Florida Senator Bob Graham has joined the pack of Democratic Presidential hopefuls. I was expecting this and I believe he is one of the more interesting and credible candidates. I do however not think he is presidential material but he could be a phenomenal running mate as he has the key to Florida.

The only chance the Democrats have against Bush next year is attacking him from the right and not the left as Al Gore found out in 2000. There is no way of predicting what will happen in the war against terror (and I include Iraq in that) but any setbacks for this administration will be a boost for those Democrats who are able to capture a significant slice of the Republican vote. Joe Lieberman and Bob Graham fall right into that category and a Lieberman-Graham ticket could be a very strong one.

The blog is not even a day old (the first entry says February 27 but here on the Pacific Coast it is still February 26) and there is already an abundance of material to comment on. Just today Canada stepped up to the plate to suggest a deadline by which Iraq should have disarmed or face the consequences. Didn't we already have a UN resolution in place that says that? And are we not drafting yet another one of the same nature? I am guessing that this is the Canadian government's way of saying: "we will join the war effort if Iraq misses our suggested deadline". I could not believe what I was hearing when I heard they suggested a deadline at the end of March. However, Canada seems to be prepared to support the war effort and that is already a lot better than what is coming out of Old Europe.
The anti-war crowd led by Germany rejected this proposal, but so did Washington. This is what happens if you fail to play a credible role in the international scene, no one will really listen to you. Shortly after this "plan" the Canadian Prime Minister took off for Mexico and I hope he did not confuse President Vicente Fox as it appeared Mexico was moving closer to Washington's position and Mexico is a voting member of the UN's security council.
Anyway, it doesn't matter all that much, another UN resolution or no resolution. I believe Washington has a clear timetable and Tony Blair managed to get the House of Commons on side. As the President has said, it will be a matter of weeks, not months.

Here we go, Wednesday February 26, 2003, Peaktalk: Politics and Markets launches. Peaktalk plans to become a part of the blogosphere with unique content combining "linking and "thinking", although I suspect the latter will have the upperhand. As you can see in the "About Peaktalk" section I plan to write about politics, news and markets in the U.S.A. and Canada and venture into Asia and Europe from time to time. It may be too much or too ambitious, I don't know, it is really too early to tell. Let's see what happens.