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Obama's years living in Indonesia, moreover, have made him the most popular U.S. politician in Southeast Asia. When prominent Indonesians visit the U.S., the first person they want to meet is Obama, says Parnohadiningrat Sudjadnan, the Indonesian ambassador to the U.S. "Back home people think of him as one of us, or at least one who understands us," he says, adding that they are delighted to find that Obama speaks passable Bahasa, the language spoken in Indonesia and Malaysia. The international fascination with Obama was on full display when Obama launched his campaign last February and media from more...
...four years Senator Obama spent attending Indonesian elementary schools qualify as his foreign-relations experience, then having my tonsils removed qualifies me as a surgeon. I love Obama, and I think he represents the future of the progressive Democratic Party - just not yet. It will take generations to recover from the damage inflicted on our nation by the blunderer placed in the Oval Office by the Supreme Court, and we need someone with more experience. Let us hope that in '08 we can once again sing, "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow." Nicholas Zizelis, New York City...
...certain degree Obama's own ethnic background helps him: he can speak convincingly to black voters, and his half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, who is half white and half Indonesian, has campaigned for him amongst Asian Americans. His rock star status has helped recruit high school and college kids, though it's anyone's guess if they will actually turn out. Harrington's daughter, Caitlin, a freshman at the University of Iowa, organized 47 of her classmates to caucus at home - signing them up through "Rock the Caucus" on Facebook - and is working to find them all home precincts...
...world ever manages to win the race against climate change, we may remember December 2007 as the month when we finally got out of the blocks. Right now ministers and environmentalists from 190 countries are meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali, to begin the laborious process of establishing a global climate plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Big business is on board - on Nov. 30 the leaders of 150 top firms released a petition calling on governments to establish mandatory caps on carbon emissions. Washington is finally awakening from its slumber, with Congress hammering out the first increase...
...four years Sentaor Obama spent attending Indonesian elementary schools qualify as his foreign-relations experience, then having my tonsils removed qualifies me as a surgeon. I love Obama, and I think he represents the future of the progressive Democratic Party--just not yet. It will take someone more experienced to help us recover from the damage inflicted on our nation by the blunderer placed in the Oval Office by the Supreme Court...