We are so used to people like Blair looking like intellectual giants compared to Bush. Any of Obama, Clinton, Edwards and maybe even McCain would make Sarkozy seem like a very marginal figure in the grand scheme of things. Even Putin has more substance though I'm not sure I like the substance.
The American's sometimes complain that when the want to negotiate with "yurp" they don't know who to ring. I hope it's not Sarkozy because he'd give away the Common Agricultural Policy just for an invitation for a State visit to Washington and a white tie dinner in the white house. Thats why Cecilia had to go and a replacement had to be lined up. Index of Frank's Diaries
