So will it matter if we manage to get the bulk of the Middle East to agree, if they are remain unwilling to help stop the global thugs? All one has to do is look at the way the thugs are positioning themselves, they already have Obama (the one they wanted) pegged as typically American. It’s an easy road to more anti American/European BS (it doesn’t

It comes down to mostly money, in the end, I’m curious to see how the problem would be affected if a major financial pipeline were cut — and I’m hoping Obama handles the situation differently from Bush, at the very least with more oversight.

But “Obama from IL” was corrupt, so I’m not expecting much, PEBO the same as he ever was.

Bush and Cheney were particularly impotent as leaders of this country, others, internationally, not repsecting their word, their wishes, I think in part due to their use of the Atwater type tactic — it’s use shows a man can’t compete intellectually, bottom line, i.e. if his handlers can control the press, the candidate doesn’t have to be smart. Obama is the same as Bush, using the Atwater/Rovian tactics to present a certain image, and now, with the “little jon,” cardboard molester -speechwriter fiasco, he’s marked as a third world banana type — unless he takes action.

(Guys like jon fail to understand the greater world dynamic, hell, they don’t even understand how things work here, really).

And, IMO, the election was fixed, so everyone, internationally, already knows Obama is not a real contender, he did not earn his spot. If he’s seen as say, a pawn of Soros, they KNOW they can push Soros around, so Obama, and therefore the US, are highly compromised.

He NEEDS the Clintons, and he needs to show the Clintons have his full support to be even somewhat effective. It’s already my guess Obama is marked as a stooge, a puppet of the money men, not respected as an intellectual mover and shaker, same as Bush.

Wait until he has to talk to the Saudis about oil prices — will he have to go to them? Not a good thing.

So, the world will push him around, he has to prove himself the same as everybody else, REALLY compete, and the election did him no favors, same with his boy band of speechwriters.

She had a horrible choice…under Reid et als guillotine OR SOS.

Frankly, I’d rather have her take over a big, respected national group of some sort and have some dignity…

Will it backfire? Don’t know. But I certainly want to give her a chance to work through all the political mindfields. I feel somewhat encouraged that she is part of the team in a position with heft.

I have no idea if Obama has ulterior motives or is playing a grand game of chess. This is something we will unfortunately find out for good or ill over the next six months, and is why I have never thought his candidacy made sense. An unknown quantity as POTUS is not a good thing.

Even his most ardent supporters–the “so-called” progressives–are squirming in their seats. Who is this man? What does he believe? Where is the change, the rainbows and unicorns? Right now, it’s an absolute crap shoot in terms of what exactly Barack Obama stands for. If his supporters are scratching their heads and butts, I certainly don’t know.

But Hillary Clinton made her decision and I believe she took all the pros and cons into consideration. So, now we wait for the President-elect to take the oath and show his true colors.

Do I feel confident? Not really.

But it is what it is. We’ll know very soon.