Obama Moves on Gore, Dispenses of Hillary, and Counts on Patti Solís

If Europe were allowed to vote, we know that Barack Obama would make a killing in France (84%) Germany (82%) the United Kingdom (74%) and in Spain (72%). The most spectacular finding is, without a doubt, the results of the hypothetical French vote in the American elections.

If we are to agree that a black man’s arrival to the white house marks a historic moment for the United States’ democracy, imagine the effect a similar turn-around would have in The Eliseo? Thus, I leave you with the following question: Is republican France–which only has whites in her national soccer team–ready for a black man to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy?

After the primaries in the United States, important new polling information began to emerge which has upset the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain. On top of this came last Monday’s democratic meeting in Michigan where Al Gore finally came onto the scene.

The man who beat George W. Bush in the popular vote of the 2000 presidential campaign, but promptly lost the election in the most surprising political and judicial mess in the history of the United States, finally broke his silence. In the most calculated of manners, Gore observed the fratricidal battle between Obama and Clinton. He hoped to act as arbitrator if the tie were to prolong itself and even to postulate himself as the formula for consensus.

But Obama’s final victory and Clinton’s final withdrawal have led him to close ranks with the senator from Illinois. If he wins in the polls, Gore will be part of the Obama administration, or act as special advisor for one who hopes to build a future of clean energy. This partnership is accompanied by another, more spectacular one, that of the Hispanic Patti Solís Doyle.

Patti’s case now acquires special relevance. She was Hillary’s campaign director until the two locked horns when things turned sour and the senator began to lose control. Patti is an extremely valuable person, and the key to securing the support of the crucial United States Hispanic communities. In Obama’s plans she would take on the position of Chief of Staff to the Vice-president. Her election is already a clue to the fact that Obama will decidedly not take on Hillary, and will be cutting ties with the Clintons. A valiant and revealing gesture of the dimensions of change that he defends.