next stop the White House

I’m really, really pleased that Barack Obama got the nomination for the Democratic Party.  Do we now dare to start hoping ….???  Imagine, an American president you can respect and look up to.  Someone you listen to when he comes on the TV instead of shouting back at like we’ve done for so many years now.

I think everyone in the world should have a vote in American elections.  After all, it’s a basic principle of democracy that the people who are affected by a political decision should have the right to elect the person who makes that decision.  We are all affected by the decisions American presidents make.  We should all have a vote (except the people in Iraq who should have two).

How do you think the world would vote in a show-down between McCain and Obama?  My guess is that Obama would win by 96% to 4%.  Doesn’t that tell you something important?  Surely that Obama would be far, far better at restoring the position of the US in the world.

June 8 update: Simon Jenkins makes almost identitical points to me in today’s Huffington Post, although he suspects Obama might win 99-1.  He might be right.