wily

Jan.26のJapan Timesの記事タイトルです。
Wherever the wily Ozawa goes, party soon to follow
"wily" の意味は小沢議員の行動を考えれば大体想像できますが、記事を読んでみます。内容は小沢氏が政党を作っては飛び出していった過去の経歴について書いています。
Ozawa has been nicknamed the “destroyer” for his record of eventually splitting up most of the parties to which he has belonged, including the LDP, Shinshinto (New Frontier Party), the Liberal Party, the DPJ and Nippon Mirai.
"wily" の意味を辞書で確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or crafty: The British leader will have a tough job winning the wily Chirac over to his foreign policy outlook.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: (of a person) clever, having a very good understanding of situations, possibilities and people, and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim: a wily politician
・Macmillan Dictionary: clever and willing to trick people in order to get what you want
政治家にとって "wily" は褒め言葉なのでしょう。
何れにせよ、問題があると秘書や周りの人のせいにする政治家はどんなに賢くても、優れていても、好きにはなれません。