Ossie Makepeace writes from Washington: Barack Obama has won again but the truth is now out: neither Republicans nor Democrats had good enough candidates. Democrats needed another Clinton.
Democrats needed another Clinton. Republicans needed another Bush (Gorge Herbert Walker, not George W). Both sides wanted, in truth, another Roosevelt.
Romney made the outrageous statement that Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China. Romney also claimed Obama was planning a $4000 tax hike on middle class families. There was no evidence for this but it stuck. Even the rarely examined countries in every region of the globe are now reassessing their relationship with the US.
Argentina can now be certain that the United States will not support British claims to the Falklands. The key appointments are to be the new fixers between the Executive, i.e. the Oval Office and the Congress. The second print out will come from the Do List and Row Back List. The Row Back List is the promises in the Election Manifesto that were unlikely to be honoured anyway. The Do List is the stuff that cannot be avoided. That’s when the White House goes head to head with the Hill. A post made earlier this morning over on Stirring Trouble Internationally- A humorous take on news and current affairs.
