After all the debates and primaries, upsets and accusations that have been taking place in the Republican primaries and that unfortunately are going to continue for a while yet, one was wondering about Obama’s approach for the State of the Union address. Read the rest of this entry »

Elections in the US, specially presidential elections, have always been mystifying for Europeans, though little by little some European politicians are beginning to copy some aspects of it, like introducing families, and making their lives known to their constituents. Still there is a lot to catch up if in reality they want to transform their elections into the circus attractions and even the nastiness the American elections end up turning into. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday began what we could call “The American Election Circus” which unfortunately is going to last almost one year, cost lots of dollars and generate much garbage on the media. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, this summer certainly is not a quiet one in any front anywhere, but in the US it’s anything but tranquil. Beginning with nature we just had the surprise of an earthquake in the East which rattled the nerves of many, nerves already fragile by the economy, unemployment etc. Read the rest of this entry »

While there is more than a year before elections in the US, the country is already beginning to be “assaulted” by the politicians. Much can happen in the months prior to voting day but nobody wants to be left aside and be forgotten and then there is a lot of money to be gathered from the constituents. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday evening President Obama announced that Congressional leaders from both parties had reached an agreement aimed at ending the US debt deadlock. He said that it wasn’t the deal he would have preferred but he nevertheless threw his support behind the plan. Read the rest of this entry »

For the third time in as many days, Republican and Democrat lawmakers are holding a meeting to try to make a deal before August 2 that will reduce the US deficit and raise the debt ceiling with the aim to avoid defaulting and being able to pay their debts. Read the rest of this entry »