Obama-Brown v Sarkosy-Merkel

Not long ago, the LAT was reporting that European countries were lined up against Bush and his policies. (Of course, the Brits' government never was. Tony Blair was called Bush's poodle.) Today, the LAT reports that Britain and the U.S. are opposed by Germany and France. It used to be Bush-Blair v Chirac-Schroder. Now it's Obama-Brown v Sarkosy-Merkel. What's changed? Only the names.