You don't consider Senator Obama well traveled because he has not spent time in Europe? I am sure Mr. Stewart that you are a far more intelligent and decent person than this article that verges on clear and direct manifestation of European supremacist attitude. How sad it was to read this article

Francis Tanglao-Aguas, Williamsburg, VA, USA

Daniel O'Connell, in parliament, attacked Benjamin Disraeli's Jewish ancestry. Disraeli responded: "Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon. Yet Europeans think they are the source!

Benjamin Spector, New York, United States

Never mind the odd surname. e will be the first one without a white face (or is that too PC to mention).

next you'll be telling me you hadn't noticed he was half black.

ellenO, Toronto, Canada

George W. Bush had no clue about Europe all the way up to his presidency. I believe he had made one trip to Europe in his younger "partying days". He still has no clue. It's about judgement and intelligence and character. Not your European roots. Also, Obama is half caucasian from his mother's side.

Patrick, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

How narrow- minded to consider a childhood spent in Hawaii and Indonesia, a youth spent in California, New York and Chicago, with long visits to Kenya and short trips to Europe to be a life without travel! Or does being "well-traveled" only mean spending time in Europe, the only place worth seeing?

Mita, New York, USA

how can you say the "glimpse" of obama was so heart throbbing for those in europe, without mentioning the reason why. maybe because he is a socialist like most of them."birds of a feather."jm

jean mcallister, nashville,

Obama will be a lot of firsts, if he wins. I doubt he will. The first black president will probably have to be a Republican, to settle doubts of radicalism and draw a majority of voters.

Rob, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Not well travelled? Obama went to school in Indonesia - which by some measures is one of the world's most important / strategic counties. He will fill a gap in our distorted psychological map of the world.

Jim Seymour, hong kong, hong kong

Obama's mother's family (who raised him) has diverse European roots; and how is Africa not part of the "Old World"?

Your rush to publish an "interesting" idea apparently prevented you from thinking very deeply, par for the course in your profession, of course.

Michael, Philadelphia, USA

allthe leaders of the new world have roots in the old world....

delia, Paris,Fr.,