"age of Obama apparently continued to bring benefits to the US in the court of world public opinion"

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Thu Mar-24-11 11:16 AM
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"age of Obama apparently continued to bring benefits to the US in the court of world public opinion"

U.S.' World-wide Approval Still Higher In 2010 Than Other Major Powers

The age of Obama apparently continued to bring benefits to the U.S. in the court of world public opinion, with the Gallup Organization reporting Thursday that U.S. global leadership got a 47 percent approval rating in 2010 among people surveyed in more than 100 countries.

Germany came in second at 40 percent.

The U.S.' return to its lofty position as the most liked major power occurred in 2008 as the George W. Bush Administration ended and the Obama Administration began.

During the Bush Administration, due to the Iraq War and a style in international relations that rubbed much of the world the wrong way, the U.S. actually found its standing lower than Germany, France, Japan, the United Kingdom and China. Only Russia has worse ratings.

Meanwhile, despite all the hand-wringing in the U.S. about its economic decline in comparison to, say, China, the U.S. remained the nation most people polled wanted to migrate to.

Twenty four percent said they'd want to migrate to the U.S. Canada was the runner-up at 7 percent. China apparently didn't even make the list.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/03/24/134820246/u-s-world-wide-approval-still-higher-in-2010-than-other-major-powers

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Thu Mar-24-11 11:25 AM
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1. K&R. The media should rub this poll in the face of everyone who claims we're now

disrespected in the world (people like Trump and others).

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Thu Mar-24-11 11:33 AM
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2. the insatiable need to be liked by outsiders and republicans is irrelevant nt

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Thu Mar-24-11 11:39 AM
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3. It's highly relevant when it comes to them working with us.

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jenmito

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Thu Mar-24-11 12:04 PM
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5. Yup, it's VERY relevant how the rest of the world sees us. n/t

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Fri Mar-25-11 12:22 AM
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7. Yeah, the USA is the ONLY country that's relevant in the world.

'We don't need no stinkin' international alliances!'

Obama Derangement Syndrome reaches far and wide.

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Fri Mar-25-11 12:30 AM
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8. Oh you know if those numbers were negative toward Obama, the poster would be talking them up...

And mentioning how Obama has no leg to stand on internationally.

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Thu Mar-24-11 11:57 AM
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4. This is excellent news. Thanks for posting. (nt)

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Thu Mar-24-11 11:57 PM
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6. kick

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