With promises to remake the world, Obama said:
Will Americans be attracted to a candidate who campaigns in Europe and tries to play up that he wants to do things that will make Europeans happy? More of a concern for Obama, I would think that he would have benefited if he had framed the talk in terms of at least something that what would be demanded of Europe.
UPDATE: I think that this piece at Fox News later in the day catches the impression that Obama was creating:
UPDATE: Over at the AtlanticBlog, William Sjostrom has a post that reminds my of Obama's statement from earlier this year that:
His discussion about Obama selling himself to American Jews is also interesting.
Minor comment: Obama brings race into the election again during his speech in Berlin. "I know that I don't look like the Americans who previously have spoken in this great city."
“People of Berlin, people of the world, this is our moment. This is our time."
Will Americans be attracted to a candidate who campaigns in Europe and tries to play up that he wants to do things that will make Europeans happy? More of a concern for Obama, I would think that he would have benefited if he had framed the talk in terms of at least something that what would be demanded of Europe.
UPDATE: I think that this piece at Fox News later in the day catches the impression that Obama was creating:
OBAMA CASTS SELF AS WORLD CITIZEN, BUT WILL IT PLAY IN AMERICA?
UPDATE: Over at the AtlanticBlog, William Sjostrom has a post that reminds my of Obama's statement from earlier this year that:
I would be able to be . . . I think that the world would see me as a different kind of president. Somebody who can see the world through their eyes.
His discussion about Obama selling himself to American Jews is also interesting.
Minor comment: Obama brings race into the election again during his speech in Berlin. "I know that I don't look like the Americans who previously have spoken in this great city."
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