Karl Rove: Romney has a Real Chance

from Newsmax:

The most recent polls indicate Mitt Romney has a strong chance to wrest the
White House from President Barack Obama, says ace Republican strategist Karl
Rove.

The opening statements of the first presidential debate and the
closing statements of the final debate are what put Romney in this position, he
writes in The Wall Street Journal.

The average of the last 10
major polls compiled by Real Clear Politics shows Romney leading 47.7 percent to
47.1 percent. Just before the first debate, Obama led 49.1 to 46
percent.

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More importantly, in the past
week’s 40 national surveys, Romney’s support registered at or above 50 percent
in 11 polls, while Obama scored that high in only one, Rove says.

That’s
especially good news for Romney because “an incumbent president’s final number
in opinion polls is often his Election Day share of his vote, and undecided
voters generally swing the challenger’s way,” Rove writes.

The race will
likely be decided by a few states — Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New
Hampshire, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and most
important, Ohio, Rove says.

“So if Mr. Obama goes into Nov. 6 below 50
percent in these states — as he now is in almost every one — he is likely to
lose them and his chance at a second term.”

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Perhaps Obama Should Follow The Lead of Geithner & Clinton: Call It Quits

     Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner put his “resume” into the marketplace by saying that he didn’t think that President Obama would ask him to continue in his position IF the President were able to win a second term. Geithner even hinted that if asked, he was ready for a change, and would “move on”.

      Then yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said that she was ready to get “off the high wire of American politics”, and would not return to her position if a second term for Obama were to become a reality.

       These type of statements are not unusual in any White House administration. But, perhaps Barack Obama should take a cue from these two high profile Cabinet members, and decide that a second term just isn’t what he wants!

        Just Saying!!!!

Chris Matthews: The Obama’s Aren’t Happy

For once, something to agree with Chris Matthews about:

http://www.breitbart.tv/matthews-obamas-dont-like-being-in-white-house-michelle-not-happy/

LA Times: EMails Show That White House was Aware of the “Fast and Furious” Operation

Reporting from Washington—

Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.

Three White House national security officials were given some details about the operation, dubbed Fast and Furious. The operation allowed firearms to be illegally purchased, with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels. But the effort went out of control after agents lost track of many of the weapons.

The supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation in Phoenix specifically mentioned Fast and Furious in at least one email to a White House national security official, and two other White House colleagues were briefed on reports from the supervisor, according to White House emails and a senior administration official.

But the senior administration official said the emails, obtained Thursday by The Times, did not prove that anyone in the White House was aware of the covert “investigative tactics” of the operation.

for full article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns-20110902,0,7480365.story

Has the WH Removed Jerusalem from Israel on Its Official Sites?

On Tuesday, The Weekly Standard’s deputy online editor, Daniel Halper, made a noteworthy charge against the White House.

Following an article in which he discussed the ongoing debate over which country the U.S. believes Jerusalem is in (hint: It’s not Israel), Halper claims that the White House “cleansed” its site of references to the city being definitively tied to the Jewish homeland.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-the-white-house-cleanse-references-to-jerusalem-israel-from-its-web-site/

Newcomer GOP Governors Outshining White House Hopefuls

What’s wrong with this picture? While half a dozen current and former Republican governors weigh bids to challenge President Barack Obama, the party’s lightning and thunder are coming from a different handful of governors, who threaten to overshadow those potential candidates.

Republicans drawing the most national attention in recent weeks are first-term Govs. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Chris Christie of New Jersey. Many conservatives love them for battling public-sector unions in the name of cutting government spending.

Not far behind is another tier of hard-charging, tough-talking GOP governors who say they are showing the country how to shrink budgets, and vowing to hold Obama accountable in ways traditionally left to Congress. They include Rick Perry of Texas, John Kasich of Ohio and Bob McDonnell of Virginia.

None of these governors shows any interest in running for president next year. Christie and Perry, in particular, routinely knock down the notion. Even if they resist temptation, however, these governors may play important roles in shaping a Republican presidential primary that is slow to take form.

for full article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110302/ap_on_el_ge/us_republican_governors

FOX News Takes Initial Steps with “Paid Contributors” Considering a White House Bid

Just 24 hours before Newt Gingrich’s expected announcement of the formation of an “exploratory” committee for a possible White House bid, FOX News has taken initial steps with regard to two of its paid contributors:

Fox News’ Bret Baier just announced that the network has put a 60-day suspension on the paid contributor deals with both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum — who are both considering a run for president in 2012.

“The suspension is effective for 60 days, then on May 1st, their contracts will be terminated unless they notify FOX they are not running for president,” said Baier, reporting from Washington, DC during “Happening Now.”

Fox News host Mike Huckabee and contributor Sarah Palin, whose names are also being considered as 2012 GOP candidates, are not included in this 60-day suspension.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox-news-announces-temporary-suspension-of-newt-gingrich-and-rick-santorum-as-cobtributors_b55454

Union Boss has “Shocking Level” of White House Access, Influence

Mrs Obama Wants Restaurants to Serve Us LESS

     Do you like the Denny’s GrandSlam breakfast? How about one of those famous Carnegie Deli sandwiches in the Big Apple?

     Well, despite the artery-clogging menu served at the White House for Obama’s Super Bowl party, Michelle Obama has set her nutrition targets on the restaurant industry:

After wrapping her arms around the retail giant Wal-Mart and trying to cajole food makers into producing nutrition labels that are easier to understand, Michelle Obama, the first lady and a healthy-eating advocate, has her sights set on a new target: the nation’s restaurants.

A team of advisers to Mrs. Obama has been holding private talks over the past year with the National Restaurant Association, a trade group, in a bid to get restaurants to adopt her goals of smaller portions and children’s meals that include healthy offerings like carrots, apple slices and milk instead of French fries and soda, according to White House and industry officials.

for full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/us/politics/07michelle.html?_r=2

Chinese Professor: The Fall of the Great Empires

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