CNN OR DNN

CNN: I used to be fan of CNN in the early years, but over the years with the arrival of Fox News, one has come to see how much in the pocket of the Democratic Party CNN is at the moment. All the other reports even the New York Times see that Senator Hillary Clinton has a bad debate, CNN underplays the whole debate. What a pity for a great network.

2008 Update

Some articles that might be worth a read:

New York Times: Review the Democratic Debate, we are no longer in "Hillary Land" Obama and Edwards on the attack through out the debate. Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton, she might win the Democratic nomination but she wont win the General Election, while Obama might not win the nomination but could win the General Election. That is why American Politics is fun.

Washington Post: Interesting view by the WP, they write the following on the political attacks on Clinton, " accusing her of being dishonest and of emboldening President Bush to declare war against Iran. " The article has lot more in Iran, the Elite Media after having been burned by the Iraq war don't have the stomach for a war with Iran. Hillary Clinton to her credit knows that Iran has to be dealt with but that does her no good in the Democratic Party. I have said nice things about Hillary, what a funny world.

Time To the point and factual, " If she loses the nomination, tonight will go down in history as the first step to her defeat " Reagan had a bad debate in 1984 but still won big in November of 84. The Clinton Machine is still going, but it can be prevented from winning by Obama.

RCP Blog: How the debate could effect the race and how the media will keep the story going as they don't want a coronation for Hillary Clinton.

Clinton another Dean ?

The Politico: Its seems Hillary Clinton did not have a good debate, that is not an end in itself, but if you play in to the critical view that you cant be trusted it does not help. Obama and Edwards are very close to Clinton in Iowa, they might be thinking this is the time to take her on and cause her major political damage, make her fight hard for Iowa. If Obama and Edwards can come first and second in Iowa then Clinton will have to win N.H. A Obama win in Iowa could see him win the Democratic Nomination in 2008.

New York Times and Iran

New York Times: Another editorial by the Times, one has to ask, have they learned nothing from the 1930s and Appeasement. The Paper of Record seems to think that talking with Iran and making them feels safe will push Iran in to giving up its Nuclear armed aspirations. The reverse is true, they will use the time to build their weapons, they will string out the process and then we have a nuclear armed Iran. Then Israel will attack then we just might have WW3. President George W. Bush might not be their favorite President of the Times but it does not make him wrong when it comes to Iran.

Dead then Publish

U.S News & World Report: The Private Thoughts of President Gerald R. Ford that he wanted published after his death. The author was on Meet the Press today, Ford had a critical view of President Ronald Reagan. But as with all things there is context, after President Reagan announced his illness Ford did not say a negative thing about the President. The context of this critical view has its origins back in the 1970s. In 1976 Ford ran for election in his own right, but he was opposed by Ronald Reagan, Ford was successful in the early rounds but Reagan being Reagan would not give up and started to catch up with Ford in later rounds of the election process. In the end Ford won but it was small win, the Reagan speech at the convention showed the Party had picked the wrong man. The Ford Camp thought Reagan had not done enough to support the President in the General Election with Jimmy Carter. The election of 1976 was very close, few points, Ford lost. In 1980 Reagan thought about putting Ford on the ticked as Vice - President, but in a political mistake Ford went on air and stated what was his price to be on the ticket. He wanted to be co - president, Reagan was not amused and picked George Bush and the rest is history. Today all the Republicans want to be Ronald Reagan, even Obama has a good things to say about Reagan, Reagan was a great, even Bush 43 wants to be considered a Reagan President not his father. If your Ford that can be very hard to take, no matter how nice you are, you want to be considered great if your a President of the United States.

Iran, Liberals and the Truth

Chicago Sun - Times: The first line tells you all you need to know, "Americans don't want to be tricked into another unjustified, unvetted war. " The Elite Media is in Appeasement mode with Iran. The Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Sun - Times, who else, what a shame for American Press Intelligence.

Is Obama Tough Enough to Be POTUS

New York Times: One thing about Ronald Reagan he won, and he won big, you can be nice to those in your Party after you win. Interesting article in the NYT on the campaign of Senator Obama. The Senator is going to up his game, take Hillary Clinton on, it seems that he failed to learn a very important lesson, Bill and in some respects Hillary Clinton are very good, not great but good at winning elections. The NYT writes the following, "........amid growing signs that Mr. Obama was looking for a fresh start for his campaign after nine months in which his aides said they were startled by the effectiveness of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, and worried that her support was not as brittle as they had once believed. " Well its nearly November and Iowa votes are less than 12 weeks away, so if Obama wants to win, starting being tough now, be in Iowa 24/7, became a Resident of the place if need be, as long as he wins or its over.