…if the US rejects the man it yearns for: “An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse…

Of course I know that even to mention Obama’s support around the world is to hurt him. Incredibly, that large Berlin crowd damaged Obama at home, branding him the “candidate of Europe” and making him seem less of a patriotic American. But what does that say about today’s America, that the world’s esteem is now unwanted? If Americans reject Obama, they will be sending the clearest possible message to the rest of us – and, make no mistake, we shall hear it.” — Jonathan Freedland (Guardian.UK)