Germans Hope for a New America: Will Berlin's Lovefest with Obama be Shortlived?

The dream goes something like this: What if just a small fragment of the American presidential election primary were to spill over into Germany? The enthusiasm, for example, and the vitality, energy and drama that the world's oldest democracy has presented to the global public for months? And what if German politicians would exude just a smidgen of the youthfulness and spirit of optimism that Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, ... Full Story »

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Michael Nolan
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by Michael Nolan - Oct. 1, 2008

The article is somewhat biased in favor of Obama, recognized as an unknown, over McCain, seen as a reactionary hothead. It points out that while most Germans would like to see Obama elected, he is likely to push the German government to do things (for example, in Afghanistan) it doesn't want to do (send more military forces). It's refreshing to read the foreign press once in a while.

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