It's not over!

Monday – August 30, 2010

It’s not over!

Rasmussen Reports that the daily tracking poll for The President has, once again, dipped. 27% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way that the President is performing his roll. 41% strongly disapprove, giving the President a negative -15.

This week, the President will rebrand himself. He needs to act presidential and he needs to shore up his base to get that negative number up. He will not talk about the economy and he will not talk healthcare.

So where does he go from here? He ended his 6th vacation yesterday with a stop in New Orleans. He is taking all the credit for the last five years of rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina and committing more money for future restoration. He will get votes there.

On Tuesday, he will address the nation about the end of U.S. Combat Operations in Iraq. He will take credit for ending the war. He will say that, as a candidate, he campaigned on ending the war and as president he did. The war is still going on there. There are 50,000 troops acting in an advisory capacity. Iran is still at the doorstep in Iraq and will provoke the peace with military border missions there. The President will not talk about Iran, because he needs to be a victor.

He will not give President Bush credit for the military surge that brought the U.S. to this point in Iraq. Obama was against the surge, but he will take credit for it, without mentioning it. He will assume the victors crown and he will get a certain amount of votes for just saying the war is over.

At the end of the week, the Israeli - Palestinian talks begin. How many Presidents have held these talks and how many treaties have been made and broken? The President will push for a two state solution, because it is popular in Europe, but not feasible. The Secretary of State will sit in many of these meetings and will not really do much except to move the process and say they have a year to work out the difficulties.

The President will take credit for a victory due to the progress of these talks. Nothing will result and nothing will come in the way of a solution. President Abbas West Bank - Palestinian President warned Sunday that he will not back down from his threat to pull out of new peace talks with Israel, if it resumes construction in West Bank settlements. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not necessarily back down from construction of settlements in the West Bank. The moratorium on building ends on September 30 of this year.

The Palestinians have been pawns by Hamas and the other Arab states. Abbas is facing internal opposition from Palestinian hard-liners, especially Hamas, for agreeing to return to the negotiating table. The Islamic Hamas, which rules Gaza and has a significant presence in the West Bank, rejects any contact with Israel. Other Palestinians criticize Abbas for not securing Israeli concessions in advance of the talks.

President Obama has no choice but to call for a truce and try to salvage these talks. At the same time, he will be trying to salvage his base on this issue. He will get some votes for his efforts.

Remember one thing, at the end of the week, all this results in window dressing for a failed administration here at home and now abroad.

On todays date, in 1781, the French fleet with 24 ships under the command of Compte de Grasse defeated the British under Admiral Graves at the battle of Chesapeake Capes in the Revolutionary war. On today’s date, in 1776, the U.S. Army evacuates Long Island and falls back to Manhattan to regroup. I bring up these events in history to demonstrate war is a constant thing in the world.

These battles resulted in the creation of The United States the leader of the free world. The emphasis this week will be on the Middle East. The difference in these struggles are with the characters and there agendas. The difference here is that the players are out to destroy freedom and the President is trapped between a rock and a hard place. The rock is the election in November and the hard place is of his own making, because of his agenda.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: There are 64 days until the vote is cast for new leadership in this country. It’s still not over, we still have two plus years of this President playing the politics of garnering votes.