As we all know, Senator Obama owns his victory over Senator Clinton during the primaries to the left of the Democratic party;  AKA  the Progressive  Democrats.

They have they outlets in the form of the Daily Kos, Moveon.org, Code Pink etc, and a very specific agenda.

The core element of this political agenda is to end the war in Iraq. It is also to keep pushing for an impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, even so the timing of it would be ludicrous considering that the  Bush Administration is.....out of time.

The numbers are in, the month of June 2008  had  the biggest decline of the US stock market, in a month, since 1930. Are we heading for a crash in the only  sector of the US economy that was still quite healthy, even a few months ago? The Dow Jones has fallen 460 points in the last two sessions and reached its lowest point since September 2006.

A few factors are at play here to create a " perfect storm " for a bad situation to get even worse...a lot worse.

Senator Obama has the nomination; but let's face it , Senator Clinton had 50% of the Democrats' votes.

 In order to make sure some of the votes, in question, do not go to Senator McCain ( some polls indicates that up to 30% of Hillary's electorate could defect to  McCain) she needs to be on the ticket.

Hi there,

Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Isaac Wolf. I am an editor at Scripps Howard News Service, the Washington bureau of the company that owns Red Blue America.

In the days and weeks ahead, you'll be seeing my posts regularly, as I suggest topics related to current events. My goal is to take a hot topic and -- by presenting a question -- open that topic up for robust discussion.

After almost 8 years in office, and very little to show for in term of a renew peace process between Israel & the Palestinians, President Bush is going to the region to celebrate the 60 th birthday of the Jewish state. He will reiterate America's unconditional support for Israel.

However, in the twilight of his term, is it just a symbolic trip or can Pres. Bush get something practical accomplished?