Will Obama Succeed Bush ?

America has had a dynamic and twisted past.At no other time has an Empire so influenced the world ,the world opinion and history then United States of America.Indeed no other country inspires both great feelings of hate and admiration then this country and its people.Infact many of those who profess to hate this country so deeply aslo would be the first to jump at a chance to live in the country because of its "freedoms".

The question we ask ourselves is America free anymore under George Bush ? or are we finally at the peak of this young empire?

Is the rise of China and the threat of terrorism the dagger that will ebb out the life out of Uncle Sam ?

Is this the moment that America needs to make its dramatic shift or its ingenious decisions that have always ensured that it survives threat after threat?

Is it time for a new and virgin leadership ?

One thing is certain it is Crunch time for the American people and they are the only ones who can save their country and sustain their empire.

Many say Sen. Obama represents the future or rather a break from the past.Is this the case. The man's father was a Kenyan or to be more precise and African and his mother was what may call "a fringe american".His middle name is Hussein (no relation to Saddam Hussein) and yet visibly he does appear to provide an alternative way of thinking that many would be unwise to ignore.

The question is can Obama succeed Bush or is the task as Herculan as getting rid of all the world's terrorists.

This is the question i ask you today. Do you want Obama to succeed Bush or shall we consign to some pages in the long and twisted his-story odf Uncle Sam...

Senator Obama solidified his opinion on the return of american troops from Iraq by castigating Republican senator John McCain's position on Iraq.Here is an extract of what he had to say at a CNN interview with CNN veteran Wolf Blitzer.

Obama: McCain's Iraq plan continues 'deterioration of America's standing'

Obama criticized McCain's Iraq plan Wednesday in an interview with CNN.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, sharply criticized Sen. John McCain's, R-Arizona, call for an indefinite troop presence in Iraq, telling CNN on Wednesday his potential presidential rival's plan will fail to stabilize the war-torn country. (Watch video: CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviews Sen. Barack Obama)

"John McCain may believe that it's an option for us to maintain an indefinite occupation of Iraq, regardless what happens in terms of politics within Iraq, so that we're every year sending $100 billion over to Iraq, so that every year we're seeing hundreds or thousands of young Americans dying, so that we continue to see a deterioration of America's standing in the world," the Democratic presidential candidate told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "I don't think that serves the best interests of the United States, and I don't think it will ultimately result in the kind of stabilization in Iraq that's necessary."

Obama also praised the Senate's rebuttal Tuesday of a GOP amendment to the Iraq supplemental bill that sought to strike the withdrawal deadline out of the bill, saying the move is the beginning of a "bipartisan movement in the direction of having a clear end game."

In the wide ranging interview, Obama also addressed Iran's holding of 15 British military personnel, saying he expected the Iranians to "stand down fairly soon." He also said that if such a situation happened to U.S. personnel, he would keep "all options, including military" on the table to deal with the matter.(Read full interview transcript [PDF])

Regarding the U.S. attorney firings controversy, the Illinois Democrat renewed his call for top White House aides to be subpoenaed over the issue, brushing aside suggestions that he might one day wish to use the executive privilege right as president.

"In an Obama presidency what you will see will be a sufficient respect for law and coequal branches of government that I hope we don't find ourselves in a situation in which we would be having aides being subpoenaed for what I think everybody acknowledges is some troublesome information," he said.

On Al Sharpton's recent comments suggesting Obama does not expect the black community to question him, the Illinois Democrat denied there was any dispute.

"I don't think there was much going on there," Obama said. "The Rev. Sharpton has been a terrific advocate on behalf of the dispossessed. I've always expressed my respect for him. I think this was a misunderstanding as a consequence of his reading of a report in New York, and I called him and said we had nothing to with the article."

An article published in the New York Post on March 12 cited a black Democratic operative, who supports Sen. Hillary Clinton, claiming Sharpton is launching an effort to "tear down" Obama. The article also quoted another black Democratic activist who purports, "it's driving Al crazy that Obama is as impressive and popular as he is, and he's not happy about it."

