Barack Obama European Trip

Woe Is Me Signals McCain

Beth Arnold | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Beth Arnold

The fact that the majority of the rest of the world shares the viewpoint that Obama is the best -- candidate for the U.S. presidency is only icing on our nation's cake.

Will Obama's Trip Have an Impact?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

If a trip by Obama which included visits to Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel, a speech in Berlin and meetings with numerous heads of state, does not help Obama increase his lead, it is not clear what will.

Obama Is Just Not A Good Negro

Earnest Harris | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home


Earnest Harris

This constant cry that Obama is presumptuous, arrogant, elitist -- they're all ways to say he's not acting the way well-behaved minorities are supposed to act. He is acting independently and that's unacceptable.

How to Sell A Transformation

Bill Curry | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


Bill Curry

If we want America to adopt a new strategy, we must lay it out in fearless detail. That means not spending most of a big speech, or a campaign, validating the false premises of the opposition.

The Media is Misframing Obama

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media


Amitai Etzioni

Desperate to find some fault, the "balanced reporting" on a series of events that was clearly a major "one-sided" success, the media complained that Obama's speech in Berlin lacked specifics.

Why Didn't the Obama Campaign Foresee McCain's Troop Smear?

Art Levine | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics


Art Levine

The Obama campaign hasn't shot down the other smears that have emerged or forcefully challenged the Pentagon's politicized role in spreading lies designed to damage the campaign.

Great Expectations

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Stefan Sirucek

Here in Berlin today, Obama will deliver a major speech in front of the "Victory Column." The interesting question is, perhaps, not what will Obama say -- but what can he say.

"Ich bin ein Amerikaner"

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

Both Obama and McCain have an opportunity to change the meaning, of what "I am an American" has come to signify around the world. For the sake of our national security, it can't come a moment too soon.

Campaigning in the Networked World

Mike Bonifer | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics


Mike Bonifer

Barack Obama continues to demonstrate that he and his team have the chops to relieve the U.S. government of its inflexible and outmoded Industrial Age mindset.

Obama's Foreign Trip: Yes, He Should

John Ridley | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

The Right can't have it both ways on this one; they can't hector Obama about not traveling the world, then carp when he does. They certainly can't refer to a politician's travels as being political. That label is as obvious as it is inaccurate.

Details Leak From Foreign Capitals Of Obama's Upcoming World Tour

Chicago Tribune | Mike Dorning | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


While the Barack Obama campaign is keeping the dates of its international trip a tightly guarded secret, details are beginning to leak out of foreign ...