2012 Presidential Election and Gov. Pawlenty

The Hill: Reports that Gov Pawlenty (R) of Minnesota has stated that ObamaCare shoud be repealed and that his State will fight its introduction. The 2012 Presidential race starts straight after the Mid Term Election folks, Governor Pawlenty is a contender for the nomination, there will be a lot more folks, if Obama is self defeating then the 2012 nomination looks like a great next step for an ambitious Republican, a lot of water to go under the bridge folks, lets see who is the running by January of 2012.

His own EG0, His DOWNFALL in 2012 ? - President Obama

Telegraph: Reports that Republican Leaders on the Hill want to keep the political attention President Obama, the article states the following, “ Republicans will be greatly assisted by Obama's ego and his belief that he is not just any president but a great one – a Reagan of the Left. ”. Thus any political blame for the freeze on the Hill will be on the Oval and not on the Republicans. In 1982 Reagan lost 26 Seats in the House while keeping the Senate, while Clinton lost 52 in the House thus losing the House for the first time in half a century, also the Senate was in the hands of the Republicans. How did these two great political Presidents come back, the Agenda of tax cuts, smaller government and big defence spending helped create an economic boom for Reagan thus the defeat of Walter Mondale in 1984 by 49 States to 1, and 59% of the vote and 525 electoral votes. Also in 1988 Reagan lifted a finger to get his VP elected in the shape of Bush 41. In the case of Bill Clinton he didn’t want just to be a one term President, so he moved to the centre, passed bills that the Republicans could support, the economy that had been in a recession turned around, thus Clinton won big in the 1996 election, but it should be noted as in 1992 Clinton only got 49% of the vote. When VP Gore ran in 2000 with a booming economy he had to hide Bill Clinton due to the Impeachment of Clinton, thus in most cases Gore should have won easily in 2000 but he was stuck with Clinton while Bush 41 had Reagan, a beloved President thus a great positive for Bush 41. Thus we come to President Obama, the Republicans will force him to agree to tax cuts for ALL Americans not just those earning up to two hundred and fifty thousand, they will force the Democrats to either stall the repeal of ObamaCare in the Senate or force Obama to VETO the repeal, also the jobless recovery is not great, at present the unemployment rate stands at 9.6%. Thus advice to POTUS, run to the centre right on taxes, be the champion of tax cuts for all Americans, reform health care reform, be the man of new ideas, change of image of elite arrogance, be tough Iran, support Israel, Czech Republic and Poland. In other words ditch the arrogance or you wont be a Reagan or a Clinton, you will be another Carter, does the President have the ability to see the future or he set on defeat.

Why Bush won over Gore in 2000 - You like HIM ?

The New York Times: Ms Dowd reviews the memoirs of Bush 43, in a way she is also describing why Bush 43 won over VP Gore in 2000, Ms Dowd states the following on the memoirs of Bush 43, “…….deftly crafted and utterly selective new memoir……after I finished reading it, I was ready to vote for the guy. ”. It was noted during the 2000 election folks that Bush 43 was the type of guy you could have a drink with if you were a man while women would want to date him, a classic example that was used that if Gore came to pick you up for a date he would arrive on time and wait for you arrive, Bush 43 would crash on the grass and hoot the horn for you to get in the car! You have to like the President, at some level the guy in the Oval has to connect to the folks, that is the problem that Obama has at the present, he is seen as arrogant and elite, no everyone has gone to Harvard Law! Ms Dowd notes all the usual negatives about Bush 43 but also in way explains why Bush 43 served two terms, while Bush 41 served only one, in a way Bush 43 was the heir to Reagan not his father.

You LOSE an ELECTION, Do you Go ? - Brown and Pelosi ?

Guardian: Interesting article in the left wing Guardian that argues that Liberal Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi should resign after losing the House. The case of Nancy Pelosi is interesting, it follows the example of Gordon Brown, yes Mr Brown did resign as Labour Leader but he still an MP, when he turns up to the House of Commons its an EVENT, could be wrong but its about three to four times so far since the election, and one of them was to be sworn in and get paid. Why do defeat leaders hang on ?, the last Labour Leader Tony Blair when he left resigned as an MP on the same day, when your OUT your OUT. As the Guardian notes the mere presence of Nancy Pelosi will be of great help to the Republicans, they will argue that President Obama cant change as long as he has extreme liberals on his back in the House, another great win for the Republicans.