Mid Term Generic Congressional Polls

RCP: Reports on its Average of the generic congressional polls, the RCP has the following, Republicans 48.8% and the Democrats 42.8% a Republican lead of 6.0%. Thus the question that has to be asked will the present terror alert help President Obama, all things are political folks, depends how the President deals with this terror alert, if he gives the impression that he will deal with these terrorists cells in Yemen in a harsh manner that might help on the margins of close House Seats, any show of weakness of any kind and it could be a disaster, the next couple of hours and days will be interesting folks, this is really up to POTUS, the C in C of the US Armed Forces, does he have the ability to be a JFK or Reagan and not himself, is he just another weak Jimmy Carter

Leaving the Sinking Ship - House Democrats

Time: Reports that Liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could retire if the Democrats lose the House to the Republicans in November. One has to wonder how many top Democrats will get jobs in the Obama White House, the poor foot soldiers who voted for ObamaCare will be in the cold of defeat and without a job. One has to wonder why Democrats don’t learn, are they just thick, the Clinton Presidency is not that long ago, in 1994 Bill Clinton lost the House after nearly half a Century of Democratic rule, the issue was health care reform, one would think that Democrats in the House would have learnt to say no to a young Democratic President. This blog has no sympathy for stupid politicians, they allowed themselves to be rolled by Obama/Pelosi who do not care about conservative and moderate Democrats, these Congressmen/women should have bailed on Obama but they allowed his extreme Liberal Agenda to pass, thus they pay the price, lets hope its cold losing.

9/11 and the Bush 43

Guardian: Reports on leaks from the Presidential memoir of Bush 43, the article reports Bush 43 thought his order to shoot down suspected hijacked planes had lead to the shooting down of Flight 93 on 9/11. These are the kind of tough decisions that only a President can take, in the case of Flight 93 the heroic passengers took on the terrorists which lead to their deaths but the saving of thousands of others in the Capitol. It will be interesting to see from the UK perspective how Tony Blair was seen in the Bush 43 Oval, how much influence did he have over Bush 43, also what the President thinks of the War in Afghanistan and the success in Iraq. It will be interesting to see how much influence Bush 41 had over his son, did they discuss Iraq War before 2003 invasion, cant wait to read this memoir.

The White House and the Terror Alert

Here is the White House reaction to the Terror Alert:

“ Last night, intelligence and law enforcement agencies discovered potential suspicious packages on two planes in transit to the United States. Based on close cooperation among U.S. government agencies and with our foreign allies and partners, authorities were able to identify and examine two suspicious packages, one in London and one in Dubai. Both of these packages originated from Yemen. As a result of security precautions triggered by this threat, the additional measures were taken regarding the flights at Newark Liberty and Philadelphia International Airports. The President was notified of a potential terrorist threat on Thursday night at 10:35, by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism. The President directed U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security, to take steps to ensure the safety and security of the American people, and to determine whether these threats are a part of any additional terrorist plotting. The President has received regular updates from his national security team since he was alerted to the threat. ”

Lets hope President Obama is more connected to the process than he was during the Christmas bombing scare, that was not his finest hour!
　

Obama 44% Approval - Gallup

Gallup: Reports on its latest Poll on President Obama in the last weekend before the 2010 Mid Term Congressional Elections, this Friday President Obama has a 44% Approval rating, while 49% Disapprove of the Job performance of the 1st Dude. What ever possessed President Obama to go on to comedy chat show, can you see Ronald Reagan doing that, yes Richard Nixon appeared on a 60s comedy show but that was before he become President. The one thing that Politician must prevent is being laugh at, a comedy show can either go two ways, the audience will either laugh with you or at you, the clips show a arrogant President out of his depth, the US voter wants some regal aspects to the President, thus the charge thrown at Reagan by Liberals that Reagan was a bad PM but a great King, thus Kings don’t do comedy shows, Reagan was a natural wit so he could use comedy to undercut some of the attacks on him, Obama does not take well to critical comment, before Obama went to the Studio the Press Secretary should have made sure the Office of the President was respected, thus no dude jokes, does not help President Obama, if Obama wants a second term he should not look at Bill Clinton who won with 49% vote in 1996 but Reagan who won with 59%. Obama is NO Liberal Reagan, he is just a Chicago dude who got lucky in 2008 sad to say.

Terrorism Alert in the UK and US, Real, Dry Run or PR Stunt

BBC News: Reports on the terrorist alerts in the US and the UK, the alerts concern airport cargo traffic and packages sent from Yemen. Thus far no packages have shown that they are explosive in nature, but its early, thus the question is this a real terrorist threat, a dry run for a future operation or a PR stunt before the 2010 Mid Term Elections. It is a matter at looking at the dots, are they linked, are packages form one country, are they explosive, was the intelligence a set up to draw the intelligence networks to show how they would react to such an operation, so far so good for the good guys, all the known packages have been taken in custody, no deaths or injuries so far reported. One has to ask, is this a PR stunt by Al Qaeda before the 2010 Mid Term Congressional Elections, it could be if the suspect packages turn out not to be bombs, its still early folks, but the Intelligence networks of the UK and the US have shown they are on the case.