Five American presidents met on Wednesday, the 7th in the Egg-shaped Lounge of the White House, in an appointment qualified by all the sectors of the nation like “historical“ and “extraordinary“. It is a question of the first meeting of this nature from 1981 and in her they were together the current president George W. Bush – who was the host - the elect president Barack Obama – who assumes the charge next Tuesday, the 20-th, and the ex-presidents George Bush father, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

During the meeting, the president Bush directed a brief message, in which addressed to all he wished success Obama, “without importing if we are democratic or republican, since our country worries us deeply”. For his part, the elect president made to notice that “for me, to have the opportunity to receive help, good advices and companionship of all the gentlemen here present is extraordinary”.

Apart from these rigor phrases, we believe that only made of seeing assembled five men very different between themselves but protagonists of more than the fourth one century of history to the command of the maximum world potency and with opinions partly radically opposite, it has a deep and valuable meaning.

“It is the round declaration of a will of continuity, of respect to the magnificent past of a big nation that the five have directed, direct and they will direct; that they have represented with the deep pride of there directed a free society of that nobody has ever fled either for his beliefs or convictions and to that millions want to come to achieve the prosperity dreamed for his children and grandchildren”, as well a prestigious European columnist defines.

In Washington Hispanic we endorse these concepts, but at the same time we believe that the meeting of the “Club of the Presidents” – as the meeting was baptized - must be the starting point to promote that this year 2009 that newly begins is considered like the Year of the Unit. Because we are sure that the unit is the only route by means of which there will be a solution adapted to the principal problems that they affect today to the United States, between them the economy. Joined, quite we it can; divided, never. This debit to be our motto.