The USA are pushing out the boat and having a love in with Britain via the PM's visit.

One assumes they are concerned by the proposed cut backs in our military capability and putting pressure on that score. Will we see a reversal of defence cutbacks in these austere times?

America loves Dave

I have to say that the Obama/Dave double act made me laugh.

He might reciprocate Obamas basketball trip by taking the prezzy down a bar and showing him the vagaries of a game of darts. Daves never off the oche in his local.

Then on to the Trades and Labour in time for the link bingo. You can win more than five hundred pounds, some nights.

Possibly, or when the Obamas come this side of the pond, Dave might take them out to see his rified chums for a spot of horsey-horsey riding, courtesy of the Met.

If Obama is going to boost his re-election chances with the religious fundamentalist nutjob brigade, he'll possibly be considering bombing some other religious nutjobs (or at least some random people in another country with religious nutjobs.)

In which case, he'll need a cheerleader or, better still, some company on the way just so that it won't appear entirely unilateral.

Why would he need to boost his chances with the religious fundamentalist brigade when they're all going to sit at home and refuse to vote for a mormon?

They're more than welcome to him.

Surely they'd vote for a mormon if it stopped the black, Kenyan muslim getting a second term.

Is that North America in general – or just part of that continent?

Or perhaps you mean Central America or South America?

Don't bank on it. There are as many reasons for the right to hate Obama as there are right wingers and it's only certain groups that think the above about him. For the most part they're in states that would give all their electoral college votes to the Republicans whoever they put up. Most of the evangelicals are in Kentucky and above rather than the south proper. They're the ones that aren't going to vote for a Mormon, and their votes decide Iowa, Ohio, Indiana and places like that.

Expect shenanigans at the republican convention when, despite Romney having the clear majority, they try to launch a party unity candidate. That's what my wingnut friends in deepest darkest Mass are hoping for.

Seriously? Are you trying to make him look stupid or yourself?

It's an imperialistic term and a technically inaccurate one.

I just wish Cameron would stay in America and never come back.

Would that be North America, South America or Central America?

I vote for South.

Argentina is lovely at this time of year.

I wonder what activity Dave would feel comfortable taking Obama to? Any working class sport / activity and Dave would be decidely lacking in street cred. If he went for polo or similar he would appear elitist and out of touch with the home voters.

Indeed it is an imperialistic term. It is such whether you take it as being named after a European, or whether you limit your consideration to the origins of the country in question. We referred to those thirteen colonies as "America", and astoundingly the four hundred year old soubriquet wasn't dropped to suit your very thinly disguised xenophobia.

I recommend a crash course in getting over it.

I'm just waiting for Dave to tell us that some of his best friends are black.

That's made my day, Mr Politically Perfect.

Now-now you two. No lovers tiff like last year.

Aww shucks!

Really? After just correcting someone on the proper name for America on the grounds of Imperialism?

It was an allegorical oblique reference to your testicles