Crisis, What Crisis? Time For a New U.S. Strategy On the Korean Peninsula

North Korea assaulted its southern neighbor today, its latest act of war against U.S. treaty ally South Korea 

and fresh on the heels of news of a previously undisclosed uranium-enrichment facility. Last March, 

North Korea sank a South Korean naval vessel without provocation, killing 46 sailors.

Today’s incident involved sustained shelling of a South Korean island by Pyongyang’s military, and resulted in at least two deaths.

This is likely part of an effort by Kim Jong Il to bring the North Korean military closer to him as he works 

through the installation of family members to surround him in power and eventually succeed him. It is also 

North Korea’s tried-and-true method of scaring us back to the negotiating table, where Pyongyang has 

gotten so much largesse over the years in exchange for false promises to disarm.

The response taking shape in Washington is insufficient.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/11/23/crisis-crisis-team-obama-comes-short-korean-peninsula/#ixzz16Cm064e7

Bailey: Maybe Obama should meet with the North Korean Leader and bow down to him like he has to several of the other Communist Leaders!

Newsmax Poll: O'Reilly, Beck Could Rival Obama in Head-to-Head Presidential Race

By Jim Meyers

In a clear sign of voters’ disdain for President Barack Obama’s policies, several media personalities with no political experience, including Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck, would be within striking distance of defeating Obama in a head-to-head race, according to a new Newsmax/SurveyUSA poll.

Newsmax conducted the survey to find out how several well-known political and "dark-horse" celebrity figures, ranging from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to businessmen Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to O’Reilly and Beck, would fare if they ran against Obama for the White House.

The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted Nov. 3-4, after Republicans won the House and gained six seats in the Senate in the midterm elections — results widely interpreted as a rejection of Obama and raising questions about his chances for re-election in 2012.

In the Newsmax poll, respondents were asked: “If there were an election for president of the United States today, and the only two names on the ballot were Bill O’Reilly and Barack Obama, whom would you vote for?” They also were asked that question with other leading media figures in place of O’Reilly.

Overall, O’Reilly got 46 percent of the vote and his fellow Fox News Channel host Beck received 45 percent.

Those percentages are remarkable considering that a prominent political figure, Sarah Palin, got 48 percent of the vote in the Newsmax poll.

O’Reilly even outpolled Obama among men with 52 percent of the vote, among Republicans (79 percent), and conservatives (82 percent).Beck tied Obama among men at 50 percent, and won among Republicans (78 percent) and conservatives (80 percent).

Both Beck and O’Reilly received 49 percent of the vote among white respondents.

Radio talk show host and former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs got 44 percent of the vote in the hypothetical head-to-head race against Obama, and top-ranked radio host Rush Limbaugh got 42 percent.

Other media personalities in the poll were “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, who got 40 percent of the vote, Comedy Central host Jon Stewart (39 percent), and Oprah Winfrey (37 percent).

But all of the media figures in the poll, including Winfrey, defeated Obama among Republicans and conservatives.

SurveyUSA is an independent research company that conducts public opinion polls for media and academic institutions, and conducts private market research for commercial clients and nonprofit organizations.

More Voters Say No Obama Second Term: Poll

Almost half of voters say President Barack Obama doesn’t deserve a second term, and he is in a statistical tie with two top possible Republican challengers, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.

By 49 percent to 43 percent, poll respondents say Obama shouldn’t be re-elected in 2012. If a contest were held today with Republican rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, Obama is supported by 44 percent of those surveyed and Romney by 45 percent.

In a race with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Obama garners 46 percent to Huckabee’s 44 percent. Obama does the best in a race against former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, winning 48 percent to 40 percent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Palin “is very unpopular among independents, and although she recently said she thought she could defeat Obama, the data does not now necessarily support that assertion,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement.

Palin responded “I believe so” when asked in an interview with Barbara Walters of ABC News whether she could defeat Obama in 2012. ABC has released portions of the interview, which is scheduled for broadcast Dec. 9.

Democrats, by 64 percent to 27 percent, say they don’t want another member of the party to challenge Obama in a primary race.

Men Less Supportive

Obama’s support lags among men, with 39 percent saying he should get a second term. Independents also disapprove, with only 35 percent saying the president should be re-elected.

“His weakness among independent voters at this point makes his 2012 election prospects uncertain,” Brown said.

Among the possible Republican contenders, Palin is viewed most negatively, with more than 50 percent of voters saying they have an unfavorable opinion of her. By comparison, 25 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Huckabee and 26 percent of Romney. Newt Gingrich of Georgia, the former Republican speaker of the House, is viewed unfavorably by 43 percent.

Obama’s approval rating is split at 48 percent favorable and 48 percent unfavorable.

The telephone poll, conducted Nov. 8-15, surveyed 2,424 registered voters nationwide.

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/voters-obama-second-term/2010/11/22/id/377734?s=al&promo_code=B290-1

Obama Says He Understands Ire Over Airport Screenings

"I understand people's frustrations," Obama said, while acknowledging that he's never had to undergo the stepped-up screening methods.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11/20/obama-says-understands-ire-airport-screenings/


Bailey: I thought the best leader were the ones that lead by example? I think Obama and his family should go through these airport screenings like everyone else. What makes him think he's better then any other American?

one-term president

The crazy way the Democrats have been doing things in the last few years, and a lot of american voters that go right along with them make me wonder if Obama is a one-term president? Many Americans thought that we'd be seeing the last of Pelosi & Reid this last election, but they're still there and still in power! All of the Democrats that were not voted out are still pushing Obama's agenda and are still in Washington. So what is wrong with that picture?

We didn't lose the election because of me

We didn't lose the election because of me

Welcome back, Nancy

Despite 'shellacking,' Democrats re-elect Pelosi as House minority leader.


Bailey:  Remember my post yesterday morning saying if they re-elect Nancy then we could vote out the rest of the idiots in 2012?

Well guess what, SHE'S BACK!

Pelosi Expected to Remain Democratic Leader

WASHINGTON -- Despite suffering near-historic election losses this month, House Democrats appear ready to keep their leadership team intact, with Nancy Pelosi of California still on top.

Both parties will hold closed-door House leadership elections Wednesday. But the main focus will involve the soon-to-be minority party, the Democrats.

Pelosi, the nation's first female speaker, appeared to soothe enough angry colleagues Tuesday to ensure her election to the top post. Barring a surprise, she will become minority leader in January, when the new Congress convenes. The second- and third-ranking Democrats seem likely to hold their positions as well.

Republicans, meanwhile, are expected to keep Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as their leader, putting him in place to become speaker in January.

By quarreling among themselves and sticking with Pelosi, House Democrats are departing from the example set by Republicans, who quickly closed ranks around a new leader, Boehner, four years ago when they lost the majority.

Pelosi let her supporters and critics vent their emotions Tuesday at a four-hour closed meeting in the Capitol. She got an earful at times from colleagues who said a party must change leaders when it suffers the type of losses Democrats absorbed Nov. 2.

Rep. Allen Boyd of Florida was particularly pointed in his remarks, according to people present, saying Pelosi is the wrong person to represent Democrats as they try to rebuild. But others defended the San Francisco liberal, and even her toughest critics said she is likely to defeat Rep. Heath Shuler, a moderate from North Carolina.

Shuler told reporters he's trying to make a point. After a whopping election defeat, he said, it's not wise "to go back and put the exact same leadership into place."

Bailey Comment: " I hope that the Demos put Nancy back in because she and Reid are one of the reasons we voted out so many Demos."  That way when 2012 comes around we can vote the rest of the dumbcrats out!