"I don't expect African Americans to vote for me simply because I'm African American," Obama said Wednesday. "If they do end up moving in my direction, it's going to be because they see my advocacy on behalf of racial profiling legislation, on behalf of reforms to the death penalty, on behalf of getting health care for kids -- on behalf of issues that are of importance to the African American community and to the people outside the African American community."

Wolf Blitzer's full interview with Sen. Obama airs at 7 p.m. ET on "The Situation Room."

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Bush Succession who should be president ?

Question: Whoz next Clinton,obama,Rudy,Edwards,Al gore,Jeb Bush,Swaztnagger.Its your vote that counts
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John Edwards & either Obama or Bill Richardson as VP. Gore won't run. Jeb Bush won't even think about following his brother, plus he's endorsed Giuliani. Arnold can't run. Rudy won't win the nomination. McCain or Romney will. Clinton has too many people who feel as tho' she's negative.

So it'll be EDWARDS-OBAMA or RICHARDSON.

None of the above. Tom Tancredo or someone else who will close the border with Mexico. You can't fight a war on terror with open borders.

Rudy Giuliani is the man who should be our next president. He is a man who gets things done. He cleaned up New York, a city that was a mess before he took over. He not only cleaned up the streets and fixed potholes but he cleaned up the police force, passed anti gun laws, moved out the gangsters, tightened the budget. I do not care about his personal life. I care about what he can do for America. We desperately need a person who can stop the talking and get the country into action.

i saw bush and what looked like success next to it on yahoo answers. i realized that i have never seen that before. success and bush don't go hand in hand, although kissinger, rockefeller and the rest of the new world order folks might think so.

Dr. Ron Paul i am prying will be the next president. he will close up the border. He will save us from the neo-conservatives.


although he probably will be assasinated before they let him be elected. (by the same people who murdered kennedy)

HILLARY CLINTON-BARACK OBAMA WILL SUCCEED GEORGE W BUSH-DICK CHENEY COME JAN.20,2009. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOBODY AND THEY KNOW IT. GIULIANI WILL NEVER BE NOMINATED BECAUSE HE'S TOO LIBERAL, MCCAIN WON'T GET IT BECAUSE HE'S PRO-BUSH/PRO-IRAQ; MITT ROMNEY WON'T WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION BECAUSE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT WILL NOT VOTE FOR A MORMON.

Clinton Vs Obama

With the succession race heating up already the Clinton and Obama camps have began the predicted clash over who should win the Democrats nomination.Obama having moved a step closer to the nomination with support from former clinton insider David Geffen (who used to sleep in the Linchon Bedroom during Bill Clintons Presidency) with whom they have raised a 1 million dollars in a hollywood event.

Below is an article detailing the facts as was .

By Mark Preston

The two front-runners in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination traded jabs Wednesday over remarks made by a Hollywood mogul and a powerful South Carolina lawmaker.

Sen. Hillary Clinton's spokesman called on Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to renounce comments made by Hollywood executive David Geffen that were sharply critical of the New York Democrat and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Geffen is quoted extensively by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in Wednesday's edition disparaging the former president and questioning whether Sen. Clinton can win the presidency in 2008.

Geffen is quoted in the column as saying the former president is a " 'reckless guy' who 'gave his enemies a lot of ammunition to hurt him and to distract the country.' " That apparently refers to the former president's sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

As for Sen. Clinton, Geffen is quoted by Dowd as saying, "Not since the Vietnam War has there been this level of disappointment in the behavior of America throughout the world, and I don't think that another incredibly polarizing figure, no matter how smart she is and no matter how ambitious she is -- and God knows, is there anybody more ambitious than Hillary Clinton? -- can bring the country together."

Geffen's comments drew a strong rebuke from Sen. Clinton's spokesman, Howard Wolfson, who immediately called on Obama to repudiate them. (Watch the spat play out )

"While Sen. Obama was denouncing slash and burn politics yesterday, his campaign's finance chair was viciously and personally attacking Sen. Clinton and her husband," Wolfson said in a written statement released by the Clinton campaign. "If Sen. Obama is indeed sincere about his repeated claims to change the tone of our politics, he should immediately denounce these remarks, remove Mr. Geffen from his campaign and return his money.

