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Does the reason why Germans are still so ga-ga over Obama have anything to do with lingering guilt over the oppression of minorities during WWII? It was somewhat curious to see tens (or hundreds?) of thousands of Germans show up to see him speak before he even became president, but perhaps not surprising given Obama's popularity back then. Now, however, it's a different story since he hasn't been able to delivery on the message of “hope”. So what is the deal with the Obama musical? Does it have anything to do with guilt, or does it have more to do with interest in pop culture?Obama musical set to open in Germany
Wonder if Harry Reid will be portrayed?I'm not, at all, a fan of his but he was right... O was electable and should have run... too bad Trent Lott couldn't have been a bit more mundane in his assessment of ol' Strom and his Dixiecrat days
I saw a piece about this last night on the German news on ZDF (Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehen, one of the German national networks)ZDF. My wife and I both got a laugh out of it. As to the Germans being ga-ga over Obama, I dont know that that is true. My own anecdotal experience says it is not. There are perhaps more idealists over here than in the states but the German friends and others I have talked to express more of a sense of dissapointment about him based on his failure to deliver than anything else. I even had a friend of mine tell me that apparrently Obama's slogan should be “No, he can't!” in regards to health care.
Obama the Challengehttp://superobamaworld.com/
1 year after: Approval poll ratingshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8461136.stm
The election in MA yesterday should probably be seen as a watershed of American public opinion and a gauge of public approval of Government policies and actions.
That, and Coakley couldn't provide any last minute earmarks to Fed legislation (read pork ala Teddy) to win the day.
Coakley struck me as just as much of an empty suit as Obama. Admittedly, I did not follow the campaign except peripherally until the last month or so. That being said, Brown better have more to offer than a no vote on Obamacare if he expects to get re-elected in 2012. He still hails from a Blue state so I dont expect much in the way of Conservativism from him.
He's fiscally conservative and partly socially liberal (anti gay marriage, pro abortion rights) Coaksley was an extreme leftist wingnut, IMO, but I thnk it was her gaffes more at the end that lost it for her. (Red Sox pitcher Curt Shilling is a Yankees fan?)I'm glad he won, but I'm still not comfortable about Nov because he didn't exactly win in a landslide. From what I saw in the NYTimes, he did not win Boston. (but he did win Kennedy's district which I find hilarious)
It is significant that he won in MA at all. That does not bode well for Dem candidates in less liberal states. Especially if the Democrats continue to push their idiotic agenda that nobody but their far-left constituency wants.
It hurts but it must be said: March of the Peacockshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/opinion/29krugman.html
Conservatives, specifically Republicans, need to be careful they don't read to much into recent Dem losses. If nothing else recent elections prove that the American voters are fickle. Real action that the PEOPLE want once elected will keep them in office. The Dems and Obama are doing what they promised, it is not just what the people want. America did not vote for Obama so much as vote against McCain. Remember the Democrats did very well vilifying Republicans in the campaign, they did not really say how they were better so much as say anybody has to be better than Bush.
