These are our allies, folks. I'm sure our enemies are rooting for McCain & Palin, who will continue doing their work for them by bankrupting America from within.
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The McCain-Palin ticket may have stolen the headlines and taken the lead from Obama-Biden in the US. But a new BBC survey shows that Barack Obama overwhelms John McCain in global opinion by a four-to-one margin.
Australia ranks as the fourth most pro-Obama of the 22 countries polled, behind only the homeland of Obama's father, Kenya, and Europe's anti-Bush bastions, France and Italy. Almost two-thirds of Australians polled believe America's global relations would improve under a president Obama. Only one in five believe things would get better under a McCain administration.
These dramatic differences reflect a clear mismatch between what Americans and the rest of the world want from the next US president. The world may be disappointed by whoever wins.
McCain must be an even-money bet to win the White House, ushering in what much of the world would perceive as nothing more than a third Bush term. If Obama recaptures his momentum and goes on to a historic November victory, the real and pressing challenges facing the US will make it almost impossible for him to meet the world's sky-high hopes for his transformative global leadership.
Amid the deepest economic downturn in a generation and still haunted by the attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans today are anxious about their future at home and abroad - a far cry from the supremely confident country that elected George Bush eight years ago.More:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/either-president-may-disappoint-us/2008/09/11/1220857737358.html