"While Democrats should engage in a vigorous debate on the issues, there is no place in our party or our politics for the kind of personal insults made by Sen. Obama's principal fundraiser," Wolfson added.

"It's not clear to me why I'd be apologizing for someone else's remark," Obama said, according to his press secretary, Dan Pfeiffer. Obama told reporters, "I have said repeatedly I have the utmost respect for Sen. Clinton and have considered her an ally in the Senate and will continue to consider it that way throughout this campaign."

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs flatly refused Wolfson's request to denounce Geffen's comments and referred to a remark made earlier this week by South Carolina Democratic state Sen. Robert Ford. Ford predicted Obama would not win the presidency if nominated because he is black. Obama and Ford are both black and Ford has endorsed Clinton.

"We aren't going to get in the middle of a disagreement between the Clintons and someone who was once one of their biggest supporters," Gibbs said in a written statement. "It is ironic that the Clintons had no problem with David Geffen when [he] was raising them $18 million and sleeping at their invitation in the Lincoln bedroom.

"It is also ironic that Sen. Clinton lavished praise on Monday and is fully willing to accept today the support of South Carolina state Sen. Robert Ford, who said if Barack Obama were to win the nomination, he would drag down the rest of the Democratic Party because 'he's black,' " Gibbs added.

Geffen, once a close Clinton ally, co-hosted a fund-raiser for Obama Tuesday night that reportedly raised more than $1 million.

Source CNN.com

Obama Declares he is running for President

In a charismatic and without mincing his words Barack Obama delivered perhaps his most important speech to a crowd in his home state.

Below is the more detailed extract of this defining event.

Sen. Barack Obama told supporters that if he's elected president he will tackle tough issues like poor schools, oil dependence and Iraq.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Source is CNN)

Sen. Barack Obama stood before a cheering crowd in his home state Saturday and announced he will seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for president.

Invoking the memory of fellow Illinoisan and the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, the first-term senator addressed thousands packed into the Springfield, Illinois, town square on a chilly day in America's heartland.

To chants of "Obama! Obama!," he told the crowd: "It was here, in Springfield, where North, South, East and West come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people -- where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America." (Watch as the crowd erupts when Obama officially declares his candidacy )

If the 45-year-old Obama were elected, he would become the nation's first African-American president.

"And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America."

Obama told the crowd he would tackle problems like poor schools, economic hardships and oil dependence, saying a "failure of leadership" is to blame for not meeting the nation's challenges. He also implored the crowd to demand that there be "universal health care in America by the end of the president's first term."

He called the Iraq war a "tragic mistake" and said, "It's time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war. That's why I have a plan that will bring our combat troops home by March of 2008.

"Letting the Iraqis know that we will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunni and Shia to come to the table and find peace," he said. (Watch the senator lay out his plan for Iraq )

He also lauded what he called the founding fathers' "genius" in creating a system of government that can be changed. He cited examples throughout history -- from the American Revolution to the Civil War to the Great Depression -- in which Americans have demanded, and effected, change.

"We've done this before. Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what's needed to be done. Today we are called once more, and it is time for our generation to answer that call," he said.

The absence of sound policy is not what's holding the country back, he said.

Rather, Obama said, "what's stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics -- the ease with which we're distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle the big problems of America."

'Long enough' to know better

The senator acknowledged that he hasn't been in Washington long, but said he is familiar enough with the city's political machinations to understand that change is in order.

"I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness in this -- a certain audacity -- to this announcement," Obama said. "I know that I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington, but I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change. (Watch how name recognition may be Obama's best weapon )

He added, "People who love their country can change it."

Admitting the tactic is typical of aspiring candidates, Obama promised to overhaul a political system he says is dominated by lobbyists and special interest groups "who've turned our government into a game only they can afford to play."

"They write the checks and you get stuck with the bills, they get the access while you get to write a letter, they think they own this government, but we're here today to take it back. The time for that kind of politics is over," he said. "It's time to turn the page right here and right now."

Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and white American mother, then invoked Lincoln again.

