A Tale of Two Elections
Watching the jubilation at the Place de la Bastille last night, where the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande was declared the next President of France precisely at 8:00 p.m., followed by delirious chants of “Sarkozy, c’est fini!” I couldn’t help thinking of Grant Park, November ’08.
I was thinking of the hopes and the huge intertwined challenges, economic and political; the immense power of entrenched elites to block real change; the inevitable letdown when a new, politically inexperienced leader cannot work miracles overnight.
About the Author
Robert Kuttner
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, as well as a Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow. He was a longtime columnist for BusinessWeek, and continues to write columns in the Boston Globe. Robert is the author of eight books, including the recent New York Times bestseller, Obama’s Challenge: American’s Economic Crisis and ...
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