to be afraid of a President, if they see him or her as a voter loser they will thrown him or her over the cliff, Obama needs to show that he can get votes, so far his record is bad, Obama can not expect the loyalty of moderates and blue dog Democrats, they want to come back to Washington D.C, thus lets see if Obama is a moderator or President.

Pelosi on Health Care Reform

The New York Times: Reports that Speaker Pelosi has made it clear that she is willing to throw members of her own party under the bus for health care reform, the article states the following, " ( Pelosi )...confident she will be able to get the votes....even if it threatens the political careers of some members of her party. ". Lets recall Speaker Pelosi is a extreme liberal, she has a safe liberal seat in Congress, thus moderate and blue dog democrats have a simple choice, health care reform or re-election, its that simple and brutal folks, the question the House should ask would Speaker Pelosi sacrifice her political career to protect moderate and blue dog democrats, lets be honest we all know the answer. Thus members who face tough re-election fights have only one sane choice, ditch Pelosi and come back to Washington D.C.

Reconciliation - Health Care Reform

The Hill: Reports on the White House path to to health care reform after the Health Care Reform Summit at the White House, the article states the following, ".....Obama effectively endorsed the use of budget reconciliation rules to pass a final bill through the Senate on a simple-majority vote. ". Thus we come to the most simple route, that the House passes the Senate version of health care reform, then the Senate through reconciliation do the changes as demanded by the House. The problem is that there are not the votes in the House to pass the Senate version of health care reform, the blue dog Democrats would be throwing their political careers under the bus for the liberal leadership Congress. It was amusing to see that Speaker Pelosi expect moderate and conservative Democrats to throw their careers away while she is in a safe district, if she had offered to walk the blank first one would take notice of the Speaker. Thus time for House members to throw Pelosi under the bus as to allow themselves the chance to get re-elected.

Listen to the NYT - Health Care Reform

The New York Times: Reports on the problems that the liberal House leadership will have in getting Health Care Reform through the House of Representatives, the NYT states the following on the voting blocks that are needed, " abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives....." As the article notes it comes down to basic politics, the article states the following, " politicians do not want to be martyrs. They want to hold onto their seats. ". Thus as noted many times in this blog it comes down to the simple fact, do Blue Dog Democrats want to be re-elected back to their seats in Washington D.C. It seems that President Obama is willing to throw the Democratic Party under the bus for his obsession. This is when political reality meets rhetoric, lets see what the Blue Dogs do, political life or cold lonely defeat while Obama flies above them on Air Force One.

One Term Obama ?

The Sunday Times: Reports how President Obama's obsessive search for health care reform could make him a one term President. As noted on this blog many times President Obama will either not run in 2012 or will face a massive defeat due to his failure to understand the American voter, they voter wants jobs not some far left liberal agenda, thus if President Obama wants to be a one term bad President let him take that route, but Blue Dog democrats in the House should tell the Oval to get lost, Obama has three years to come back, if the House approves the Senate bill they will have six months before the Mid Term Elections, with having to defend tax hikes and forcing Americans to buy insurance, good luck with that defence Blue Dog Democrat.

Tony Blair and Iraq

Guardian: Reports how the then UK PM Tony Blair came close to throwing in the towel in the first few months after the Iraq War. In the end Tony Blair came through his black dog days as Winston Churchill once called his dark mood days, the real negative of the Iraq War for Tony Blair is not the War itself; this blogger supporter the War; its what came afterwards, the collapse of civic order in Iraq and the resulting deaths, it took in till 2007 to get Iraq back on its feet, its those deaths that are on the hands of Tony Blair and Bush 43. Even Bush 43 saw the light and placed a massive surge in Iraq, this turned the nightmare of Iraq around but by then Tony Blair was out, to be replaced by Gordon Brown. Thus Tony Blair will be judged by history on his action in Iraq and his allowing Gordon Brown to be his successor, this makes Eden look good after Suez.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the name of the latest soldier to die in Afghanistan, the soldier was " Sergeant Paul Fox from 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to the Brigade Reconnaissance Force ". Our thoughts are with the family of Sergeant Fox.