Je suis loin d'être le seul à réagir à la "disparition" de Barack Obama hier pendant une conférence de presse à laquelle participait Bill Clinton. Difficile de comprendre la réaction d'Obama... Il donne l'impression que l'ancien Président le tire d'un mauvais ou qu'il tente de le faire. Comme une désagréable impression de faiblesse... Quand on sait que la relation entre les deux hommes n'est pas "simple"...
Bel article dans le Washington Post dont voici un extrait:
Obama and Clinton have never had an easy relationship, owing to the scars of the 2008 campaign. Candidate Obama, battling to deny the nomination to Hillary Rodham Clinton, proved he could get under her husband's skin. Bill Clinton took it badly and acted badly, one of the rare moments in his long career when his own considerable political gifts seemed to desert him.
Now, with Obama in trouble, they have become allies. Clinton campaigned this fall in places where the president was not welcome. In the aftermath of the election, and with rebellion in the ranks, Obama needs Clinton's help all the more.
Obama's willingness Friday to hand the stage to Clinton to save the deal he struck with Republicans was a measure of the state in which he finds himself. It was also a sign of confidence that Clinton can help deliver the votes he now needs to get his package through a lame-duck session of Congress.
Obama is a gifted communicator, but Clinton is still Democrats' best synthesizer of policy and political strategy, still the explainer in chief. It is a role he has enjoyed playing for as long as he has been in public life. On Friday he played it with customary gusto, to his and, Obama hopes, the president's benefit.
Le lien:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121007172.html
