You Can’t Blame Obama for American Stubbornness

Posted on Aug 18, 2009
AP / Jae C. Hong


A woman opposing health care reform gives a thumb-down sign while listening to panelists during a health care town hall meeting in Alhambra, Calif.

By William Pfaff

PARIS—There was a telling caption to a recent French commentary on the American political situation. It read: “Obama, the man who thinks he’s president.â€