Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Post-Anti-Americanism

Howard Fineman "I talked to numerous businesspeople and others in Europe who had lost the awe they had—briefly—that we had elected an African-American, and a cool global guy at that. They are aware that he has lost his popularity in the United States, and, even though he managed to enact some massive legislation—on health care, stimulus, and finance services—they increasingly view him as ineffectual. “He’s hollow,” said one leading businessman in Istanbul." The rest of the article deals with non-Obama issues, but all of it must be assessed thusly: are the opinions based on either concrete facts or simply feelings?

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