I personally have not so strong feelings for Obama or against McCain... My perception of McCain is one of a reasonable and moderate politician...
Who is seriously old and not always very good at self management
Obama on the other hand has the pros and cons of a unwritten book. He sure sounds good, but that doesn't mean much... Considering that many Presidents campaign on one program and realize a completly different one... for example Reagan and the current Bush are very famous for that.
I dunno too much about the general European opinion or even the general German opinion... but I guess people like Obama because he seems so "New and Shiny"... And as people are not so much involved into US Politics, the fact that he is "Not White, Young and a Democrat (not Bushs party)" is a great argument in his favour.
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Originally Posted by Shanon
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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout
I think foreigners may take the election of Obama as a rejection of the Bush Doctrine by the American People.... and conversely, might see the election of McCain as an endorsement of Bush's foreign policy.
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That's right. Which might be a misunderstanding from the European view. |
This is most likly due to the fact that most democracies in Europe work quite different compared to the "US version".
We usually have not so much Personalized Elections and we usually have more than two parties.
This means, that Usually the people in power are representatives of a political party, which means that their decisions are most of the time guided by party policy.
If you aware of this, it is not that surprising that many Europeans fall for that "misunderstanding"... since McCain is a member of Bushs party... and that Party "made all those unpopular decisions" => "Big dislike for the GOP in general"