Will Hillary Clinton Run for President

Three years and counting down, the question in everyone's mind, especially the Democrats is 'Will Hillary Clinton run for president in the next election!' Is she qualified? Of course she is!! Will she tell everyone that she is going to run soon? Of course not!  Why? No incumbent President, namely Barack Obama wants her to reveal the fact that she will be running for President in the next election, at least not until the end of his term. It would take all the eyes off of him and his presidency and further turn it into a tailspin as a 'lame-duck' president. Suddenly, the Republicans would aim their guns at Hilary because she is their next threat, whether they know it or not.
In any pole that you may take regarding anyone from both the Republican or Democratic parties, Hilary Clinton is well ahead of any potential candidate. She has the knowledge and knows what it takes to run for President, as she ran directly against Barack Obama in the very bruising Presidential election in 2008. in the past, she may have lost the nomination to him, but she gained so much knowledge and is in tune as to what it takes to run for president. She already has the experience. No-one else out there that may run from either the Democrats or Republicans has that knowledge.
So who from the Democratic side could be considered to run? First, most of the possibilities on the Democratic side already support Hilary to run, so I doubt if there will be any kind of field at all of candidates from the Democratic party that would run against her to gain the nomination. It's like the nomination is already named, but of course the campaign hasn't even begun. Of the now possible candidates to run for president, in a recent CNN/ORC International survey shows that Hilary leads all other Democrats and Independents as she is favored now by 65% from the others to be backed by the party as the presidential nominee. Vice President Joe Biden came in a distant second, at 10% with freshman Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 7%, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at 6%, and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at 2%.
So the thing to do here is just wait, show a little patience and without a doubt when the time is right, the world will know who will run from the Democratic side.
With this said, the field is wide open on the Republican side, and with them showing so much disarray concerning government issues, namely Obamacare and now a possibility of a shutdown in government due if the Senate doesn't approve of a bill that was submitted to them by an out of touch House, it will just further everyone's resolve to elect a Democrat again in the next election.
What is the 'right' thinking. They try to kill 'Planned Parenthood' by systematically shutting down the abortion clinics in many of the states, then change the laws so that people in Democratic states cannot vote with their rediculas Voter ID system laws, which incidentally affects many college students, now to continuously vote against Obamacare now over 40 times in the House, and finally now trying to stop the government from running by attaching that bill to the Obamacare bill they are sending to defeat. They actually believe that they can actually get something done in Washington with these antics. The right continues to support bills that affect the middle class and the poor, push away women and minorities and think that they can get away with it by now winning back the White House. It will be a cold day in hell when that happens. The 'Right' needs to wake up and smell the 'Democratic' roses.

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Elections in 2 Weeks, What will happen to Congress

It is pretty much a certainty now that there will be a lower number of Democrats in Congress after mid-term elections in two weeks, but most Democrats are confident that both the Democrats in both the House and Senate will keep a majority. Democrats are more concerned about the races in 2012, as there may be twice as many Democratic seats up for grabs then as there are now.
  Regardless, the so-called "Obama 2.0" agenda has been the talk of the town.
In a nutshell, as President, Mr. Obama must stay focused on the issues of the country, regardless whether his party holds majorities in Congress or not. In the past, he has stated that for himself to be a successful President, he would have to strengthen the economy starting with more jobs and to get everyone back to work. To do this now, many people would have to change professions, something that allot of people are not willing to do. But in his remaining 2 years in office in his first term, the President most likely will try to change the mindset of the people.
He would be the first to admit that trying to do this will be increasingly difficult, especially if the Republicans gain a majority in Congress.
Again, it is highly unlikely that the Republicans would gain the majority of Congress in both the House and Senate, but if that were to happen, President Obama would become a "lame duck" President in his first term. Congress would then fail to act on any measure that the President were interested in as they would vote within their party lines, and most likely against the President. This period of time would essentially hurt the country, but at the same time, bring in more strict checks and balances, and make it increasingly difficult to get any good legislation passed. Congress would become active, trying to pass bills that the Republicans favor. This would be a time to watch out for a slew of Presidential vetos by President Obama.

