Another in the series of victories for Kumbayaism

Sarkozy and Merkel brush off Obama snub of next EU-US summit

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel brushed off President Barack Obama's decision not to attend an annual summit with European leaders while stressing Thursday the importance of Russia as a European partner.

A U.S. State Department deputy briefing reporters made the announcement Monday that Obama would miss the EU-U.S. summit in May that will take place in Spain, which now holds the rotating EU presidency.

Since then, European media have been awash with commentary wondering what the White House's snub means for Europe as it struggles to find a united voice in foreign affairs following the creation of the new posts of EU president and foreign minister.

Maybe after Moody's re-rates us to be equal to Belize in credit responsibility (sorry Belize, you are probably more responsible than we are), Obama must figure he can't really afford the trip and will use LIVESHOW instead.

And these people disliked Bush?