SOME POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS!

Observation of the Day
Some Political Observations, An Opinionated Public Service

I tried to capture and send to my blogees the video of the highlights of Barack Obama’s speech at Target Center in Minneapolis, but I couldn’t make it work. A man still stuck in the twentieth century. If you are interested go to startribune.com, to see a portion of his speech. It is longer than the sound bites you get from TV.

I really like Obama, even though McCain is still on my radar. Doe is also interested. She says she is not against a woman as president, but not Hillary. She is pretty vocal about her belief. I am truly an undecided.

I do hate the pandering that candidates put forth in political speeches. Wellstone will always be mentioned as an applause line in Minnesota. The fact is he was a loud angry speechmaker, who actually accomplished very little and never passed up a photo op. R.T. Ryback is mayor of Minneapolis. He could only be elected in left wing Minneapolis. He is an incompetent, as are most socialist who call themselves DFL in Minnesota. Minneapolis is truly as close as to socialism as any city in America, except San Francisco.

That said, I think Obama may bring some change. He was chastised for invoking Reagan as a president that brought change. He was simply giving credit to Reagan as change maker. Many Dems hate Reagan and cannot bring themselves to give any rational credit to the man..

As Clinton's (Bill) legacy unfolds it is beginning to be noted that he was lucky enough to be president at a time when the economy was strong and there was no war. I don’t think a president can do much about the economy, good times or bad. He didn't do much about the threat of terrorism. In other words he had too much time on his hands, and you know what happens then. His legacy will always be Monica and the scallywag he is. Even in his current speeches, it is still all about Bill. He was even told to shut up many the Democratic leaders. There is no doubt, however, I would still like to hang out with him.

To balance this out, I’d like to say a word about Mitt Romney. He is not going to be the candidate, but I kept hearing about his business success. However, there was little detail of that success in his speeches or the media. I went to Wikipedia to learn more. He has a BA from BYU, and law and MBA degrees from Harvard. He worked in investment banking. He left to run the Olympics, when it was in dire money straits and turned it around and made money. He returned to Bain and Company, an investment banking firm, when it too was in major trouble and turned it around. As an individual who has turned two companies around, I admire that. I do believe he is the best executive available and is running primarily against the Senate. If the economy is your issue, then Romney should be your man.

Super Tuesday is next week. The fog should clear a little.

Have a nice day!

Samuel C. Arnold