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Obama -- Beacon of Hope?

Could a transpartisan Barack Obama sell the world on America, capitalism, and liberalism (versus socialism)?

French political scientist Dominique Moisi seems to think the Democrat will give pro-American Europeans some arguments to “sell” the United States among anti-Americans. “Why is Obama so different,” he asks in a recent syndicated essay, “from the other presidential candidates? After all, in foreign policy matters, the next president’s room to maneuver will be very small. He (or she) will have to stay in Iraq, engage in the Israel-Palestine conflict on the side of Israel, confront a tougher Russia, deal with an ever more ambitious China, and face the challenge of global warming. If Obama can make a difference, it is not because of his policy choices, but because of what he is. The very moment he appears on the world’s television screens, victorious and smiling, America’s image and soft power would experience something like a Copernican revolution.”

This is from Alvaro Vargas Llosa's piece at the Independent Institute. (Hat tip: Michael Strong)

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It may be that the media is not covering specific proposals or it may be that his main value is as a symbol.

See my URL for more on his candidacy.

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