Having lived in Ireland for almost a year now and have watched with fascination the growing interest of the whole world in the American Election. The News Networks from Europe to the Middle East cannot get enough of the election and it is one of those ever-present segments that are on RTÉ every day (Main Irish Network). I thought it might be a good idea to take a break from my American perspective on the elections to bring a more worldly perspective for this discussion. For this I have used www.boards.ie which is the biggest Irish Forum here in Ireland and here are the results of the Election 2008 Poll conducted so far:
I don’t give any credence to this Poll in terms of the results but it does give a suggestion to what I have been saying about the world opinion at the moment. People outside of the USA are looking for someone to change America’s percieved role in the World. That being said I have liked what Senator McCain has been saying in the media lately that he advocates a stronger relationship with our allies which is a good thing to say but I don’t think that line follows traditional GOP policy. Senator Obama has also been an advocate for a greater integration between the USA and the world but first we will have to see who wins the nomination first.
