Iraq

The President is taking the fight to the Democrats, the Washington Posts writes the following, ‘ president will veto a House Democratic plan because it includes a timetable to start bringing troops home within a year and would undermine military efforts. ’ In many respects the Democrats are playing to their perceived weakness on National Security. The CNN Political Ticker reports that Senator John McCain is critical of the latest new ideas by the Democrats. In the end Iraq should help McCain if the latest surge works of course, politics is sometimes a matter of perception more than reality.

Libby Pardon

Here are some interesting articles on the possibility of a Pardon for Mr Libby.

Washington Post - The article looks at the pressure on the President for a Pardon and the problems the President would face if he wanted to Pardon Libby. The President should ask Bush 41 on the problems he had after the Pardons in the Iran - Contra Affair. President Ronald Reagan was smart enough to leave that to Bush 41, since Cheney is not running in 2008, the problem will land on the desk of Bush 43.

Even some on the Jury want to Pardon Libby, interesting story on MSNBC.

The Democrats need to Fail

At the start of this post VIEWS started off with a tirade about the Democrats, but how stupid can one political party became since 2000. It is like the lessons of Bill Clinton have been lost. The House has produced a plan for getting out of Iraq by 2008, that is going in the rubbish bin, they can force it through the House but it is dead in the Senate, it wont get 60 votes and has about much chance of Bill Clinton running for a third term to the have the 67 votes to over turn a Presidential Veto.

Interesting article on Politico.com, how the anti War Democrats are placing enough pressure on the the Democratic Leadership to get the USA out of Iraq. Views would recall there is a 2008 election, weakness does not get you votes and can actually lose you votes. Hillary Clinton must sometimes wish the Republicans had held Congress.