Walter Veltroni is styling himself as the Italian Voltron Barack Obama in his quest to defeat my hero, Silvio Berlusconi.

Veltroni rides into the towns he visits aboard a green Fiat SpA bus covered with campaign slogans. He’s usually greeted in the main town square by hundreds of supporters chanting “Walter, Walter!” or his campaign slogan “Si Puo Fare!!” &mdash the Italian translation of “Yes We Can!!” It was chosen explicitly to mimic the slogan of Barack Obama, the Illinois senator who is running for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination.