Foreign Reporters See Star Power in Democrats

this is so cool. Apparently the world is so anxious about and hate bush so much they are extremly interested in our upcoming elections. They are hoping we pick a democrat.
And, we will have company when we watch the democratic debate on Sunday.

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Foreign+reporters+see+'star+power'+in+Democrats&articleId=061d3b97-4856-4037-9075-711a14e4e581
GOFFSTOWN – As Americans tune into the Presidential debates tomorrow and Tuesday, people worldwide will be watching too, deeply concerned about the war in Iraq and captivated by Democratic political stars like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

The debates, held at St. Anselm College at 7 both nights, will be covered by nearly 600 journalists. More than 100 of them are from international media organizations from all over the world, according to a spokesman for CNN, one of the organizers of the twin events.

Several European journalists who spoke with the New Hampshire Union Leader this week said what is seen as a failed Republican foreign policy has combined with the star power of Clinton and Obama to generate a greater interest in the Democrats among people overseas.

One Danish reporter said his countrymen hope that by 2008 U.S. voters will realize the mistake they made in 2004. "Now Americans will have to come to their senses, so of course they cannot choose a Republican when they have two outstanding candidates," said Steffen Gram, a veteran reporter for the public Danish Broadcasting Corporation.

Clinton and Obama are both compelling, foreign-based reporters say, because they are minority candidates who are widely seen as being credible contenders for the Presidency.

As a former first lady, Clinton has solid name recognition among Europeans while Obama has a freshness, newer approach to politics that plays well to continental audiences, according to Thomas Berbner, a correspondent for the German broadcast network ARD.