When you consider the shameless ways in which Sarkozy and his “gang” have regularly lifted whatever ideas they lacked – from the Socialists and anyone else who might have some available – one cannot but applaud Hollande for “keeping his powder dry”! As for his so called lack of cabinet experience, a quick read of this week’s issue of Le Nouvel Observatur would give you enough information, both about the man and the candidate, to make you quickly want to revise your opinion…

Finally, as a reminder, there are still people around who remember Harry Truman as anything but an “ordinary” president!