Politicos have polar ideals of verbal gravity

Ben Macintyre's Article

“A SINGLE VERSE by Rimbaud,” writes Dominique de Villepin, the new French Prime Minister, “shines like a powder trail on a day’s horizon. It sets it ablaze all at once, explodes all limits, draws the eyes to other heavens.” Here is a rather different observation, uttered by George Bush Sr in 1998, that might stand as a motto for his dynasty: “I can’t do poetry.”

Perhaps some middle ground will win out, and we'll hear a measured Robert-Frost-y tone applied to current affairs. Or perhaps Villepin will tour rural America, like Oscar Wilde and The Sex Pistols. It could be called "Project for Florid Impressionism in America."