Liberals and the Clinton Machine

Fox News: Reports how the actions of Bill Clinton, the Master Politician has hurt the campaign of Hillary Clinton. Super Tuesday is the day we shall see if Obama can really win.

Florida Voting - Update

PalmBeachPost: Reports on early voting, could Giuliani win, voters voted early, before his fall in the polls, some gut reaction is telling me watch the Florida vote carefully tonight!!

Kennedy and Obama

New York Times: Flattering piece on Kennedy and Obama and quite negative on the Clinton Machine. A bit of throw back to the early 1960s. I am a Ronald Reagan Fan.

Bill Clinton and Washington Post

Washington Post: E.J. Dionne looks at how Bill Clinton has hurt the Campaign of Hillary Clinton, the former President methods in South Carolina has drawn critical reaction from the left and right, thus the Kennedy support for Obama. Dionne writes the following, " People close to Ted Kennedy say that the former president's aggressiveness pushed the senator to offer an endorsement he was already inclined to make. " Since the flare up it seems that the Clinton Machine has learned its lesson, Bill Clinton has gone back to the usual role of a spouse of a Presidential Candidate, better than becoming George Wallace.

NYT and Bush

New York Times: Sometimes I wish the Liberal New York Times would just surprise me, just the once, but no its Editorial on the State of the Union was typical of a paper that gone off the cliff and wants to take its reputation from the past with it, here what the paper stated about the speech, " Mr. Bush still has a year left — and many serious problems to address. It is time, finally, for him to put aside the partisanship, the bluster and the empty rhetoric. The state of the union is troubled. The nation yearns for leadership. " This from a paper that has published State Secrets on the front page, has released how the USA has tracked terrorists in the international system, if the country needs leadership the NYT needs to respect the USA.

Edwaards as King Maker ?

The Hill: Looks at the prospects for Edwards to be the King maker at the Democratic Convention. Only the Democrats could devise a system that would allow someone like Edwards to have that level of influence. Either a straight win for Obama or Clinton would be better than Edwards as the final decider of the Democratic Race.

State of the Union 2008 - Review

State of the Union Address 2008
Courtesy of the White House


A very good speech by the President, the main areas of interest from over the water was his views on the economy and Iraq. These aspects of the speech should help both Romney and McCain in Florida. The President stated the following on the economy, " As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty. " Thus the President stated the need to pass the economic packaged agreed by the White House and the Speaker. This plays in to positives of Romney, a very successful businessman. On Iraq the President stated the following, " In Iraq, the terrorists and extremists are fighting to deny a proud people their liberty, and fighting to establish safe havens for attacks across the world. One year ago, our enemies were succeeding in their efforts to plunge Iraq into chaos. So we reviewed our strategy and changed course. We launched a surge of American forces into Iraq. We gave our troops a new mission: Work with the Iraqi forces to protect the Iraqi people, pursue the enemy in its strongholds, and deny the terrorists sanctuary anywhere in the country. .....Ladies and gentlemen, some may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt. Al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq, and this enemy will be defeated. " Thus this helps McCain who argued for the surge and has a background in National Security.

This was a good speech, but the Bush Legacy will be defined by Iraq, and that Chapter is not finished yet, it will be up to the next President to place the final full stop.