"He had his doubts. He had his defeats. He had his setbacks, but through his will and his words, he moved a nation and helped free a people."

Despite his brief tenure in the Senate, Obama has quickly gained popularity as he pondered his bid to break the Oval Office's color barrier.

According to a University of New Hampshire Survey Research Center conducted this month, Obama placed second, behind Sen. Hillary Clinton, among New Hampshire Democratic primary voters. Obama snared 21 percent of the vote in that popularity poll, trailing Clinton by 14 points. (Full story )

Other Democrats seeking the office include Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware; Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut; former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina; Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and Sen. Clinton of New York.

While speculation abounds over whether a black presidential candidate can be viable, Obama -- whose first name comes from the Swahili word for "one who is blessed" -- has not let the color of skin hinder his career.

He attended Harvard and Columbia universities and was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. He entered politics in Illinois, where he practiced civil rights law and taught at the University of Chicago Law School.

His first foray into politics came in 1997, when he took his seat in the state Senate, where he served until 2005. He was sworn in as a U.S. senator in 2005.

Saturday 10th February

In active politics there is always a moment of truth for each politician more so if you are like SEN Barack Obama attempting to be the first the First Black American President.

With the odds against him how will Obama seek to make the sums add up and result in his occupancy of the White House.He will in addition have to contend with another hopeful the more politically seasoned SEN Hillary Clinton whom has the backing of Former President Clinton think thank and well oiled machinery.

It seems to me that SEN Obamas speech today will not carry his own aspirations but those of his race and many will be looking for new meaning in his voice.Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) told USA Today his campaign "will send a wonderful message to young people of color and to immigrants around the country" if successful, but "he hopes to make race irrelevant in his bid to become the first black to occupy the White House." Whether this is political posturing or the candid words of a charming individual only time will tell....

Full Editorial of Obamas Presidency Speech will be available tommorow.

Attached is a brief synopsis of SEN Barack Obama

Obama is a newcomer to the national scene, having served just two years in the Senate, but he already is considered Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief rival among many vying for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

He brings a wealth of political skills but a thin elective resume -- the very reason he chose to stage his official campaign launch from the steps of the Old State Capitol.

Obama, the son of a black man from Kenya and a white American woman, would be the first black U.S. president if elected. He was tying his bid to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, the president who ordered an end to slavery in the 1860s, and who served eight years in the Illinois Legislature. Obama also served eight years in the state legislature.

In a video message on his Web site Friday, Obama said he was launching "a journey to take our country back and change the fundamental nature of our politics."

"I know a lot of you are cynical about the possibilities of that change," Obama said. "Sometimes it seems as if the game is fixed and it only works for the few and the powerful, but I fundamentally believe there is another brand of politics.

"Let's go get to work," he said.

Obama planned to travel throughout Iowa on Saturday and Sunday before returning to Chicago, Illinois, for a rally Sunday night.

He planned to visit New Hampshire on Monday on the heels of Clinton, whose first visit to the state as a presidential candidate over the weekend provided some early competition for attention from Obama's announcement. Both states vote early in the party primaries.

Obama, 45, gained national recognition with the publication of two best-selling books, "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope," and by delivering the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

His optimistic message and his compelling biography immediately sparked talk of his White House potential. Obama was born in Hawaii and lived part of his childhood in Indonesia.

Initially he said he would not run for president, but he revealed last fall that he was considering it after receiving so much encouragement. He formed a presidential exploratory committee last month.

Since then, Obama has hired some of the Democratic Party's top talent to work on a campaign headquartered in his adopted hometown of Chicago, and he has offered some proposals.

He introduced a bill to prevent President Bush from increasing troop levels in Iraq and to remove U.S. combat forces from the country by March 31, 2008 -- legislation that has virtually no chance of becoming law while Bush is president.

Obama was not yet elected to the U.S. Senate when Congress voted to give Bush the authority to go to war, but he gave a speech in 2002 opposing the war. He said Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat to the United States and predicted the invasion would lead to an occupation with undetermined costs and consequences.

His vision of what was to come in Iraq and his opposition to the invasion have helped build his support among the anti-war crowd.

Source of sysnopsis is CNN.com