WELL, FOR ONE THING...:

Sarkozy, Obama set to face off for market control (David M. Dickson, 3/29/10, Washington Times)

Even as Mr. Obama spars with congressional Republicans over tougher regulations of the U.S. financial markets, he faces criticism from Mr. Sarkozy and other Western European leaders that Washington is being too timid, criticisms that Mr. Sarkozy repeated in only slightly veiled form the day before his Washington stop.

"You should reflect on what it means to be the world's No. 1 power," the French leader said in an address at Columbia University on Monday, inviting the United States to join its allies to create a "new global monetary order."

...it means we don't have to pretend Europe matters.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 30, 2010 5:29 AM