comMITTed to Romney!

THE NEW YORK TIMES

The White House had an especially busy week, rolling out major policy initiatives with both the budget and Iraq. This Sunday’s breakfast menu reflects those two tall orders.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” while Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears on both CNN’s “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday.” He is joined by Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, both Republicans, on Fox, and by Representative Neil Abercrombie, Democrat of Hawaii, on CNN.

Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, is on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” ABC’s “This Week” features Peter R. Orszag, the White House budget director, and Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 3 House Republican.

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You may say, or you really promoting Frankenstein for President??

Ask yourself one question. Could he be any worse than the one we have?

~~John Cronin~~

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I had to drive up to McCain’s St. Louis office to pick up my Poll Watcher credentials this morning and in doing so, I also got the chance to meet Hizzoner, Rudy Guiliani. Rudy was there with Mo. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond and they came out the back of the building to the loading dock, you know, where all the really important speeches are delivered.

There was a small but very enthusiastic and vocal crowd of Republican activists present and the group erupted when America’s Mayor and Kit Bond came through the doors. Both men talked about the importance of the election and the national security stakes involved. Both men talked about the coming middle class tax increase, but Rudy was particularly funny the way he presented it. First he held his right hand as high as it would go and started out at the first figure the Obama campaign gave us, $250,000, then he lowered his hand as he said $200,000, lowered it again at $150,000 and so on. Neither Obama, Biden and now New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson can agree on a figure, so I’m just going to take a wild guess and say, for now, I’ll go with the lowest figure of $120,000. ( subject to revision without prior notice )

We were chanting USA, USA at times throughout the speeches and shouting out some things we wanted a McCain administration to pursue. I asked Rudy to accept the Attorney General slot, if offered. He just grinned and thanked me for coming out. That’s whats so cool about these small gatherings. You get, even if for all of five seconds, to tell the Party’s leadership what you want. This crowd wanted several things: No military budget cuts, no “tax refunds” for people who don’t pay taxes, ( BTW, I called out at that point and said, “That’s not a tax cut, that’s WELFARE” and the crowd starting chanting, WELFARE, WELFARE, WELFARE and Kit and Rudy were beaming back at us and giving us the “thumbs up sign” ) and finally, no “spreading the wealth around.”

It was fun and well worth the trip. Now I have to get my packet of materials out and start studying.

~~John Cronin~~

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Many things concern me about an Obama Administration. His inexperience in foreign affairs, his non-existent legislative accomplishments, his hard left economics and the company he has kept for 20 years. This articles speculates that Kerry might want to be Secretary of Defense in an Obama administration. The only group of people that Kerry could be persuaded to go to war against are the veterans of Operation Swift Boat that helped to scuttle his chances to win the 2004 presidential election.

~~John Cronin

http://www.politickerma.com/jeremyjacobs/535/analysts-chime-would
-kerry-leave-senate-position-obama-administration

POLITICKERMA.COM

By Jeremy P. Jacobs

As the presidential race plugs along and U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Boston) continues his work as a surrogate for presumptive Democratic nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, one hot topic of conversation among the Massachusetts political punditry is whether Kerry is eyeing a spot in a possible Obama administration.

Asked if he thought Kerry would leave, Michael Goldman, a veteran Boston Democratic political strategist responded, “Absolutely. If there was a position, either secretary of state or secretary of defense, I think that he would jump at the opportunity to serve his country in either of those capacities. Maybe UN Ambassador is a third possibility…But certainly there’s no question in my mind that he would love to have an opportunity to do any of those jobs, and quite frankly, I think he believes he’d do a great job with of them.”

To be fair, Kerry has repeatedly said that is not the case. Kerry, who is currently facing a primary challenge from Gloucester attorney Ed O’Reilly and a Republican challenge from former CIA and FBI agent Jeff Beatty, has said he is only focused on returning to the senate for his fifth term.

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Is America preparing to deliver the Big No to the Big O come November? Only time will tell, but recent trends have got to be unsettling in the Obama camp.

~~John Cronin~~

http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/lfabrizio/2008/lf_07171.shtml

By: Lisa Fabrizio

Poor Barack Obama. In the space of a few short weeks, he has gone from liberal savior with a 15 point lead over John McCain, to a mere mortal in a dead heat (web site) in the polls. He has alienated some of his base by flip-flopping on issues like the FISA vote, partial-birth abortion and most importantly, stating that he will continue to “refine” his Iraq War policy.

In addition to his change of position on issues, he’s been slapped down (web site) by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his plans to conduct a photo-op at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, had his call for bilingualism rejected (web site) by 83% of voters polled and been vocally castrated by his predecessor as the so-called voice of American blacks.

Even worse for him, just last week a CNN poll showed (web site) that support for Obama among Democrats has dropped five points in the last month. And the number of Clinton backers who say they will not vote for Obama has risen to nearly one third over the same period; so much for the healing of old wounds and repairing party unity

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This news sadly comes only weeks after another prominent figure in American Politics Tim Russert died.

Tony Snow
June 1, 1955 - July 12, 2008

A Tribute From Brit Hume

Statement by The President

WASHINGTON, Jul 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend, Tony Snow. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Jill, and their children, Kendall, Robbie, and Kristi. The Snow family has lost a beloved husband and father. And America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character.
Tony was one of our Nation’s finest writers and commentators. He earned a loyal following with incisive radio and television broadcasts. He was a gifted speechwriter who served in my father’s Administration. And I was thrilled when he agreed to return to the White House to serve as my Press Secretary. It was a joy to watch Tony at the podium each day. He brought wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work. His colleagues will cherish memories of his energetic personality and relentless good humor.
All of us here at the White House will miss Tony, as will the millions of Americans he inspired with his brave struggle against cancer. One of the things that sustained Tony Snow was his faith - and Laura and I join people across our country in praying that this good man has now found comfort in the arms of his Creator.

SOURCE: White House Press Office

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