C’est d’abord un texte d’accroche de Jack Wheeler pour son num\u00e9ro du 18 juin 2010 de sa Lettre d’Information<\/a> To The Point<\/em> qui attire notre attention. (Dans le texte, POTUS pour President Of The United States<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abDisturbing and mesmerizing whispering that the Oval Office is the scene of stormy and romantic melodrama between POTUS and his most senior and trusted advisers. Whispering that POTUS is sleeping poorly and is much aggrieved at slights, shortfalls, interruptions. Whispering that POTUS is vulnerable to jet lag. That POTUS has returned to chain-smoking. That POTUS hesitates to heed his advisers, because POTUS frets that he is being sand-bagged by experts, allies, confidantes. Whispering that POTUS frailties most in display in West Wing settings. That POTUS evidences a Nixonian persecution mania. Can any of this be confirmed? Not easily. Less detailed, POTUS is said to express his opinion to pals in Chicago that he dislikes his job. Wilder whisperings that some pros are now weighing that POTUS try an LBJ exit after one term rather than face a Carter collapse.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tWheeler, un dur de la droite dure US (un doublement dur, \u00e0 la droite des neocons<\/em>), boit du petit lait. Il extrait des remarques de certains textes retrouv\u00e9s sur des sites progressistes US. Nous en mentionnons un, de Deborah White, une cadre du parti d\u00e9mocrate en Californie, datant du 31 mai 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tWhite d\u00e9crit un Obama parcouru de nombre de travers du Nixon de l’affaire Watergate, le go\u00fbt du secret, la rupture avec le monde ext\u00e9rieur, le repli sur une petite \u00e9quipe de collaborateurs, l’absence compl\u00e8te de transparence, une vindicte incroyable contre la presse, une tr\u00e8s grande absence de rapports humains, une froideur de caract\u00e8re, une impossibilit\u00e9 de communiquer, etc. tout cela, selon le jugement de White. Elle observe que la crise du Golfe du Persique accentue ces traits jusqu’\u00e0 en faire une description d’une crise personnelle o\u00f9 s’enfonce Obama.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tSa conclusion est tr\u00e8s pessimiste Elle met en \u00e9vidence des hypoth\u00e8ses qui, selon elle, risquent de gravement handicaper Obama. Elle presse le pr\u00e9sident de tout faire pour redresser ce qu’elle juge \u00eatre un destin dangereux.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbFirst, that President Obama’s public approval ratings will continue to drop. Rasmussen reports 16his May 31, 2010 strong approval to be merely 27%, with 40% of the nation strongly disapproving.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbSecond, that Republicans will win control of Congress in the 2010 mid-term elections, and hence, win the power of the Congressional subpoena.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThird, that Congress, goaded by Americans livid over the flagging middle-class economy, ongoing endless wars, horribly botched oil spill, favors for corporate backers, or any number of issues… and egged on by Tea Party types who simply detest Mr. Obama… will hound him from office. Or worse…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbI say all this to fervently urge the Obama White House toward more transparency. Toward more connection with the desires of the American people. Toward less reliance on political hacks to hone policy and policy messaging. Toward more courage, boldness and forthrightness, and less Nixonian-style cynical political maneuvrings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbIt didn’t end well for Richard Nixon. I, and most Democrats, desperately want it to end well for Barack Obama. But our 44th president needs to realize that time and patience are running dangerously short.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n