Joe Lieberman - OUT

Guardian: Reports that the Independent Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman wont run for re-election in 2012 due to the prospects that he would lose that fight. One has a lot of sympathy for Senator Lieberman, he supported the Iraq War and thus President Bush, this made him an outcast in Democratic politics, a might fall for a man that had been the Democratic Nominee for VP with Al Gore in 2000. One can argue that the mistake made by Senator Lieberman was that he supported the Democrats in their control of the US Senate, he never made the move to the Republicans, if he had become a Republican and helped them regain the Senate then he might have won re-election in 2012 with Republican support. If your going to cross the bridge you better go all the way, in the end Senator Lieberman never took that final step and thus his forthcoming statemetn that he wont run in 2012.

Education Maintenance Allowance

Telegraph: Reports on a Labour attempt to thwart the Coalition Governments move to axe the education maintenance allowance, this helps poor students between 16 - 18 with a small grant every week of between ten and thirty pounds. In the sunny days the Country could afford such help, it’s a cold and harsh day folks, the last Labour Government broke the bank, thus this fine programme is a victim, something has to go folks and this programme will get the axe. The great unwashed of students who are protesting should protest outside the door of Labour, they bankrupted the country, the Coalition is the grown up, it is fixing the damage, there are always costs folks, this is a cost.

House to Repeal ObamaCare

Fox News: Reports that the Republican House of Representatives is about to repeal ObamaCare today. The White House and the Democratic Senate leadership have been dismissive of this move in public, but one can read between the lines that they are really worried, once it is passed and should another Federal Court throw out ObamaCare the Democrats will have a real fight on their hands in 2012, are Democratic Senators really going to run on defending ObamaCare, will Obama have a political future if he runs in 2012 on a tax hike and keeping ObamaCare. Those major hurdles folks, the Republican House will make the Democrats defend ObamaCare although 2011 and in to the 2012 race, it’s a Vote loser folks, does not matter what you think of the Act, it will throw Democrats out of power for a generation, the NHS didn’t help Labour much, but then Obama’s ego is beyond real history, its his own press statements that count.

US Banker in Town, China and the US

President Obama welcomes the President of China to the United States, President Obama stated the following, “ Three decades ago, on a January day like this, another American President stood here and welcomed another Chinese leader for the historic normalization of relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. ” It is never a good move to bring up Jimmy Carter, Obama should have started with the Nixon break through of 1972 and then Carter, Obama does not need any connection between himself and Jimmy Carter. The President also made a mistake of bringing up past critical reaction of the US to internal China actions, Obama stated the following, “ Looking back on that winter day in 1979, it is now clear. The previous 30 years had been a time of estrangement for our two countries. ” Honour is very important to China, it wont welcome Obama’s comments. Thus to the important point of the meeting between the Presidents, the simple fact that China is the banker of the US debt, Obama stated the following, “ We have an enormous stake in each other’s success. In an interconnected world, in a global economy, nations -- including our own -- will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together….China’s success has brought with it economic benefits for our people as well as yours..” The benefits for China are political, they are the banker of the US, the US Government can not afford to offend its banker, Obama needs China to buy US debt. It seems the Obama ego has no bounds, thus further attack on the honour of China from its perspective, “ History shows that societies are more harmonious, nations are more successful, and the world is more just, when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld, including the universal rights of every human being. ” The left wing base might be happy but China might not buy US debt if its being lectured by a President who has spent trillions on left wing pet projects.