HCR by the Weekend ?

The Hill: Reports on fresh hope by the Democratic leadership that the House will pass health care reform, the article states the following, " Momentum seemed to be building Wednesday for Democrats on health care, though they still appeared short of the necessary votes. ". It seems that moderate and conservative Democrats have decided to commit political suicide, it would be simpler to get caught with a high class hooker. Thus how will the Obama White House spin this bill before the Mid Term Elections, they will stress that insurance companies can no longer reject people with pre existing conditions, no cap on the cost of cover, also around thirty million Americans will get cover, on the negative side the Republicans will stress that Obama in major recession has spent a trillion dollars not on jobs but to cover a minority of Americans. Also we have the tax hikes, lets see how popular they are for Americans, also Americans will be forced to buy insurance, lets see if the US Courts strike that down. Thus still my prediction that Obama has handed the Presidency to the Republicans for the next forty years, just like LBJ, this victory for Obama is a tactical, the War has just been won by the Republicans.

Obama's decline in Approval

Gallup Daily: The Obama decline in the polls has reached the Gallup Daily tracking Poll, in the latest snapshot, Obama has a 46% approval rating, but is disapproved by 47%. The Gallup poll is of average voters, thus the Obama obsession with health care reform is staring to hit his own base of support in the young, who tend to say they support POTUS but don't come out and vote. Thus even after Speaker Pelosi has pushed through HCR, the cost could be that the Democrats lose the House in November and POTUS is defeated when it comes to his re-election run in 2012. Obama stated recently that he would rather be a good one term President than a average two term President, Obama is going to find what a bad first term President feels like when he is defeated in 2012. The arrogance of Obama always comes at a cost, that is the way of life, thus the Political Gods that saw Obama win in 2008 will see him become like Walter Mondale, defeated by 49 states in 2012. You have to love those Political Gods.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the name of the soldier that died in the UK due to wounds sustained in Afghanistan, the soldier was " Captain Martin Driver from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, serving as part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group ". Our thoughts are with the family of Captain Driver.

Deaths in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that two British Soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the soldiers were from the " 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, part of the Household Cavalry Regiment Battle Group ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 275 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 242 in combat operations and 33 duel to illness, accidents or other incidents. In 2009 the UK lost three soldiers in March, thus far this month the UK has lost nine soldiers. It seems each month we are losing more more soldiers than last year, something is going wrong on the ground in Afghanistan.