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Wednesday, May 30, 2001

We’re not sure what Clintonesque is, but there’s lots of it

"It is nearly impossible to turn on a television set or radio in Mexico and not find Fox. He travels constantly: next stops, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. He often gives several speeches a day. His predecessor, Ernesto Zedillo, disliked public attention and rarely held news conferences. But Fox has saturated the public consciousness here the way President Bill Clinton used to in the United States."

Washington Post. Bill Clinton, yardstick for all new presidents, anywhere. Besides Mexico's Vincente Fox, there's Japan's Junichiro Koizumi: "In the five weeks since Koizumi's election, his government has taken on Clintonesque qualities, with high public approval flowing largely from the charm of its leader, outshining what his critics call early stumbles."'

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