Obama's worldwide Star Power finds Limits

[Czar One]

Source: MSNBC.com

WASHINGTON - Eight months into his presidency, Barack Obama has become a global celebrity, far more popular abroad than he is at home and sometimes eclipsing foreign leaders among their own people.

He has sought to use his renown to repair America's image in the world, extending an "open hand" in major speeches on trips to more than a dozen countries. Obama has restarted talks to limit nuclear weapons, begun engaging adversaries, helped orchestrate the world's response to economic collapse and reversed Bush-era policies that had angered allies and distanced the United States from the world community.

But just as his domestic honeymoon has clearly ended, international events have demonstrated the limits of Obama's personal charm.

As he takes the stage to address the United Nations for the first time Wednesday, Obama will face world leaders -- adversaries and allies alike -- whose rebukes of the new American president serve as reminders that the world's differences with the United States transcend who is in the White House.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32934316/ns/world_news-washington_post/

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It'll find more limits if he caves on health care! Recall, if you would, that what impressed the Soviets during Reagan's first year in office was his firing of the air traffic controllers! Domestic matters matter, even in foreign relations!

[BunkerHill24]

1. Speaker Tip O'Neill put it best when he wrote:

"All politics are local"

Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill.

[DCKit]

2. Mistake #1: Assuming this is news and not propoganda or, at best, opinion. It is M$NBC.

"The World" wants a whole lot more of what Obama's offering. Specifically, genuine diplomacy and intelligent debate on the issues. They're as weary as those of us on DU of cowboy diplomacy and "Terra!Terra!Terra!" Besides, most folks overseas have access to real news and know what's really going on.

The article is complete bullshit.