Fin des primaires démocrates

Slate a réalisé un bon résumé de la campagne des démocrates depuis le début. Ca me rappelle le début du film d'Amélie Poulain. Meme style narratif.

Les élections françaises aux US

Le magazine américain en ligne Slate a publié sa vision de la campagne présidentielle française.

L'auteur Amanda Watson-Boles insiste sur le caractère paillette et romanesque de la stratégie des candidats. Slate penche clairement pour la droite, sans surprise, concluant son article par:

"Sarkozy has pledged economic "tough love" in the form of relaxing the 35-hour workweek, giving tax incentives for people to work more, and reducing corporate taxes. But he hasn't made these much-needed and overdue changes a main focus of his campaign. No French politician really has the couilles to overhaul the system completely. Why? Guess what young, white French voters did the last time the government made a serious effort to change those labor policies? They rioted.

But it's much easier to whip up fear of a criminal, immigrant bogeyman than to make the hard choices necessary to get him a job."

L'ensemble de l'article ici.