Congress V White House

The Democratic Congress is like a dog that is barking for no reason, again it is the firing of the U.S Attorneys.

Here are some interesting articles on the case.

Washington Post: The article looks at the mistrust between the Senate and the Attorney General of the United States. The Republicans on the Panel don't have much time for the A.G.

The Politico: The leading Republican on Senate Judiciary Committee is not very happy with the A.G and that is a understatement. He does not support the right of the President to announce he will use Executive Privilege to close down investigation of the firing of US Attorneys.

Fox News: A showdown is developing between the Congress and the White House. Congress is about to pass Contempt Citations against those in the administration and those that have served.

Obama Plan?

A interesting article in the Politico, it seems that Senator Obama wants to follow the Reagan method to winning the nomination of the Party. It should be noted that the Reagan victory in 1980 came off nearly winning the nomination in 1976 against a sitting President of the United States, President Ford. History can teach and create new ideas, change Ford to Clinton and then look at the possible development of a plan. Reagan lost early rounds but came back, when the press stated he should get out he stated to his staff he would fight in every state no matter if he won or loss. President Ford won the nomination but it was a marginal victory by a hundred votes or so, Reagan's campaign started from there and he won in 1980.

Senator Obama has to turn the 2008 race around and go back to the past, Clinton is Ford and Obama has to slog all the way, even with early defeats he has to fight all the states, the time is compressed this time but the Senator has a chance to pull off a victory.