I wanted to say to all, the reason why there is so much interest from Non-US is because the USA uses to lead by example: stepping in between country and settle dispute, give a helping hand to natural disasters etc...Between the Clintons and the Bush, we have had crisis in Kenya, 1990's Sierra Leone South African (Blood Diamond), Katrina and worse of all WAR. Now that we have a chance to change our future with Obama, Here they go with Cult or Fear or Race trying to divide us as always. But it will not work this time. Enough is Enough

Stacy, Stamford, CT

The attractive, somewhat nebulous fantasy will always be believed by more people than will the unvarnished truth.

We, the people of The United States of America, simply must have the will to get face to face with the fact that we and our country have a number of very real problems that are what they are and that fantasy solutions do nothing to solve real problems. Real problems require real solutions. Real change requires real change.

Tom Kiser, Marietta, USA/Georgia

Heavens to betsy - the centre left "smug, detached and dogmatic". Surely not!!! I am shocked.

Mark, Berkhamsted,

Americans are an optimistic lot - it is both their strength and their weakness.
Despite electing a young man 8 years ago who stood for very little, here they go again. Their unquestioning adulation of Obama is reminiscent of the adoration given to George W Bush. The appalling failures and corruption of the Bush administration have taught nothing, nor has Barak's self proclaimed "bone headed" land deals rung any alarms. I can only see disappointment ahead.
Sadly I suspect that Hillary, the most qualified of the lot, is doomed and the misogynists have won again.
I am thankful I live at the bottom of the world and I am a man

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Melbourne, Australia

Obama supporters are diluted and brainwashed. Most of them are just jumping on the bandwagon. As it has been demonstrated time and time again, nobody can name one of his accomplishments. Nobody can pin point exactly why they support him, except that; "He inspires", "He's likable", "He's a nice guy", He's charming", "He has charisma", " I trust him, I don't know why", "He delivers a good speech". While these are all wonderful personality traits, they DO NOT IN ANYWAY make him ready for the toughest job in the free world!!! Come on people wake up before it's too late. If Obama wins, we'll all be headed for major dissapointment. This is not American Idol or some popularity contest, it's a Presidential election. It''s time we all came to our senses. Stop Obama now and VOTE FOR HILLARY. It's time for REAL change.
For the record the only reason Barack didn't vote for the war is because HE COULDN"T, stop saying it's good judgement. Not voting for the war is not the same as not being able to

Lulu, Cypress, California

I believe that the supporters of Obama are not freaks they way Clinton and the press tend to paint them. They are not the flower generation hypes. They know what they are yearning for, and they will put pressure to bear on Obama to deliver his promises. I think the whole world is looking for something creatively new. And Obama is sincere. The Americans and the peoples of the rest of the world have had enough of politics of hate, division, monologue, violence and death. We must not forget that Obama is continuously being changed by his own messages and the response they are generating. Yes, he is only a frail human being, but he also has women and men around him who also want to work towards change: Michelle, Kerry, Kennedy, Dodd, Deval, Stern, even Powell and many, many others. Obama has seriously thought through his vision, his words and “why” of his candidacy. Yes, he will, with God’s enabling.

Jesse Kally-Williams, Pratigau, Switzerland

He is tabula rasa for his ignorant supporters, but not to those of us who have studied what he believes and who he has associated with over the years. He is a dangerous, hard-left radical with a deep-seated dislike of white people, as he openly stated in his autobiography. His will be the single most divisive and destructive presidential term in American history, even worse than the bastard we have now. After four years of BO, of political correctness enforced to the nth degree, people will look back on the Clinton years as a bipartisan picnic. Get ready for the second civil war, friends. It ain't going to be pretty.

Jim, Clinton, CT, USA

What kind of judgement leads Senator Obama to advocate invading parts of Pakistan? Is ANYONE listening to what he's saying? Is arguably being right six years ago a sufficient indication of judgement? I don't think so. Listen to what he's saying now. Listen to his proposals. It seems no-one is doing that.

Clinton does have at least one bit of experience which matters. She tried to change healthcare and failed miserably. That, in my view, is what distinguishes her from Obama - she's been burned by the experience and knows that is NOT enough to want to change the world, you have to know HOW to do it. You have to assemble support, you have to do it right, and you have to know the limits of the possible. Obama, with his messianic fervour, seems not to have recognised those realities yet.

