Obama has talked a good game, but now he must deliver on his promises. The American people will allow him to set his plans in motion, but if he immediately starts jumping way to the left, like Bill Clinton did, he will find out that overreaching is not the way to go. In 1992, Mr. Clinton started overreaching from the get go, and the country rewarded him by voting in the Newt Gingrich led Republican revolution. From that moment on, Clinton went to the middle, picked the fights he knew he could win, dealt with the Republicans when he had to, and easily won a second term. Despite the numerous scandals, Clinton left office with one of the highest approval ratings ever.

Obama now supports the FISA bill, the part that offers retroactive immunity to the telecom companies. A bill that Obama said repeatedly that he would filibuster. Now, feeling betrayed, some in the progressive community have openly questioned his liberal credentials. One of them, Atrios, have given him his daily "Wanker of the day award". Matt Stoller, a blogger at Openleft.com has said that Obama has broken faith, and is part of the old politics that has been rejected by his supporters. We must hold his feet to the fire on this issue.

In the poll, it shows that Barack Obama has only a 3% lead over Mc.Cain, 45-42% That is statistically a dead heat, and what's worse, Obama's lead is down after Hillary Clinton got out of the race and endorsed Obama.

Now I know this is only one poll, and it's only a snapshot in time, but with the way things are running in this country right now, Obama should have a 12-15% lead.

Obama 42%
Mc.Cain 38%
Barr 6%
Nader 4%

Now with Hillary running as an independent
Mc.Cain 32%
Obama 31%
Clinton 22%
Barr 3%
Nader 3%

On the other hand, 19% of Obama supporters say that if Clinton is the nominee, they will vote for Mc.Cain in the fall. also 72% of Obama supporters will vote for Clinton this November.

What this tells me that there are a lot more Clinton supporters that will ultimately be pissed off enough to vote Mc.Cain if Obama gets the nomination. Now I know a good portion of these people will come back to the Democrats this November, but enough of them could tip the balance over to Mc.Cain.

Now, I have no wish to see Mc.Cain as president, but I also have no wish to see Obama as president either. But just think, if only half of those Clinton supporters carry through with their threat to vote for Mc.Cain, combined with other factors like Nader, and people so disgusted with politics, just staying home, and not voting Obama, you could very easily see John Mc.Geezer as president.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/McCain-vs-Clinton-28-Clinton-Backers-Mc.Cain.aspx

Mc.Cain will be 72 years old come election day, and a new poll out this morning, and reported by MSNBC says a full 25% of voters say they will be less likely to vote for Mc.Cain because of his age.

The only other person you can compare this to is Ronald Reagan. The job of president ages you in a hurry, and Reagan took afternoon naps, was in bed for the night around 9PM, and by the sixth year of his second term, he was tired, run down, his energy sapped and he looked every bit like an 85 year old man. By the end of his second term, Bill Clinton looked like he aged 25 years.

If Mc.Cain wins the presidency, (A thought that horrifies me), I dare say he will only be a one term president. I can't see him making a run for a second term simply because I doubt he would last with a second term. This is a job for younger men or women, with energy to burn.

When the Republicans exploit race and gender,(and you know they will), the Democrats have the age issue. In simple terms, Mc.Cain's age is a liability to him. Democrats would do well to bring it up every chance they get.

Clift said, "Other than favoring the war, Joe Lieberman will be a very good Democrat". Her comments suprised me since anyone on the liberal websites, including this one, hates Lieberman with a passion.

My only question for all you idiots out there, if Clift can say good things about Lieberman, why can't you?? You can't say anything good about Lieberman because your utter hatred for the man clouds your judgment.

So come on Boo-Man, PSI fighter, Cabin Girl or anyone else out there. Prove to me that you have opens minds. I know I'm just waisting my time, since none of you disgusting people has anything good to say about people who may disagree with you. For people who are supposedly progressive in your thinking, you certainly act like the Republicans when it comes to Lieberman.

But I had the last laugh when Neddie the "racist" Lamont was beaten in the general election. Lieberman until 2012!!!! Choke on that!!!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/13/231550/92

We wish him a speedy recovery. According to Dick Durbin, Johnson's condition is "touch and Go"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/10/221917/95

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/08/opinion/main2162618.shtml

And as for Joe Lieberman and the nutroots;

http://bullmooseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/11/kosenfreude.html

Chew on that for a little while.

1, John Murtha vs. Steny Hoyer; Incoming speaker Nancy Pelosi has a tough choice here. She is great friends with Murtha, an outspoken critic of the war, but she has said that she wants to govern from the center, and that's where Hoyer is. Hoyer supports the war. How are the liberals going to react if Hoyer gets the nod?? Not too well I believe.

2, Chuck Schumer; A diary on firedoglake.com has a not to flattering piece on Schumer, and 12 reasons not to trust him. You are not going to trust a man who, along with Rahm Emanuel, brought home the bacon when it counted?? I thought the bloggers would get down on their hands and knees and thank Schumer for what he did, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen

By an overwhelming majority, moderates voted for the Democrats in this cycle. Almost 60% of so-called centrists abandoned the Republicans because of the corruption and Iraq. Now that the victory is here, it would be ill advised to bank hard left, and not learn from history.

So far, Democrats and Bush have talked a great game, but results matter, and the American people want the president and Democratic leaders to work together to find common ground. Bush and the Republicans forgot that sticking to a very conservative agenda was going to piss off a good majority of voters.

But I thought Bush was against setting a timetable for withdrawl??

Do you think Iraqi forces will be able to accomplish taking full control of the country by the end of next year?? Me neither!!!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2446744,00.html

House; Democrats, +33
Senate; Democrats, +5

Your turn.