John LeBoutillier
Monday, Feb. 28, 2005

What a surprise! AOL is running an online poll which has Hillary tied at 49%-49% in the 2008 election. And 52% say she would make a good president. Now that is something to worry about!

Bill Clinton, in Tokyo, told the media there: "I don't know if she'll run or not," he told the network, but added, "She would make an excellent president, and I would always try to help her."

This interview is yet another clear signal that Team Clinton is prepping the battlefield for 2008. Bill Clinton - by far the most popular Democrat in the land - sounds like he is going to go all out for Hillary.

Last week in New York City, famous and powerful Hollywood mogul David Geffen - a founding partner in the DreamWorks Studio and a longtime Bill Clinton supporter and donor - rocked the Democrats by publicly stating: "Hillary can't win. She is too polarizing. There has to be more to running for president than raw ambition."

Geffen, a billionaire and leading gay rights supporter, is a smart political judge. He knew Bill Clinton had what it takes early on. Yet he has rejected Hillary. What does this mean?

Democrats want to win back the White House in 2008 more than anything else. Clearly, many Big Shots wonder if Hillary isn't just too divisive and polarizing. This same fear is partly why the Democrats rejected their hearts' candidate last year, Howard Dean - because "he can't win" - and went with what their heads told them: John Kerry can win, so let's support him even if we're lukewarm about such a cold fish.

In 2008, will they listen to their hearts or their heads?

Iraqi Update

Newsweek's Periscope section in the current issue details the extent to which the Iranians are already infiltrating the new Iraqi government.

Teams of Iranians have been infiltrated into Baghdad and have taken over key posts in the bureaucracy.

As predicted here for the past two years, the ultimate outcome of our pre-emptive invasion of Iraq will be to hand over Iraq to the ayatollahs of Iran - the exact oppositie result of what we wanted!

The prime minister-to-be, Dr. Jalawi, is a longtime resident of Tehran, a big supporter of the Iranian Revolution and a fundamentalist Muslim who intends to run Iraq with fundamentalism as the guiding rule. Furthermore, there is growing evidence that Jalawi is directly linked to terrorism against the United States including attacks in Kuwait in the past.

We are headed for worrisome shifts of power in the Middle East.

Oscars

Chris Rock can't hold a candle to Johnny Carson. Period.

Nuclear Japan?

Am starting to read and hear chilling mentions of the possibility that Japan will soon " go nuclear." This is a frightening possibility. Just last week Japan announced its support of Taiwan in any future conflict versus mainland China. Why is Japan suddenly butting into the Taiwanese affair?

Could it be that Japan is in Iraq to please GW Bush - and to innoculate itself for the inevitable storm of criticism if it announces it possesses nuclear weapons - in direct conflict with its post-WWII treaties and agreements not to have an offensive military capability?

This is a potentially huge story to keep our eyes on.

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