Is Merkel in trouble?

Quite possibly. It appears the German presidential election is a de facto confidence vote on Chancellor Angela Merkel. Judging by the choice of her candidate, she deserves to lose. That said, if she does, will the Social Democrats undo old statements and agree to coalition with the New Left, aka leftover Communists, if new parliamentary elections are called?

Which is it, Obama?

Bob Herbert catches Obama clearly at cross purposes with himself on Afghanistan:

In Afghanistan, we are playing a dangerous, half-hearted game in which President Obama tells the America people that this is a war of necessity and that he will do whatever is necessary to succeed. Then, with the very next breath, he soothingly assures us that the withdrawal of U.S. troops will begin on schedule, like a Greyhound leaving the terminal, a year from now.

Couldn't have said it better.javascript:void(0)

Who died and made the WaPost media god?

The Post complains that the Rolling Stone interview of Gen. McChrystal and staff wasn't done with its pinky raised off the teacup.

No surprise that the Post is using an off-the-record "source" to move this "story." And,. that all said, it's clear the anonymous source is part of McChrystal's drunken entourage. Another "duh" there, eh?

CareerBuilder job of the day with the BSA!

Anti-gay? Check? PR-known history of sexual abusers in your volunteer ranks? Check. Having just lost a lawsuit over that, with punitive damages tacked on? Check. Yeah, I guess the Boy Scouts of America probably do need a "public relations specialist."

DNC attacks own leader, Obama, on A-stan

Here's "Irony" or more: The Democratic National Committee is e-mailing people to push Congress to vote against the titular head of the Democratic Party, President Obama, by voting NO on a supplemental Afghanistan war spending bill. Hey, Barry, are you listening?

The "war" in Afghanistan is now the longest "war" in U.S. history. For what?

George W. Bush let Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora way back in 2001, and then pulled troops and supplies out of Afghanistan so he could conquer Iraq.

Since then, we've been "fighting" the Taliban, not the few remaining Al Qaeda. But we're not really "fighting" them, we're actually paying them protection money to let supply trucks reach our troops.

Rather than pay extortion to the Taliban - with our tax dollars! - it's time to bring our troops safely home.

Tell Congress to vote NO on the $33 Billion supplemental for Afghanistan
http://www.democrats.com/oppose-33-billion-war-supplemental-for-2010

Rich, indeed, in irony, if not sad.

But wait, it gets richer! First, the DNC attacks Obama on other issues.

As our national debt spirals out of control, President Obama's Deficit Commission is secretly plotting cuts in Social Security and Medicare - instead of ending the disastrous "wars."

So, now the DNC has moved to a direct attack on the leader!

Then we have this.

Under the Constitution, Congress alone has the power to fund wars. After eight disastrous years, it's time for Congress to use its power to bring our troops safely home from Afghanistan.

So, Democrats who forgot that argument about war powers and war responsibilities in fall 2002 (a majority of them voted for Iraq, and almost nobody protested when Afghanistan was first "launched" before that) have suddenly started reading the Constitution? In the face of the constitutional law scholar president and leader of the party?

The midterm elections ought to be "fun" in seeing how far the DNC tries to run away from Obama; after all, it's just June now.

Is Soros about to bet against the Euro?

In the 1998 sense of how he bet against southeast Asian currencies, that is. Based on that history, and his haraguing of German Chancellor Angela Merkel over her planed austerity measures, one has to wonder.