Theatre of the Absurd

The Democrats in the House have entered the Theatre of the Absurd. They have cited present and past officials of the Bush Administration for contempt of Congress in the US Attorneys firings. The Bush Administration should not back down as they could and should win in Court.

Congress V White House

The Democratic Congress is like a dog that is barking for no reason, again it is the firing of the U.S Attorneys.

Here are some interesting articles on the case.

Washington Post: The article looks at the mistrust between the Senate and the Attorney General of the United States. The Republicans on the Panel don't have much time for the A.G.

The Politico: The leading Republican on Senate Judiciary Committee is not very happy with the A.G and that is a understatement. He does not support the right of the President to announce he will use Executive Privilege to close down investigation of the firing of US Attorneys.

Fox News: A showdown is developing between the Congress and the White House. Congress is about to pass Contempt Citations against those in the administration and those that have served.

Obama Plan?

A interesting article in the Politico, it seems that Senator Obama wants to follow the Reagan method to winning the nomination of the Party. It should be noted that the Reagan victory in 1980 came off nearly winning the nomination in 1976 against a sitting President of the United States, President Ford. History can teach and create new ideas, change Ford to Clinton and then look at the possible development of a plan. Reagan lost early rounds but came back, when the press stated he should get out he stated to his staff he would fight in every state no matter if he won or loss. President Ford won the nomination but it was a marginal victory by a hundred votes or so, Reagan's campaign started from there and he won in 1980.

Senator Obama has to turn the 2008 race around and go back to the past, Clinton is Ford and Obama has to slog all the way, even with early defeats he has to fight all the states, the time is compressed this time but the Senator has a chance to pull off a victory.

The Debate and 2008

Here are some interesting articles:

Time : Obama gets a A grade from Time for his performance in the Debate.

Time : Clinton gets a B+ for the debate. I have stated that the MSM supports Hillary Clinton.

The Daily Standard : Has Clinton winning the Debate. But Standard is Conservative in nature might not get the what Liberals want to hear, cue Obama again won the debate.

New Gallup Poll

A new Gallup Poll has Giuliani ahead of Clinton by three points, this follows a trend of polls by Gallup. Giuliani could be the Trump Card for the Republicans against Hillary Clinton. Also Giluliani is ahead of Obama by four points. If the Republicans choose another candidate then the Democrats win the race. In other words Thompson might not be the new Reagan.

Democratic Debate

After thinking about the debate it can be argued that we are seeing a split between what the Beltway Politicians and what the public see in the Debate. If you watched the CNN and Fox for the reaction, one could see the MSM ( Main Stream Media ) supporting Hillary Clinton while those that actually matter the voters seem to have a found a new leader in Senator Obama. As I have argued before Obama needed to be quick on his feet in the these debates and last night he showed that he could up his game. Obama could be the Democratic Reagan, he needs a few good Debate shows also he needs to get some political punches in as to show that he wants the job and is not seeking the VP spot in 08.

On the debate itself one question was interesting would those on the platform meet with the leaders of North Korea etc. Obama stated he would meet with them with no conditions, he used Reagan as a example of a leader who would meet with those that he opposed. Clinton was smart and stated that she would not be used as some propaganda peace for those leaders, she does not seem to mind when it comes to Bill Clinton during his troubles. The Liberal based liked the reaction of Obama, the beltway reaction of the MSM liked the Clinton response. Clinton while looking at the long game and the general election might be weak in this race if Obama can show he is the real Liberal in the 2008 election.

Senator Obama won the Debate

Democrats Extreme Left

The Extreme Liberals in the Democratic Party are losing the plot, they cant end the War in Iraq, the Agenda is stalled on the Hill so what do they do compromise and talk to the White House, NO AND NO again they want to Impeach Bush or Cheney or both if they could find a way. In the 1980s the Labour Party pre - Blair had a group called the Militant Tendency, other words the complete left, the Party had to throw them out or die on the vine. In the end this cancer in Labour was removed, the Democrats in the USA find themselves in a very similar position. If they don't throw out the extreme left they risk the chance of losing the next Presidential election and worse for them they could lose the House and Senate. I wonder if the Democrats have the nerve to challenge the real left, and tell them to start their own party. If not then Democrats will fade and the once great party of FDR, Truman, JFK will fade from politics. Nothing is forever, the earth is not and so parties can die from within, lets hope there is a politician in the mould of JFK or RFK would will stand up for the real Democratic Party.

Here is a Interesting article on the Democrats and Impeachment.

The Politico: How the left is causing problems for the Beltway Establishment. How the Party needs to say that Impeachment is off and why. Also has to be said by someone that the left will believe. I would suggest Bill Clinton, he has been through the process and is loved by the Party followers or even Hillary Clinton could argue the point.