For Many Abroad, an Ideal Renewed

New York Times by Ethan Bronner | Nov. 5, 2008 (News Analysis)

It would be hard to overstate how fervently vast stretches of the globe wanted the election to turn out as it did to repudiate the Bush administration and its policies. Poll after poll in country after country showed only a few — Israel, Georgia, the Philippines — favoring a victory for Senator John McCain. Full Story »

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by Stephen Thomas Keogh - Nov. 5, 2008

As a survey of global response, this is comprehensive, probably accurate and subtly humorous. Inevitably, President Obama will not be able to meet the World's extraordinary expectations and rigorous judgements of the US. The article by allowing the various commentators to imply, or spell out, the conditions on their enthusiasm, subtly underlined this reality .

I found my positive emotions and responses towards the result disturbingly well reflected in opinions from across the globe - causing me to reflect that perhaps I too am a bit unreasonable in my expectations of the US.