Trump NOT to RUN as a THIRD Party Candidate - 2016 Election

Guardian: Reports " Donald Trump signs pledge not to run as independent..GOP frontrunner meets with Republican National Committee chair on Thursday to sign pledge vowing to support Republican nominee for the White House  "

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Thus this keeps Trump out of the Republican race should he lose the nomination fight.  Of course he has to lose that fight, thus far he is winning, when will the Bush Camp show some fire in the belly  and take out Trump.   The candidates with lower share of the vote should start to considering leaving the race as to allow the anti Trump Camp to form around one candidate.   That could be either Jeb Bush or Dr Ben Carson.   It would be a nightmare to have Trump as POTUS, that would be worse that the present Obama Presidency.   The Clinton Campaign has to get the email mess out of the news, so far it has not had much success.    At this rate it willl not be a rerun of the 1992 race. 

Further on the Clinton Email Scandal - 2016 Election

Fox News: Reports " Members of the State Department's information technology staff were among those who were unaware that Hillary Clinton was using a private email address during her time as secretary of state, the latest release of messages from Clinton's private server revealed late Monday. "

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The Oval Office in part must be furious that the Clintons scandals have been added to the Obama legacy, one can assume that the Oval would prefer for Vice - President Biden to run in 2016.   The question is who does President Obama trust with his legacy, a Clinton or a Biden, a Clinton Presidency would be all about Bill and Hillary, Obama would be lucky to get a  look in, on the other hand Biden would be thankful for the support of the Oval in the 2016 race, LBJ it can be postulated would have gone for the VP, easy to keep a chain on him to keep to Obama polices, also he would understand the need to keep the Obama secrets secret.   What will VP Biden do, very interesting. 

The Corbyn Foreign Policy - Post 2015 Election

Telegraph: Reports " Jeremy Corbyn's rivals turn on his extremist links and Nato criticism in heated TV debate..Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall round on Mr Corbyn as he is pinned down on series of foreign policy positions  "

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Does the Labour Party ever want to form a Labour Government again, if the Party votes for Jeremy Corbyn for leader then they can write off the 2020/25 election.   Jeremy Corbyn was only allowed on the ballot as to keep the left happy, they very idea of him winning should send a shock waves through older members of the Party, those that recall the 1980s.  Lady Thatcher kept winning elections because the Labour Party lost touch with the public, they wanted left wing purity, that meant that the Party was out of power for eighteen years.   The Party should be on its knees to Tony Blair to thank him for his elections wins, if your a Blair support now its a term of insult.   The Party needs to get back to the centre otherwise it is finished and the UK will have one party rule for the next few decades. 

Was Warren G. Harding a good President ?

The New York Times: Reports " THE last year or so has not been kind to Warren G. Harding, who was the 29th president, from 1921 to 1923... "

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It is interesting how history treats US Presidents, how they look either good or bad after a few years. One has to say that Harding comes across as more fun that President Wilson and more forward thinking that most people of the age.   In the mind of this blogger, the best US President was Ronald Reagan, he hat it all, a spirit of hope for the US, he could manage the relationship between the White House and the Congress and he ended the Cold War with the help of President Gorbachev, not bad for a former actor.   The most over rated President is President Kennedy, his early death makes it hard to say what kind of President he could have been, but his action in Cuba and Vietnam hurt the US image.  The failed invasion at the Bay of Pigs lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis.   The one act of greatness by President Kennedy was not bombing the Cuban missile sites after the shoot down of the US plane, also doing the secret deal with USSR over the Turkish missiles.  The most under rated President is President Lyndon Johnson, he pushed for civil rights, and more government spending on the problems faced by the US, the major negative was of course Vietnam.   When you think of LBJ its Vietnam that you most connect with the LBJ period, the error was that LBJ knew the War was a mistake but did not know how to end it, that cost the lives of thousands of Americans. 

The Trump Factor - Election 2016

Guardian: Reports " Donald Trump puts third-party run on back burner as poll lead balloons..Trump tells conservative radio show he would rather not run independent campaign, as poll released on Thursday puts him 16 points clear of Ben Carson  "

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The Bush campaign has to up its game, the Donald is running away with the nomination, they have to spend their hundred million of dollars in taking down Donald Trump, one can assume after his comments on women that the Trump will lose a majority of the female vote in 2016, his immigration plan will lose with those of an ethnic background, how can you throw out millions of people, it is not American.    On the other side Biden IF he is getting in to the race has to act, Iowa is not that far away in election terms, also there is the need for money.   2016 in its own right could be a very interesting race. 

Daesh in War Crime - Daesh Crisis

BBC News: Reports " Islamic State (IS) has published images of what appears to be the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria. "

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At some point the West will have to send in ground troops to take out Daesh, they are a threat to the civic and physical structure of the Middle East.   Daesh (IS) fighters have no concern about modern values of the West.   How many men, women, and children have to be killed by Daesh before the West gets its head out of the sand and does something that will lead to the destruction of Daesh.   Time to ACT is now, later might be to late for many people and buildings in Syria and Iraq. 

Tony Blair and Iraq - The Lessons of the Iraq War

Guardian: Reports " Chilcot inquiry to spread blame beyond Tony Blair's inner team, sources say...While former PM will bear brunt of criticism over Iraq war, report is expected to target wider number of people than had been thought "

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Thus we are now getting leaks from the the IRAQ Inquiry, this kind of leaking helps no one and makes the proceess look political.    The Iraq Inquiry needs to get its act together and publish a draft version of its review of the events leading up to the War, then a full text when all is finished.    The blog supported the Iraq War, thus has a different view from the Inquiry results.    The reason for this view is simple, Iraq was a regional threat that had to be dealt with, the failure by the Allies was was do to after victory.    Also at present it can be argued that the US and the UK has to go back to Iraq, Daesh has to be removed, thus the past is the past, we must look forward to the US and the UK going back in to Iraq.