Life of the Party

Michael Steele brings a new face to the Republican party. Though Mike Duncan did a terrific job as chair, with a sitting Republican President in power during Duncan's tenure, he did not get a great amount of exposure, and media and he was not the head of the party George Bush was. Without a Republican President, Michael Steele along with John Boehner and Mitch McConnell will be the head of the new republican party. In order to succeed as chairman, Steele will have to rebuild the party from the ground up. The local and state parties will have to take charge and find candidates to rebuild the party and retake America. Steele will be able to reach out to minorities and other Americans who are not traditionally Republicans. If Steele brings the leadership to the party that he promised, the republican party could begin to take back house and senate seats in 2010 and with the right candidate and grassroots support perhaps the White House in 2012.

The Economy is Not the Biggest Concern We Face

Of all the major world leaders, or potential leaders it seems as though no one has a better grasp on post 9-11 foreign policy than the man who will most likely be the once and future Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, the leader of the center-right Likud Party is currently the favorite to win Israel's February election for Prime Minister. At the World Economic Forum on Thursday Netanyahu said that, though it is important to lower taxes and increase economic competitiveness, it is not nearly as important as preventing a rouge regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu goes on to say that even if there is a global economic collapse, that with the right decisions and global cooperation that the effects are "reversible." While a fanatical regime like the one in Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is "not reversible." If Iran obtains a nuclear weapon it would be the first regime that actively sponsors terrorism to have a nuclear powered weapon. Even if Iran is hesitant to use a nuclear weapon against Israel or the United States, al Qaeda would not be so hesitant.

Just Days After Taking Office Obama is Already Pandering to the Extreme Left

Just days after being sworn into office, President Obama signed an executive order that will close down the terrorist detention center in Guantanamo Bay. At the signing ceremony in the Oval Office, Obama who apparently was unfamiliar with what he was signing, had to ask one of his advisors if there was a plan in place to further detain the terrorists in a different location after Guantanamo closed down, no one in the room knew the exact answer and they settled on reporting that a plan will be put in place in the coming year. If President Obama is so determined to protect the rights of terrorists, shouldn't he have a plan as to where to hold these terrorists after Guantanamo is shut down? This is the first and probably not the last event in which President Obama has shown that he is not committed to the Global War on Terror.

Bush Kept Us Safe

Even with the economy in a down turn, national security is and will continue to be the most important and urgent issue that this nation faces. If we are attacked again it would not only be a great tragedy for the obvious reasons, but in these times of economic uncertainty it would cause a complete economic collapse. As President, George W. Bush has done a tremendous job in keeping us safe from another attack and taking the fight to the enemy instead of the terrorists returning here. During his campaign for President, Barack Obama did not seem to understand the overall threat that Americans continue to face from Islamic extremists who want nothing more than to attack us again. If Obama is going to keep us safe, as President Bush did he will have to listen to his generals on the ground and to Secretary Gates, and finish the War in Iraq the correct way, victoriously! And finish the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan. There is a good chance that both major fronts in the Global War on Terror could be won while Obama is in office. He cannot however lose focus, and he must understand the real threat we will continue to face from those who hate us and our freedoms, even after we win in Iraq and Afghanistan.