Obama Berlin Speech

Obama: The Change Candidate Abroad, Too

Paul Hunt | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home


Paul Hunt

Obama's candidacy has generated effective grassroots initiatives in the States and it might well do the same on this side of the Atlantic, which would be a major change in many European states.

Obama in Berlin: Finding the Right Tone

Susan Neiman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Susan Neiman

In Berlin, Obama gave his hearers hope, not hysteria -- the hope for an America that could not only work with European nations, but even be a model for them.

Jason Linkins

RNC Ties Obama To ... David Hasselhoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


In the clearest sign yet that the Republicans have all but given up on even pretending that they have ideas worth selling to the American people, the ...

The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Barack Does Berlin

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Jeffrey Jena

Who isn't for a world without nuclear weapons? I would like to know what Barack is going to do about Iran. Let me tell you how many of our nukes Barack is going to get rid of if he is elected: zero.

Should We Care What the World Thinks About Obama?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Linda Bergthold

For Americans who believe that the rest of the world should just suck it up and love us or leave us alone, the argument that we should care what the world thinks of us will have no impact.

Obama in France: La Vie en Rose

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Joan Z. Shore

Much to Barack Obama's credit, he is not acting presidential on this European tour. He said it in Berlin, and he repeated in Paris: "I'm not here as a presidential candidate, I'm here as an American senator."

Obama in Berlin: Walking the Walk

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Stefan Sirucek

The speech is a brisk, affecting affair. There are big cheers when Obama talks about nuclear disarmament and dealing with climate change, but the crowd's response to "defeating terror" is noticeably muted.

Obama Should Re-Think His Faith-Based Agenda

William Fisher | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

There's one wall that Barack wants to pull down that I think needs to be affirmatively left in place, or, to be more precise, reconstructed: the one between church and state.

Diminishing Hope: A Leading Palestinian Responds to Barack Obama

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

2008-07-26-clemonspull.jpgI interviewed non-violence advocate Mustafa Barghouti yesterday found his hope in Obama being replaced by 'disappointment.'

Echoing Hillary in Blasting Barack

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

Is the McCain campaign borrowing from Hillary Clinton? Consider the similarity between her remark from last March and a McCain spokesman's response to Obama's speech in Berlin.

Bereft in Berlin

Marc Kusnetz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Marc Kusnetz

Each time Obama steps on a new stage, the press criticizes his rhetoric as high-falutin' but devoid of content. Do they think Berlin was the perfect time to announce a new initiative for the earned income tax credit?

Three American Freedom Speeches In Berlin

John Tomasic | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


John Tomasic

For anyone who hasn't surfed over yet, PrezVid has a great three-part line up of videos, a series of what what you could call "the American Freedom Sp...

Obama And The Wall

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

During my recent travels to the Middle East, I found that although Obama fairs much better than his rival, early enthusiasm for his candidacy has been replaced by skepticism.

Reading The Pictures: Fudge Haus

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-07-25-shaw_fudghehaus.jpg If the strategy of the day was to emphasize McCain's ability, evoking a German setting, to successfully engage 199,990 fewer people than Obama, this event was a rousing success.

Berlin Was Wrong Place for Obama's Wall Speech

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Obama's speech had high points and deserves applause -- but it's ultimately forgettable because he failed to deliver the most important lines where they most mattered.

Obama in Berlin

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

250,000 Berliners would never have assembled to hear a speech by John McCain. Today, even Bush couldn't pull that many people together in Berlin to protest against him.

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Response To Obama In Berlin Echoes 2004 Bush Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


It took 90 minutes -- forever in the realm of rapid response -- but the McCain campaign appears to have found the line in Barack Obama's Berlin speech...

The Berlin Nuclear Challenge

Steven Crandell | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Steven Crandell

Big words. Bold words. But the big (and bold) question is -- will the words turn into action? Could we expect a change in US policy if Obama is elected?

McCain Confides to Anonymous Campaign Source: "I'm Voting for Obama"

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Ian Gurvitz

John McCain: "Frankly, I don't even know whose ass to kiss. Nobody loves me but my lobbyists, a bunch of old Jews in Florida, some armadillos in Arizona, and my mother."

Obama Berlin Speech: Reagan, Kennedy Comparisons; More Media Reactions

The Huffington Post | Dan Duray/Katharine Zaleski | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Major news organizations are drawing comparisons between Barack Obama's speech in Berlin today and those of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. (They w...

Obama In Berlin: A New Day, A New Hope

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Tens of thousands of people who have been highly critical of our country gather to hear an American political figure. They wait, as we do, for the new day.

Obama Berlin Speech: See Video, Photos, Full Speech Transcript

Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "def...

Jason Linkins

Obama Apparently Not Allowed To Employ Foreign Languages

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Over at The Next Right, Patrick Ruffini is really, really worked up over Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, and wants to put the Senator in...uhm - Deut...

Obama Berlin Speech: US Foreign Service Workers Instructed Not To Attend

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar on Foreign Service workers attending Obama's speech in Berlin --through what a diplomat's union...

Obama's Berlin Speech: Candidate Dampens Expectations (VIDEO)

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


***SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH LIVE STREAMING VIDEO*** The buzz about Barack Obama's Berlin speech is almost at a fever pitch in the final hours before he d...


 

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