It amazes me how short the memory of the American people can be. Say what you must about President Bush and his recent press conference, no one can ever say he lacks courage, conviction and leadership.

Since the 9/11 attacks on American soil, there has not been one terrorist attack on American soil. If Bush is going to be blamed for all the failings of the war, than he must be credited and praised for the successes.

While many of us can’t fathom how Bush is going to change the war within 90 days in Iraq, he’s certainly right when he says, “I believe that success in Baghdad will have success in helping us secure the homeland.” Read more...

Our poll asked you whether you thought congressional debate over non-binding resolutions on Iraq would help or harm America. A clear majority (57%) of people who voted in the poll thought it would do more harm, while 43% said it would help.

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Just when you think the Senate majority leader got the message that the American people expect their elected representatives to tackle difficult policy issues rather than kick the can down the street without taking substantive action, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is at it again. Now Reid, after the Senate has spent (some might say wasted) countless hours on a non-binding resolution condemning the escalation of troops in Iraq, decided earlier today that he will defer bringing a non-binding resolution to the floor of the Senate for a vote and instead wait to see if the House of Representatives passes a less complicated bill that the Senate could vote on.

Are you kidding me? For all of the bluster and bravado we’ve heard from a majority of Democrats and a handful of Republicans in the Senate about the need to address the war in Iraq and alter the course of events, they can’t even get their act together to pass a non-binding resolution? Serious events require serious deliberations and contemplation. I can’t imagine a more serious issue facing the United States of America than waging and winning the war on terrorism — where Iraq is now the central battleground. Read more...

The president spoke for quite a while about Iraq and Iran at his press conference. He attempted once again to make a case for his escalation and to downplay the growing revolt within his own party over his policy.

On Tuesday, I was quite surprised to see Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) flip out: If we don’t “win” in Iraq, he said, we would have to fight “them” over here. Oh, that is Boehner being Boehner, I thought. Read more...

Perfect timing. The president holds a press conference when the country is engulfed in a blizzard, when Washington is paralyzed (doesn’t take much), schools are closed, government is opening two hours late, and reporters are ready for a slow day.

What do we get? Another shot at Iran for allowing weapons to penetrate into Iraq. Folks, Iraq has more weapons than Carter has liver pills — all the borders are sieves and we have been unable to identify and destroy more than a single large cache of bombs and weapons in the past year. They are everywhere. Read more...

According to the Gallup Poll, the percentage of Americans who rate current economic conditions as "excellent or good" rose from 42% on December 11-14, 2006 to 52% on January 15-18, 2007. Read more...

While Mitt Romney, this week's New Kid on the candidate block, may be scraping bottom in polls of Republicans, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) seems to take him as a serious threat. He couldn't wait even one day after Romney's entrance into the race to brag of Romney defections to his campaign. Read more...

Mitt Romney (R) might be the only presidential candidate to lose before he announces his candidacy. His announcement yesterday comes after two months of freefall in most polls as voters discover that he has been inconsistent in his positions on abortion and gay rights. Now, to add to the impression of flipping and flopping, he is attempting to re-create himself as a son of Michigan rather than the adopted son of Massachusetts. Read more...

Here we go again. Another presidential candidate sticks his foot in his mouth.

This time, it’s not Joe Biden. It’s Barack Obama, under fire for his comment, last weekend in Iowa, that the Iraq war “should never have been waged, and on which we’ve now spent $400 billion, and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted.”
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