Sunday, January 13, 2008
Like it was the World Cup
The interest worldwide in the US elections this year is generating a greater buzz than in years past. Some of it, like the folks in Kenya following Obama, is to be expected. Some comes from an unusual, but easily understood, source.
But much of the enthusiasm comes from anticipation of President Bush's departure, according to several analysts. U.S. prestige and popularity in much of the world have sunk to historic lows since Bush took office, over such issues as the Iraq war and climate change. Many analysts said the election has created high expectations that the new president will be more in tune with the rest of the world.But no one is waiting for this change more eagerly than the good people of the US themselves.
"In many capitals people have been waiting for this change for some time," said Rosa Balfour, a senior analyst at the European Policy Center, a Brussels-based research group.
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