President Obama’s SOTU address tonight promises to be one of the most watched in history. He has few allies tonight, but there’s an easy way to recapture a significant portion of the American electorate and take significant pressure off his party:

Announce tonight that he’s signing an executive order that ends the civilain prosecution of the 9-11 conspirators and returns them to a path toward a military tribunal. And announce that he’s signing a second order that classifies the underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, as an enemy combatant and cancel his Miranda status. He will be turned over to military authority and be interogated for intelleigence and eventually tried by a military tribunal.
Talk about having some shock the house value.

He’ll finally get an issue that the GOP will give him cover while taking away a hammer that they have to bash his party with. He’ll gain some considerable political capital back and be able to persue some of his domestic goals. It’s a decision that will cost him nothing politically. Essentially the move allows him to change the subject and gain the bully pulpit again.

No way he does it though.

Posted under Uncategorized

Using unprescedented protocol today, Obama used a pre-arranged question from Huf Po’s Nico Pitney to symbolically, but directly make and address to the protestors of Iran.

Although from a reliable ally website, Pitney’s yeoman’s efforts at in blogging events in Iran are legitimate. His question was poignant and summative. The President’s response certainly provided no comfort to the murderous regime and in fact clearly created seperated them from worldwide norms. The question will be whether or not he will create a consensus with political foes in the US by the strengthening of his message for Iran.

Posted under Uncategorized

From a column in today’s NRO by Andy McCarthy

Holder’s testimony was rambling and often incredible. But he was consistent on the subject of his own ignorance. Indeed, a House investigation concluded that Holder’s “sum total of knowledge about Rich came from a page of talking points provided to him by Jack Quinn in 2000”—talking points that failed to address important aspects of Rich’s background and conduct.

But Holder’s protestations of ignorance do not stand scrutiny. When Quinn first came to him in 1999, he knew exactly who Marc Rich was. For back in 1995, when Holder was the Clinton-appointed U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, he had sued a company precisely because it was substantially controlled by Rich—a fact the company concealed in order to obtain lucrative government contracts.

Many people have remarkable levels of public service and impressive resumes. Holder among them. But Holder’s record in public service reveals actions of a highly partisan nature – actions which brushed the law aside to bring unethical advantage to his Democrat party. His nomination should be rejected.

Posted under Uncategorized