No Health Care Reform - Obama

Yahoo News: Reports on President Obama's remarks that health care reform might be dead in the water. The Obama White House at the end of the day is a political operation, they need to keep the House and Senate in the 2010 Mid Term Elections, they don't need after the Mass vote to spend political capitol on defending a health care bill that has no support in the country. If the Democrats push the Bill through using the nuclear option of 51 votes in the Senate the Republicans can run on one slogan, repeal of the Obama Health Care Act, the Act is poison, all the benefits come later and the harsh stuff is up front, tax hikes and the obligation that Americans buy health insurance. The Oval does not want to defend that for eight months. Thus as stated before on this blog, health care reform is dead for this year, at its most political basic it is about keeping the Hill Democratic.

Operation MOSHTARAK ( Together ) - Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the build up to Operation Moshtarak ( Together ) in Afghanistan. One can argue that its smart to put the fear of God in to the Taliban/Al Qaeda with the news of the operation, but on the other hand it gives them time to hide in plain sight, why fight a direct fight they cant win, better to hide and then come out when the surge is over in the area. When it comes to Afghanistan one can argue that nothing ever works, that's the point of Afghanistan.

Operation Together - Afghanistan

The Times: Reports on the latest military operation in Afghanistan, " Operation Together " will clear out the Taliban from Helmand province. The question has to be asked will the operation really clear the Taliban out of the area, or will the Taliban just hide their guns and go back and hide in plain sight. The military operation comes due to the surge by President Obama, the strategic question that has to be asked are the Taliban waiting the surge out, as Obama stated in his surge speech the operation has in till mid 2011 then the troops will start to come home. The risk for the Taliban is that if they just wait out the surge the Kabul Government could gain control of the whole country. Thus it will be interesting to see who is right when it comes to strategy, Obama or the Taliban.

The Left and Iran

Guardian: This article folks show why left wingers cant be trusted with national security, the article argues in essence that Iran is Iraq and there is no threat, that the left has to start to campaign to prevent another War in the Middle East, the article states the following, " If we are to avoid a replay of that catastrophe, pressure to prevent war with Iran will have to start now. ". That is the problem with left wingers and liberals at the end of the day you cant trust them to defend the national interest, even the Oval gets the fact that Iran is major threat to the region and the world. If you trust the Regime in Tehran I have a bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you, the Regime is playing for time, even the French get that fact, why cant the elite media such as the New York Times and the Guardian understand the fact that you cant look at the present through the eyes of the past, this is a different case, and either Obama acts or Israel will act, its that simple and brutal folks, this is politics the Chicago way.

Mr Brown GOES to the SENATE

Fox News: Reports that Senator - Elect Scott Brown from Massachusetts will be sworn in today, this will give Republicans 41 votes, enough to block the Obama Agenda. The Senator should block those part of the Obama Agenda that is loathed by the voters, such as health care and higher taxes and support moves to cut the deficit otherwise the USA will go the way of Rome and the British Empire, in other words bankrupt at the end. But on social issues the Senator is a liberal thus can support some of the domestic agenda of the President. But Senator Brown should use the Obama model, this could be his step to the Presidency in 2012, thus Republicans in the Senate need his vote thus they will grant him a lot of leeway when it comes to different issues. Thus if Brown wants to be President he should use the US Senate as a stepping stone, the same way JFK and Obama used the Senate. One can only wonder how the late Senate Edward Kennedy would have thought if he had seen this event, his Senate Seat, the seat of JFK being taken by a Republican, a Republican that can block the Obama Agenda. Those Olympic Gods do like irony.

No Nuclear Option on Health Care Reform by Dems ?

The Hill: Reports that Senate Republicans could have found a way to block the Democrats using reconciliation as way to push through health care reform, they can offer amendments till hell freezes over. This would be the ultimate stand off between the Democrats and the Republicans in the Senate in an election year, the Republicans have the wind at their back, they have won a few major State elections and the issue has been health care reform, the question is can liberals in the Senate count on their fellow Democrats to back up them up, do the Democrats want to spend time on health care reform or jobs, if the Democrats want to keep control of Congress the issue has to be jobs, jobs,jobs. One gets the feeling that the Mass vote has really sent the White House and liberal leaders in Congress bonkers, they are like addictive gamblers, just one more bet, the problem is that is bet is always a loser. One can see moderate and conservative Democrats in the Senate making it clear to their leadership that its over, and that its time to move on from health care reform.

Health Care Reform in Parts - Speaker Pelosi

CNN: Reports that the House of Representatives will debate parts of the health care reform bill next week, the House will try to remove legal protections from the health industry, the move is seen as cutting costs. The question is will the Senate even take it up, the Senate really wants to move on to jobs, jobs, and jobs. The US Senate does not want to get dragged back in to the debate about health care reform. The problem with the House is that the leadership could push anything through but its dead in the Senate. It seems the Mass vote passed by the liberal leaders in Congress.