Iran vs. Israel

Telegraph: Reports that Iran has claimed to have discovered a Israeli Mossad Spy network in Iran, the network is accused of the killing and injury of recent Iran scientists. Even if true, and you can never tell with Tehran, the network has done its job, it seems from reports that a nuclear Iran has been delayed for some time, thus covert action has worked, and given the Middle East and the World some breathing space.

The Morphing for Obama in to REAGAN ?

The New York Times: Reports how President Obama has been reading up on President Reagan and meeting former Reagan Aides. The problem is folks is that POTUS is no Reagan, he is to thin skinned, Reagan has natural humour, he could laugh at himself, thus took away a weapon form the elite left, they could not poke fun at him as he had already go there first. Reagan was very pragmatic when it came to getting his policies, he would go for well over 50% of his objectives and come back later for what was left. Reagan threw away the does and don’ts of diplomacy, can you see Jimmy Carter calling the USSR an Evil Empire, or Obama even, that’s the problem folks, Reagan called on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, the White House and the State Department wanted to play nice with the USSR. POTUS has the gift of communication, but he does not have a strong core, thus Obama cant ever be a Gipper.

NOT JFK = The History Channel

Mail on Sunday: Reports that the History Channel will not show its Drama on the Kennedy’s due to the fact that its not totally historical accurate. Lets be clear folks, there is the JFK of history and the JFK of common memory. A recent poll of Presidents has JFK in the top slot, followed by Ronald Reagan, one can ask how many of those asked voted for the common memory over the facts, to be kind to JFK, the real JFK, he stood up to the USSR over Cuba, came very late to civil rights, and start the ball rolling for the Vietnam War, on the other hand the common memory would be his legion of affairs with Hollywood female starts, his iffy drug taking for his bad back, his Addison’s disease that lead to his sexual problems, his secret deal with USSR to sell out Turkey, his Administration falling apart, the words of JFK when it approved the overthrow of Diem in Vietnam. As they said in the old West, when the legend becomes the reality, print the legend.

By - Election, 1st of the Coalition Government

Guardian: Reports on major poll leads for the Labour Party in the Oldham East and Saddleworth contest. One would be VERY surprised if the Lib Dems had a chance of winning this seat, the Coalition vote is split, thus the argument for a single Coalition Candidate who would run on the Coalition Agreement, and would agree only to serve for this Parliament and not run in the General Election. Otherwise the Labour Party has a free run in future elections, so Lib Dems smell the coffee and form a electoral pact with the Conservative Party, the same for the Tories, in grown up politics and in Coalition Government there can only be one candidate fighting otherwise the Coalition will lose more by - elections.

Lord Prescott CRITICAL of “ Red ” Ed Miliband and “Miserable ” Gordon Brown

Telegraph: Reports on critical comments on past and present Labour Leaders by the former Labour Deputy Prime Minister Lord John Prescott while on Cruise, his boss Tony Blair had a better press from Lord Prescott. One can see why “ Red ” Ed Miliband wants to start with a fresh blank sheet, he has Blair, Mandelson on one side wanting a return to New Labour, while he has the Trade Unions who want to return to the winter of discontent of the late 1970s. The problem is for “ Brutus ” Miliband is that when the Labour ship is rocked he has no natural allies, so should Labour under Ed Miliband not be doing well in the polls over the next few years he can expected to be thrown overboard by the New Labour founders and replaced by his own brother the former Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

Terror Control Order - Lib Dem U - turn

Telegraph: Reports that the Liberal Democrat Leader and DPM Nick Clegg has stated that in some extreme cases control orders or house arrest will be kept for terror suspects. This is another u turn by the Liberal Democrats but a grown up one, its easy in opposition to be critical of security but once in Government it’s the job of the State to protects its citizens. This move will get some critical reaction form the left but it will help the Lib Dems in the future, the will look grown up to the voter.

The Road to the 2012 Presidential Election

The appointment of Secretary Daley to be the new Obama Chief of Staff is the first brick in the re-election plan of President Obama, as noted in the Guardian article the former Commerce Secretary was opposed to Obama Care, the pivot to the centre by President Obama can be seen his words when he introduced his new Chief of Staff, “ Few Americans can boast the breadth of experience that Bill brings to this job. He served as a member of President Clinton’s Cabinet as Commerce Secretary. He took on several other important duties over the years on behalf of our country. He’s led major corporations. He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy. And needless to say, Bill also has a smidgen of awareness of how our system of government and politics works. You might say it is a genetic trait. ” Thus the Obama White House for the next two years will be about jobs, jobs and jobs, also getting President Obama re-elected, the joke at the end that politics is Daley trait comes from the fact that the Mr Daley’s father was the respected and feared Mayor of Chicago, if you want hand to hand combat in politics you go to Chicago, its in the blood. The question is and lets be clear by this can Mr Daley take Obama by the coattails and drag him to the centre, will the ego of the President allow himself be moved, it wont be easy, Obama has had a Democratic Congress for the first two years of his term, can he throw former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the wolves as he runs away form the left of his base, does he have the pragmatic nature of a Kennedy and Reagan.