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...will be a few weeks before anyone can accurately measure the political impact of Barack Obama's trip to Southwest Asia, the Middle East and Europe but it is without a doubt the most important campaign swing he's made in months and almost certain to help him boost his standing with Americans who still do not regard him as highly on defense and foreign affairs as they do John McCain. Fixing that imbalance - and polls show he trails McCain by margins of as much as two to one when voters are asked who they trust more as a potential...
...President Sarkozy all but endorsed him; even the prayer he left in the Western Wall had leaked before week's end. For all that, though, it will be some time before we know whether independent voters who are not yet sold on Obama, will come to see this campaign swing as a reassuring part of the puzzle...
Hyperbole is never a stranger to politics, but jubilant members of the Scottish Nationalist Party claimed to have literally felt the earth move with their victory in the July 24 by-election in Glasgow East. The SNP dethroned Labour with a swing of more than 22%, a result "off the Richter Scale," said one SNP stalwart. The party's leader spoke of a "political earthquake...
...What a fight it could be. The SNP have already wrested control of Scotland's own parliament away from Labour with a manifesto that calls for the country's eventual secession from the United Kingdom. If Scottish Nationalists were to achieve a swing of the magnitude of Glasgow East at the next general election, Labour would lose all but one of its 40 Scottish seats in Westminster. Brown himself, the MP for Kircaldy and Cowdenbeath near Edinburgh, would be among the casualties...
...Israeli security sources say that Obama will be accorded "near presidential" security during his two-day visit to Israel, with a brief foray into the Palestinian territories to meet President Mahmoud Abbas. On his swing through Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East and Europe, Obama aimed to show voters that despite his limited experience in foreign affairs, he is a quick study...