First 100 Days - Was Obama the right choice?

First 100 days in office and on to the next 100 days. Now that we have taken this new president for a test drive, was Obama the right choice or did America get it wrong? The reports are many feel Obama is doing a great job and others are feeling a little buyer's remorse.

The big issues out there with most with an opinion seem to be first, for every dollar in debt the country was in a year ago is now three dollars and rising. Many feel Capitalism could be a thing of the past in America and the government will soon be the majority share holders in our nation's banks and car manufactures.

Obama supporters say he is only dealing with the cards that was dealt him and given more time all will be right with the world. Unfortunately, there is no rewind to yesterday and tomorrow is a new day. There is no reset button if the decisions made today hurt the country tomorrow. Will Obama get it right going forward? Only time will tell.

Arlen Specter Should Just Retire.

Arlen Specter's switch to the Dems is definitely bad news to a battered GOP that can't afford to lose one of it's few remaining moderates. But the switch might not be as good for the Dems as they would think if he plans to vote the same way he always has. Specter admitted that the only reason he switched was because the polls showed he couldn't win as a republican, it's obvious he's only looking out for himself and isn't going to advance a progessive agenda. Obama won PA and the democrats can win the senate seat without Spector on the ticket, so what do they need him for? The Dems should nominate a progressive, not a disgruntled republican.

LET THE DEBATE BEGIN!

ENHANCED INTERROGATION - The Debate in recent days has heated up over whether or not enhanced interrogation techniques reportedly used to intimidate captured 9/11 terror suspects was legal or illigal, who approved using the techniques and who did or didn't approval their use, and whether or not those giving the OK to use these techneques broke and should be prosecuted under the laws stipulated in the Geneva Convention.

Everyone has their own opinion on what is considered to be torture and what isn’t. The big debate and focus seems to be on water boarding and whether this technique was or should be classified as “torture”. The other big debate is whether or not using these techniques yielded the expected results that in the end result saved countless lives at a time when the dust hadn’t yet settled from the brutal attack on the twin towers on 9/11 and the high expectations that another attack was eminent within days.

In recent days, the blame game has already begun on who knew and approved these interrogation tactics and who didn’t. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said recently that the “enhanced interrogation” techniques used on terror suspects described in declassified Justice Department memos released by the Obama administration last week had approval from congressional leaders in both parties. The Bush administration recalls taking the matter up with several Congressional Democratic leaders including Nancy Pelosi (D California) in which she claims she was told about the techniques but denies she was not told that the Bush Administration was actually going to use them. Of course she denies approving the use of these techniques. She like most other Democrats are running for cover as the debate heats up by denying the assertion that they knew anything about or approved the use of such interrogation techniques.

Now the Obama Administration and fellow democrats wants to take their off the ball where the economic and other pressing issues are concerned and are calling for what they always call for where believed Republican wrong doing is concerned, calling for a “special investigation” and maybe even a “special prosecutor” to investigate and prosecute those responsible in the Bush Administration for approving and using enhanced interrogation techniques against those who want to kill Americans and cause havoc to our way of life.

You make the call. Was the Bush Administration wrong in their approach to interrogation with respect to the Islamic radicals who to this day seek to do us harm? Is the Obama Administration and the Democratic leadership justified in pressing the issue they truly believe laws have been broken or because they want to simply to make a point or place the blame squarely on the Bush Administration and the Republican party when there are so many other pressing issues before us? And, did these enhanced interrogation techniques keep us safe and prevent further attacks following the 9/11 and for the last 8 years?