An heretofore obscure black man first dismantled the famed "Clinton Machine." He then went on to school the Republican Party on the dynamics of: Power Politics. The American Public may yet be astonished by what might be wrought on Electon Day.

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Many have been wonder struck at the meteoric career of Barrack Obama.

No one perhaps is more astonished than Bill and Hillary Clinton who witnessed the relentless dismantling of the famed "Clinton Machine" with scalpel-like precision by a heretofore obscure Black Senator from Illinois.

Bill Clinton famously known as "The first American Black President" watched impotently as 97% of African American voters abandoned Hillary in the Primaries.

Old Guard liberal African American leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton found themselves eclipsed by an unknown upstart and most assuredly will be cast into political outer darkness with the advent of an Obama Presidency.

John McCain must be no less amazed that the Republican attack apparatus has been met by a rapid and ever agile response from the Obama political machine which surely has learned from the hapless campaign of John Kerry that a good offense is better than a good defense.

John McCain's paradoxical and incoherent use of the labels of “Islamofascist” and “Socialist” against Barrack Obama was doomed from the beginning and will do more to damage the election prospects of Republican Congressional candidates than to Obama Campaign.

Anybody with a rudimentary history of Fascism and Socialism knows that these doctrines are diametrically opposed and that Barrack could hardly be both.  Proof of the antipathy between the two doctrines can easily be seen in footage of the Battle of Stalingrad.

The initial attack on Obama of being an Islamofascist was ironically obliterated by of all persons: Reverend Jeremiah Wright.  The good Reverend's rants against America focused light on the fact that Obama was a Christian and not an adherent of Islam.

This left McCain with the Socialist label for Obama which he foolishly adhered to rather than the old tried and true label of:  Liberal

"Socialist" is a thin unproven brushstroke applicable at best only to Barrack Obama.  "Liberal" has long been manna from heaven for Republicans in tarring all of their opponents both presidential and congressional with a succinct and to the point message that all Republican candidates could echo.  The vacuum created by the lack of a clear and concise message will not only prove fatal to John McCain but will result in the corpses failed Republican candidates who will perish in the upcoming elections.

A Congress controlled by Democrats may also be taken aback by an Obama Presidency. The Democratic Party is not a monolith and while Republicans are famous for always forming their firing squads in a circle, Democrats are notorious for devouring their young.

Just as President Bush fought House Republicans and the Republican members of the Gang of 14 (John McCain was their leader) it can be expected that a President Obama will attempt to exert the executive power of his administration of a Pelosi lead Congress.  He will not forget with the current inactivity and possible demise of Ted Kennedy that the every pesky Senator Hillary Clinton will be vigilant in taking every opportunity to distinguish herself from President Obama.

The American Public may also be surprised by a President Barrack Obama.

One thing is clear from the Obama Campaign and that is that Chicago Politics is not based upon Fascism, Socialism, Conservatism or Liberalism.  It is based upon pragmatic Power Politics.  This is the lesson that the Clinton's and John McCain were too slow to grasp.

Pragmatic Power Politics may yield surprising results of which I will give only two examples:

1.  Barrack Obama is indebted to African Americans for a large segment of his voting constituency.  He owes less to Hispanics many of whom are competing with African Americans in the market place for jobs. A market place that is getting tougher as the economy weakens.  Barrack Obama may be willing to trade strong immigration reform with the Republicans in return for a Comprehensive Health Care Program.

2. Barrack Obama will want to establish his bonafides in Foreign Affairs. He may be willing to pull U.S. troops off the Arabian Peninsula in return for a Sunni Dictator in Iraq with American Weaponry at his disposal to stand as a buffer between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon and Israel.

Americans forget the Iran-Iraq War and the hatred Sunni and Shia have for each other. American Foreign Policy for too long has failed to take advantage of this fact. Video of Iranians and Iraqis rushing headlong into deadly chemical weapons by the thousands is evident of the depth of this antipathy.  The fact is that the WMD's developed by Saddam Hussein were meant to be used first against Iran and not Israel and most certainly not the continental United States.

U.S. departure from the Arabian Peninsula will not affect the strategic interests of the United States. The fact is that the Moslem extremists of the Arabian Peninsula will never win for two fundamental reasons:

1. Topography: Unlike the Jungle topography of Vietnam and the Mountainous topography of Afghanistan which favors the insurgents the desert terrain of Arabia does not benefit insurgents. Only the dogma of political correctness that prevents the firebombing of cities like Fallujah protects the insurgents from utter destruction.

2. Natural Resources: Nation States like Russia, China, and Canada are rich in a multitude of natural resources which they can sell or use for the development of their own infrastructure.  Arabia only has: Oil.  When the United States commits to using less oil and developing other sources of energy the process can begin of bankrupting the Arabian Peninsula.

The old adage of: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" can help the United States. Both Russia and China are faced with Islamic Radicals within their own nations and from Central Asia and would be willing to assist the United States in breaking the economic back of Islam.

While the Press focuses upon the somewhat tenuous relationship between Obama-Ayres it overlooks the established relationships between a President Obama and Richard Lugar and Colin Powell.

The Republican Richard Lugar has always been close to Barrack Obama and cosponsored with Obama the Lugar-Obama Nonproliferation Agreement which President Bush signed into law.

With the possibility of Colin Powell endorsing Barrack Obama it opens up the possibility of Colin Powell becoming a Secretary of State or Defense in an Obama Administration.

Colin Powell has learned from Vietnam the lesson of:  "Overwhelming Force" and "Exit Strategy" which may serve a President Obama well.

What will an Obama Administration have in store for America?

Tick Tock. Only time will tell.

 ~Lewis

Authors Bio:
"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else." - Clarence Darrow