Lord Mandelson, Coalition Government vs. Ed Miliband and Labour

The Daily Mail: Reports that the Dark Prince Lord Mandelson has supported the polices of the Coalition Government when it comes to cutting the debt and its welfare reform. Also warned the new Labour Leader Ed Miliband not to ditch the centre ground, in other words New Labour. The Dark Prince did support David Miliband for the Labour Leadership and was quite critical of Ed Miliband when the election was on, so the question that has to be asked is what is Lord Mandelson up too, is he after a job in the Coalition Government, that would be interesting, it would show in many respects that the one of the founders of New Labour had given up on the Labour Party, would Lord Mandelson do that without the okay of Tony Blair. Or is this an attempt by Blair, Mandelson, Campbell using Mandelson as the front man as a subtle warning to Ed Miliband not to throw New Labour under the bus as they are not his brother and will fight back, not sure you want to get in to a knife fight with Blair, Mandelson and Campbell IF they are up to something, it’s a big IF of course, prefer the cynic when thinking about New Labour and Labour, saves time folks.

Obama vs. Israel and the Middle East

Guardian: Reports on the Obama Policy when it comes to Israel and the long term policy of the creation of a State for the people of Palestine. The Article states the following on President Obama, “ A president who was inaugurated amid great hopes……has seen his stock tumble in the intervening 21 months. ”. If after the November 2nd Elections the Republicans take the House and reach parity with the Democrats in the Senate the Obama policy of having any real influence over Israel is over, if Obama tries to place pressure on Israel to grant concessions to the Palestinians the Government of Israel will use its major influence on the Hill to overrule any Obama sanctions against Israel. Even the Liberal Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated that when it came to Israel the Democrats and Republicans had once voice and that voice was not President Obama. Thus the Oval might find that it is boxed in on the domestic and international front, it will be a different world for President Obama after November 2nd.

Echoes of the Cold War - Gorbachev on Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports that the former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev has stated the West cant win in Afghanistan and that President Obama is right to start to withdraw troops in 2011. On whole this blog respects the opinions of President Gorbachev, without him and Ronald Reagan the Cold War could still be on, but on this subject the President is wrong, the War in Afghanistan in 2010 is not the War in Afghanistan of the 1980s. The one major difference is that Pakistan is a nuclear armed power, if Afghanistan falls to the Taliban again, then the Taliban of Pakistan will have a base to attack the Government of Pakistan. A Taliban Regime with a nuclear armed missile can not be tolerated, it would place the World on the threat of a nuclear war, thus Afghanistan is not the point, yes the War in Afghanistan has echoes of the Vietnam War, corrupt Government, a terrorist insurgency that his being funded by Iran, in the case of the Viet Cong by North Vietnam, but Afghanistan is not the prize its Pakistan. All means have to used to keep Pakistan stable, it can be argued that President Gorbachev is fighting the War of the Past.

The HOUSE Republican ?

RCP - House: Reports on its latest prediction for the House of Representatives, in its latest projection the Republicans will have 223 seats, five seats over the 218 needed to take the House, the Democrats would be on 179 seats and there are 33 seats that could go either way. This blog predicts that the Republicans will take between 50 and 65 Seats in the House, this is not breaking news, this is the range that most other webs sites have stated, if the Republicans can take between 70 and 100 then it’s a new ball game, they will be tea party candidates, they will not want to play ball with the Oval, it will be tough even with the lower figure but over 70 and the Obama will have to show that he is a real political operator, they have no interest in giving the Oval any victories. Interesting few weeks ahead folks.

Tony Blair and Iraq - Back in the Public Dock!

Guardian: Reports that former Labour PM Tony Blair will be recalled to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry, the Guardian states the following for the recall, “ concerned about damaging and conflicting evidence revealed since former PM's last appearance ”. It seems that the concern is that Mr Blair gave US President his green light for invasion after being told that the lawyers within the Blair Government had great concern about the legality of the War. One could postulate that the Iraqi Inquiry is going to hang Mr Blair out to dry, it seems the public want a political sacrifice, as Mr Blair is out of power and has been dumped on by the new Labour Leader Ed Miliband it seems that Mr Blair is the easy target to be thrown to the wolves. Would advice Mr Blair to watch his back when he returns to the Inquiry or even better give it a miss, either way he will be thrown to wolves, that is the price the Establishment wants to bury the Iraq War.

“ Shove It ” President Obama - And that is a Democrat!

Telegraph: Reports that a Democrat running to be Governor of Rhode Island has told President Obama to “ Shove It” that being his political endorsement. This is a curious case that shows the arrogance of President Obama, the leader of the Democratic Party wont endorse the Democratic nominee due to the fact that the his challenger is a former Republican colleague of his in the US Senate, the Colleague is running as an Independent in the race and in the last poll has a 7% lead. Since the dawn of political time there has been a friendship between members of different political parties, at leas the opposition wont stab you in the back, unlike your suppose colleagues. But this shows President Obama does not understand modern American politics, the leader gives his nod the Democratic nominee even if he hates his/her guts, loathes him/her, the sole exception if the candidate has been arrested or faces a major trial, and this does not arise in this case, other Democratic Candidates will ask can the Oval be trusted in a tight spot, Obama could face a nomination challenge in 2012, he needs the Democratic Party at his back, if you’re a Democrat do you trust Obama after Rhode Island.

The Economy and the Mid Term Electins

Gallup: Has interesting polls on the economy a few days before the 2010 Mid Term Congressional Elections in the US, when asked their economic conditions voters stated the following, Poor 42% and Excellent/Good 14%. On the economic outlook voters stated the following, Getting Worse 58% and Getting Better 35%. The Obama Agenda could be dead on the Hill after November due to the economic fears of the voters, they see the Obama spending and they fear for their future jobs prospects and the prospects for their families. Will be interesting to match the above with the actual vote in such states as Ohio, states that have been hit hard by the economic recession, POTUS needs Ohio in 2012, Obama has been so many times to Ohio he should rent a house, it would save on the costs of visits. Also it would make for good PR, it would show that POTUS was in touch with the voters, could see the recession every day.