Wow, Obama sure did get lucky in the past month or so. No he didn’t pull a Clinton, although no one would know if he did because he can define the word “is”. He got lucky with the troop surge in Afghanistan. If he had chosen not to increase troop levels in Afghanistan and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been successful in his attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253 then Obama would have had to kiss any chance he had a reelection goodbye. His luck is one thing, but his handling of the attempted attack was another. The only word to describe that is, awful!

Today an armed gunmen, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, 39, drove onto Fort Hood Army base, where he was stationed, and began shooting. The latest numbers are that there have been 12 people killed and 31 wounded. One of the original wounded died bringing the number of dead from 11 to 12. Major Hasan was originally believed to be dead, but it has since been reported that he was wounded but alive.

A few nights ago the President gave his first Presidential News Conference in prime time. He spoke of the economy, the economic stimulus package and a few other items. After his speech he took questions from various different “unusual” reporters, including one from The Huffington Post. President Obama also focused on the stimulus which was passed by the Senate yesterday by a vote of 61-37. The President is doing things he should have done weeks ago, he is getting out there and spreading his message, no matter how moronic that message may be.