Posted on 02/06/2007 1:16:50 PM PST by Kitten Festival
Argentina`s first couple, a power pair often compared to Bill and Hillary Clinton, won`t say whether it will be a his or hers candidacy in this year`s presidential election.
President Nestor Kirchner boasts soaring approval ratings amid an economic recovery. His wife, Sen. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is also popular — and unlike Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, she established her own political career long before her husband became president.
With both Kirchners doing well in the polls, they`ve been floating the idea that she should run to succeed him while he`s still in office.
Cristina Kirchner flew off without her husband this week to pick up some foreign policy credentials, going to Paris where she met privately Monday with another rising female politician: France`s socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal.
Like Cristina Kirchner, Royal had been overshadowed by her partner, French Socialist leader Francois Hollande, until she surprised many by rising far above him in the polls and winning the Socialists` nomination ahead of France`s two-round election set for April and May.
"Paris is a test for Cristina Kirchner," Argentina`s opposition daily La Nacion declared, suggesting she may lack diplomatic experience.
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So the hildebeast & bubba have counterparts. Heaven help the world!
Isn't it pathetic that some countries cannot learn from our experience? With these argies, its the same dang thing over and over again. Idiots.
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