Obama: The Change Candidate Abroad, Too
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'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.
Susan Neiman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
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.
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 ...
Jeffrey Jena | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
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.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
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."
Stefan Sirucek | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
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.
William Fisher | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
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.
Marc Kusnetz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
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?
John Tomasic | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home
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...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
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.
Michael Shaw | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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.
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...
Steven Crandell | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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?
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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."
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...
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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.
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...
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...
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...
Katharine Zaleski | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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Paul Hunt | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home