David Pritchard, Madrid, Spain

A dangerously empty vessel opposes a poisoned chalice filled with echoes of a dreadful past. Make no mistake, this is a horror story. Hillary will certainly come back from the dead just when we start to hope that she has finally gone. Obama will turn out to not be the hero, after all. And who will that funny old guy with the stiff arm turn out to be? I think that's who this story is really about.

tim holden, exeter, devon

Here's the bottom line of our time: the partisan system reeks of self-crippling power, as the lobbyists' millions run our government and foul the planet.
For once, You have the chance to say, "It is your fate, destiny and will to do as the People have said; (and your philosophy promises), 'that's the way history is written--from the bottom up"!
Who has everything, or nothing, to lose, by speaking truth to power? (Obama.)
Hope on! this day is all you have! "On with the dance--let the joy be unconfined"--Byron.
The young have the day (give over, you power-craving, fear-mongering politicians! ) People, dare to hope!
Vote with your heart and your head. The country needs healing.
Reach for it--vote Obama!

Geri, Carlsbad, Ca

I concur with Robert.

Obama '08

Ken, Elizabeth, NJ

Jose, young man, where have you been over the last seven years. You should do some research, Senator Obama deserves better as well.

Mike, Columbia, Maryland

Hillary bought into the absurd premises of this war and obviously failed to foresee its many disastrous consequences. Then she asserts that an inept Obama would endanger America just as George W. Bush has done. And I am supposed to feel safer knowing that she is answering an emergency White House phone call at night? Americans have been endlessly manipulated by the illusory idea of safety that preemptive-warhawks have sold them and I am truly terrified by the long-term result.

Michael, Woodside, California

Obama supporters certainly are a well-informed bunch, aren't they.

Kyda Sylvester, Auburn, CA, USA

Obama has done nothing, but offer what we all already had...hope. The truth is, many are starting to realize (hopefully not too late), that Obama's really not offering anything, at all. There's nothing new about what he's selling. It's just being packaged with phony fainting spells and rock & roll glitter. I really hope we're all better than that. I know I deserve better.

Jose, Fremont, CA

Senator Hillary Clinton claims "35 years of experience” which is the entire length of time since her graduation from law School in 1973. But what kind of experience? Only during the past 7 years since her election to the US Senate in November 2000 in her adopted state of New York has Hillary Clinton in her own right actually been an elected official accountable to voters rather than the spouse of an elected official.
Barack Obama’s experience has been different. In 1993 he became a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School and in 1996 was elected to the Illinois State Senate where he served 8 years prior to his election to the US Senate in November 2004. With his combined service as an Illinois State Senator and US Senator Barack Obama has been an elected official accountable to voters for the past 11 years.
Prevoius presidential candidates have also been charged with not having enough experience. Senator John Kennedy during the 1960 Democratic primary elections was told he was too inexperienced to be president by such notable members of the "old guard" at the time as Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, and Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy was told to wait his turn! But, of course JFK became the Democratic nominee for president in 1960 and went on to defeat Richard Nixon in the general election despite Nixon's protest that "Kennedy is too inexperienced to be President." It wasn't true then about John F. Kennedy and it isn't true now about Barack Obama.
Abraham Lincoln was not an old hand in Washington prior to his being elected America’s 16th President in 1860. Abe Lincoln had previously served 8 years in the Illinois State Legislature from 1834-1842 during which time he taught himself law and was admitted to the bar. In 1847 he was elected to US House of Representatives serving a single term from 1847-1849 before returning to private law practice in Illinois. On October 16, 1854 a 45 year old Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech against Slavery in Peoria, Illinois and in 1858 was elected to the US Senate, just 2 years before being elected President of the United States. Not much prior “Washington Experience” for “Honest Abe” but he sure made a great American President.
Could it be that the amount of one’s prior “Washington Experience” is far less important to being a great president than is having sound judgment, courage, and strong character? Barack Obama had the good judgment to be against the U.S. initiating war in Iraq and had the courage to forcefully say so October 2, 2002, while later that same month both Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain voted in favor of President Bush’s request for funds authorizing the beginning of the Iraq war.
Senator Barack Obama has served in Washington long enough to understand that changes are needed and unlike his opponents he has already made a significant change. By refusing to accept money from lobbyists and political action committees Barack Obama is proving that one can become elected President of the United States without being beholden to money peddlers in Washington. Barack Obama raises the money necessary for his campaign directly from the people to whom he is accountable, people like you and me.

Robert Westafer, Long Beach, CA, USA