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Barack Obama is fighting his first major political battle with the US congress over the gargantuan economic stimulus plan. While eventual passage of some version of the plan seems certain, Republicans are seeking to inflict maximum political damage on the new president and his ascendant Democratic party. Obama opened with an appeal for bipartisanship, seeking out Republicans in their lair on Capitol Hill, asking for their ideas, even wining and dining them at a SuperBowl football party. But Republicans in the House of Representatives spurned his overtures, unanimously turning up their noses at the stimulus plan. Culture War politics Senate Republicans have successfully seized on parts of the package they could portray as frivolous or wasteful - such as $50m in funding for the arts. The arts gambit is a good example of the old Culture War politics that Republicans have used effectively in the past. They seek to convince ordinary, gun-toting, 'Joe-SixPack' Americans that Obama wa...

A truly remarkable personality. Galloway is a Scottish politician, author and talkshow host noted for his left-wing views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. The video of him lambasting the US senate is the best of the lot. The US senate falsely accuses him of taking bribes from Saddam Hussain. In response, Galloway tears apart the senate single handedly by questioning their invasion of Iraq and their subsequent failure to achieve even a semblance of law and order in that country. He also questions the motive behind the invasion and accuses them of taking away the wealth of not just the Iraqi people, but also that of the American taxpayers. He asks them to account for the 8.8 billion dollars of Iraq's wealth that went missing under their watch. He says that he had warned them against invading Iraq but no one took him seriously. Unfortunately for Iraq and the international community at large, the words of anti war activists like Galloway, were never taken seriously and con...