Al - Qaeda

The US Reports that Al Qaeda is back, not as strong as it was but more of a threat than it has been since 9/11.

National Intelligence Estimate - US Government ( PDF Required )

The Right Press on Iraq

Lets see what the intelligent Press is saying about the all night Senate Session.

The Daily Standard: A very interesting article that looks at the politics of the Republicans in the Senate and the failure view of the Democrats. In essence Iraq just might be turning around and thus the affect on the Republicans.

Democrats Failure on Iraq

As public stunts go it was as near to as a failure as you can get, in the end the Democrats could get no where near the sixty votes they needed to end debate on Iraq and go to a vote on the future. In raw numbers it was 52-47 to end debate, the Dem's needed 60. The Democrats would need well over 60 to overturn a Presidential Veto. What a big Yawn!! Do the Democrats get it, there is a war going on out there in Iraq.

Edwards V Clinton

The gutsy wife of John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards goes after Hillary Clinton in a Salon Interview. Worth a Read even if you think John Edwards will not win.

New Polls from Zogby

A new poll from the respected pollster Zogby. As before VIEWS does not like national polls.

Democrats: Clinton is still in the lead but not by much here are the raw results.

Clinton 37 %

Obama 25 %

Edwards 11 %

Although Clinton has the lead VIEWS still thinks Obama will win the nomination. He could be the Democratic Reagan.

Republicans : Thompson ahead of Giuliani not by much but this could be the start of the surge if McCain is out by the new year. Here are the raw results.

Thompson 22 %

Giuliani 21 %

McCain 9 %

McCain is in fourth in the poll, could still turn it around just, but time and money is not on his side. Another Reagan could be on the way to the White House in the shape of Fred Thompson.

Democrats Pandering Again!

It is a cheap stunt not a good stunt but a stunt, the US Senate will hold a all night session so the Democrats can pander to their base, makes one want to take to drink, tea of course!!. The Issue is of course Iraq. The Democrats don't have 60 votes to close debate, the whole Chamber knows that so do we, just pandering.

Iraq on Sunday

Weekly Standard: A very accurate article on how the Establishment in in the Beltway from the Democrats, Foreign Policy Establishment and the Elite Media hate Bush so much they want to see the USA fail in Iraq. If the USA fails in Iraq, the UK will also be damaged in the future. William Kristol writes the following, " Democratic party in Congress, much of the media, and the foreign policy establishment--have joined together to try to panic the country, and the Bush administration, into giving up. " This is not the time to be weak, thus could be the turning point, the Democrats could pay a political cost for being weak again on National Security.

Weekly Standard : A look at the Mind Set of Democrats on the Hill, they are still in pre 9/11 World. How this can be used by Republicans as an example of weakness both on Iraq and the War on Terrorism.