Santiago Cafiero: 'Macri sought to blame Argentine society for his own failures.'

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1. It's like the GOP blaming a 'no longer traditional America' for their '08 & '12 defeats

As if the Bush disaster never happened (!).

It's no wonder Macri named his party ('Republican Proposal') after the GOP: he, too, lives in a bubble - almost completely detached from reality. And his run-up-gambling-debts-and stick-everyone-with-the-bill policies are almost the same as Bush's.

Thanks for finding this, Judi. An insightful look at a man (Chief of Staff Santiago Cafiero) who, while often ignored by the media, probably does more to shape current Argentine government policy than anyone besides the president himself.

Try telling the Clarín Group that though!

Their longtime CEO Héctor Magnetto (Argentina's Rupert Murdoch - but worse) is obsessed with Cristina Kirchner; his media outlets constantly accuse her of being the "only one who makes decisions."

Which she probably doesn't mind, seeing as Fernández has a 60% job approval (in a continent where few presidents enjoy more than 30% approval) - even amid extremely challenging circumstances.

Argentine Chief of Staff Santiago Cafiero (right), with the president, shortly before the inaugural last year.

Pragmatic and fond of consensus, Cafiero nevertheless believes in executive action in the face of "opposition for opposition's sake" - a frequent problem in a country with a radicalized right wing whose voters, when polled, often express support for "a coup."