Hillary 2012?

Clintonites Undermine Obama for Hillary 2012 Challenge – Rowan Scarborough, Human Events
Led by James Carville, the Clintonites are abandoning the Obama administration. The southern Democrats see little to love in the Chicago-style politician residing in the White House. Rather than following the Clinton strategy of making nice with the base on social issues and doing whatever was necessary to mollify Congress regarding spending, the Obama administration has spent like hell, and forgotten its base entirely. Obama has failed to deliver on almost all of his campaign promises to his base (think about his promises to close Gitmo, or to implement card check). Carville and his think tank, Democracy Corp, did a survey and in the survey Democracy Corps found that 55% of Americans believe that President Obama is a SOCIALIST. With a base that is losing faith in its anointed savior and the majority of the country realizing what an inexperienced neophyte has been elected to the White House, even Hillary Clinton is starting to look preferable in some peoples’ eyes. Don’t doubt for a second that the Clinton team is working hard behind the scenes to put more of their supporters in positions of power for 2012. For instance, Bill Clinton endorsed Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic senatorial primary in Colorado, in direct opposition to President Obama’s endorsed candidate, Michael Bennet. Look for breaks between the Clintons and the Obama administration in other big races too as November draws nearer. Look for those who remained loyal to Hillary during the Democratic primary for president to get a disproportionate share of Bill Clinton’s time and praise. – Dick Young

Website Releases Secrets on War – Julian E. Barnes and Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal
The bleak outlook on Afghanistan revealed by thousands of leaked documents this weekend should come as no surprise to readers of this website. I have, time and time again, told you how poor the situation in Afghanistan is and that the United States ought not to be continuing its aimless slog in the country. For some reason it seems to come as a surprise to the media that the Taliban would have heat-seeking weapons. Do they not realize that these are the same goat-herders that the CIA supplied with Stinger missiles in the 80s to fight the U.S.S.R.? The same exact warlords, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Jalaluddin Haqqani are manning the turrets in Afghanistan, just like they were against the Russians. The Obama administration response to the leaks was typical, it blamed the Bush administration. What has changed since Obama was elected? The U.S. has become more, not less, involved in Afghanistan, when in fact it should have left the rugged country long ago. Moreover, the leaks have detailed that Pakistan’s intelligence service, the ISI, is actively working against the U.S. and NATO forces by aiding the Taliban. This is after the U.S. has spent billions in the country. America is funding its own enemies. Where else would the rag-tag Taliban be getting enough money to fight against the only super-power left on the planet? This is already the longest war in U.S. history, how much longer will it go on? – Dick Young

Sanctuary Cities: Dangerous & Deadly – Connie Hair, Human Events
In sanctuary cities, police officers are being asked to break the law by their elected superiors in mayors’ offices. The officers are political hostages that could lose their jobs at any time for breaking federal laws found in Title 8 Section 1373 and Title 8 Section 1644 of the U.S. Code. Mayors and police chiefs who order their police officers to disregard the rules regarding federal enforcement of immigration should be brought to justice. As the Obama administration disregards the breaking of the law in sanctuary cities, its radical Attorney General, Eric Holder, is suing Arizona for actually trying to comply with federal law. Sanctuary cities allow criminals to continue to roam the streets after multiple arrests. This has to stop. – Timothy Jones

The Democratic Fisc – Review & Outlook, The Wall Street Journal
For four years Democrats have been writing the budgets in the U.S. To continue to blame the GOP for a recession that occurred after Democrats took over Congress is a bit disingenuous. The Bush administration was absolutely complicit in driving the country into a fiscal wreck, but Democrats supplied the gasoline. Democrats have continued to increase spending even after the Bush administration left town. Even without a stimulus or TARP or any other brand-name spending programs, Democrats plan to spend 25.1% of GDP in 2011. That’s more than anytime since WWII. The debt is exploding into a debt trap. Where is all that money going? – Dick Young