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| Obama faces the same problems with ‘Old Europe’ |
| 2009-03-21 |
| Tom Baldwin in Washington In less than a fortnight President Obama will embark on an eight-day, four-nation tour of Europe and Turkey where his reception from the public is likely to be in marked contrast to the ritual protests that usually greeted George Bush's ventures across the Atlantic. This should not, however, serve to obscure the reality that many of Mr Obama's proposals to steer a new course are running into the hard rock of self-interested resistance from some of the same countries that did so much to damage the agenda of his predecessor. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 My grandfather would never believe that the Hun soldiers would avoid combat and be too fat to fight! |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-03-21 21:33 |
| #3 The REAL problem is, TW, Obama isn't a horse-trader. He has no knowledge, skill, or talent for the job he's got to do. The result will be as much a disaster as the rest of his presidency so far has been. The "I told you so"s are getting louder and louder, and are even beginning to come from a few Democrat insiders. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-03-21 15:06 |
| #2 We're all Socialists now won't get President Obama anything he wants. Nor will his extensive personal charm. The question is, how much horsetrading is he willing to do, to get it done? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-03-21 07:53 |
| #1 Will this trip amount to anything more than a bunch of big shots congratulating themselves on: "we're all socialists now"? |
| Posted by: Cynicism Inc 2009-03-21 07:08 |