Posted on 02/27/2009 9:06:16 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Gordon Brown will seek to make common cause with President Obama next week over the best way to take the world out of recession.
The Prime Minister aims to use a two-day trip to Washington to bond with the US President over the issue on which Mr Brown has staked his damaged political reputation: the massive state-funded stimulus packages to the world’s stricken economies.
One Downing Street aide described their White House meeting as an attempt to present a united front against the “forces of global conservatism”.
Mr Brown’s trip will include a rare address to a joint session of Congress, which, he hopes, will garner support for a co-ordinated economic policy before April’s G20 summit in London and help to frame the political debate at home.
While Mr Brown does not expect any immediate improvement in his domestic fortunes, a seasoned party strategist said that the trip represented his “best — if not last — chance” of holding power at an election next year.
He will be the first EU leader to meet the President since the US election. He has already sought to highlight how the almost unanimous resistance from US Republicans to Mr Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package mirrors the opposition he has encountered.
The Tories repeated yesterday that Mr Brown’s VAT cut had failed and that his promise to boost public works programmes had not materialised.
The White House — knowing that it may well have to work with David Cameron next year — will resist being drawn into a British political dispute. However, senior Democratic figures who are close to Mr Obama but have remained outside the Administration are not subject to such constraints.
John Podesta, who ran the presidential transition team, told The Times that fiscal conservatives opposed to paying for economic stimulus
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Brown should be prepared to be disappointed.
Yep. You know the UK is completely screwed when the PM relies on the stupidest person on earth for advice.
Nice knowing you, Gordie.
yitbos
Uh, good luck with that Mr. Brown.
Mr Brown, you have two chances, slim and none
Helping the Tories out is a good thing.
Before the financial crisis in Sept 08, Brown was losing in the polls. When the financial crisis hit, Brown blasted at America and “stupid” Bush for the UK’s failing economy. The race for Prime Minister is a tossup now. Brown is hoping the Messiah’s popularity will rub off on him.
In a competition of “stupidest” Gordon Brown provides stiff competition himself.
I hope PM Brown opens his eyes real soon and sees what a the incompetent bozo Obama is. Britain, don't hitch your wagon to Obama MisAdministration. You'll get burned.
Just tuning up for twenty years from now when they are ruled by a pack of mullahs.
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