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Obama and the people that hate him

I read several articles lately, similar to the ones  forwarded to me regarding Obama, and what he is doing to the economy. Being the editor of the 'Obama in the White house blog', I can tell you that I hear comments from both side of the fence. I receive emails every week at 'obamainthewhitehouse.usa.gmail.com' from people who claim they love the blog and support our President, and get almost as many emails that are basically against Obama and his policies.   To be honest with you, I don't like how things are right now either. Jobs seem to be non-existent, regardless of how President Obama states that the job market will recover.

People are inpatient. Obama did say that this recovery process would not happen overnight. The people of this country elected this man president, and whether you like it or not, he will be the president for at least another 3 years until 2012. Then guess what. If the opposition party (conservatives or so called Republicans) don't wake up and stop whining about every thing under the sun, and find a good Presidential running candidate to run against Obama in 2012, and if Obama's plans work to get people back to work, and the economy turns around, then he most likely will be around for another 4 years regardless of how deep in debt this country is.

 Now I'll tell you why he should be re-elected. The opposition party (Republicans/conservatives) are in disarray. They have no clear leader. Even their vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin dropped out of politics by relinquishing her governorship last week. She stepped down because she couldn't take the heat. She felt that she couldn't do anything constructive as a lame duck governor. How many lame duck presidents quit? Every president becomes a lame duck President especially during his 7 and/or 8th years as president. But none of them resigned.  Palin's chances are very slim now to gain a Republican nomination for President. Will McCain run? I doubt it. Obama should be re-elected because there will be no Republican or opposition party that will be able to overturn his legislation that he creates by 2012. People hate him because they feel that he is destroying the country. Obama has his $700 trillion and the people who want some of it have to go by his rules. I'd say he is pretty much in control here.
So what does the opposition do.. They whine, and whine and whine. Talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Lavin have nothing good to say about President Obama. They honestly feel in their minds that he is destroying the country. Yet, they can do nothing to contribute to the betterment of the country. They cannot say anything constructive to help the country.  All they can do is stir up the people, and for what means. What will happen? Yes, people will get educated and will better understand both sides of the fence, but I honestly believe that shows like Rush and Mark create more terrany. All they know how to do, especially Mark Lavin is whine and whine. On the Obama website, I will give people from both sides of the fence a chance to state their beliefs, as long as they write grammatically correct and I deam them publishable. If you would like to get your comments on the website, leave a comment that can be left after any one of the articles. It can be published as an article.
Some people hate Obama because of what he stands for. Even his colleagues in the Democratic party would agree that he is the most 'Left', or the most liberal president of all time. They hate him for that.
Some people like Rush Limbaugh openly state that they want President Obama to 'fail'. Does he look like he is failing? Some people thought he would not be a strong President? Has any other President in recent times ever stuck their neck out as much as Obama, try to do so much at once and still get all of his major legislation passed? The answer is no. Even President Clinton tried to pass a health care reform bill in his term, but he was unsuccessful. President Obama is well on the road to have a health care reform bill passed in October.

Some people hate him for having a beer on the White House lawn. Camera crews were taking pictures and movies of the whole scene this past week.

Some people hate him for communicating with countries that prior presidents wouldn't dare do.

Some people hate him because he fired the top executive of GM. Some people believe he has over-stepped his power.

What the haters fail to realize here is that there are many more people that like him than hate him. Again, the opposition is outnumbered. I'm not saying that this will not change if things don't get better for everyone, but for these non-believers that think that President Obama is doing such a lousy job, then why don't you get someone to run against him. So instead of whining about what is happening, they should get a good opponent ready to opose Obama in 2012. Because if they are unsuccessful in getting a good candidate to run against Obama, I believe it will be the beginning of the end for the Republican party.

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