Obama in Orbit (NYTimes/Int Herald Tribune)

[The Ghost]

"If the globe can’t vote next November, it can find itself in Obama. Troubled by the violent chasm between the West and the Islamic world? Obama seems to bridge it. Disturbed by the gulf between rich and poor that globalization spurs? Obama, the African-American, gets it: the South Side of Chicago is the South Side of the world.

Michael Ignatieff, the deputy leader of Canada’s opposition Liberal Party, said: “Outsiders know it’s your choice. Still, they are following this election with passionate interest. And it’s clear Barack Obama would be the first globalized American leader, the first leader in whom internationalism would not be a credo, it would be in his veins.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/opinion/15cohen.html

[goclark]

1. I agree ~

[silverweb]

2. Great piece!

Forwarded to all the Obama supporters and undecides on my list. :)

[madrchsod]

3. so that`s what dennis saw!

well after this----BLITZER: You say national security is more important than human rights. Senator Clinton, what do you say?

CLINTON: I agree with that completely.


he should be in orbit...


i think he`s the one the world would like to see as america`s president. i really think he "get`s it"

[mark414]

4. absolutely right...all are good candidates but obama is the only one who "gets it"

well, dennis "gets it too." but he's not going to win, as much as i would love to vote for him in a general election.

obama is our best chance to not just fix this disaster, but to completely and legitimately leave it behind us...i am really hoping that the people in new hampshire and iowa get this too and do the right thing...