Democrats Abroad

Silvio Berlusconi Doesn't Speak in My Name

Marta Mondelli | Posted 11.13.2008 | Style

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As our next President was elected, the entire world cheered with us, and what does the Prime Minister of Italy do? He described Senator Obama as "tanned."

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Partying for Obama in Phnom Penh

Elena Lesley | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Chants of "Obama! Obama!" and "Yes we can!" echoed through the popular Phnom Penh restaurant, while a supporter sporting an Obama mask worked the crowd.

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Obama's Big Bang in France

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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The truth is -- and some Americans don't understand this -- the French also wanted the best for us.

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American Voters Abroad: No Double Taxation Without Real Representation

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Expats have a high chance of not getting to fully participate in this election. One million absentee ballots were requested in the 2006 midterm election but only a third of those votes were counted.

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Obama in Cambodia

Elena Lesley | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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As an American, I am always struck by the amount of attention paid to U.S. politics by citizens of other countries -- we certainly do not return the favor -- and this year, interest is especially keen.

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Conservatives Against Sarah Palin: The List is Growing

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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George Will, Kathleen Parker, David Frum, Sen. Chuck Hagel, former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Charles Krauthammer. . .Who else should be added to this list?

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U.S. Election Gets Global Community Talking About What Needs To Happen In America

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home

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Much of the international community has been watching the U.S. presidential campaign with keen interest -- in the results as well as in the daily drama (including discussion of lipstick on pigs and the Alaskan view of Russia).

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Overseas Voters Could Be a Factor

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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The internet has made it a great deal easier for the 6 million U.S. expats to vote. It seems clear that more young people living overseas will vote than ever before and that there are more Democrats than Republicans casting overseas ballots.

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Presidential Candidates Are Hot Topic Around The World

Wall Street Journal | DAVID LUHNOW, JOHN W. MILLER and SARAH CHILDRESS | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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For America's presidential candidates, the global electoral map is looking as divided as the domestic one. When foreigners look at the three contende...

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UK Press Catches Primary Fever

The New York Times | Leslie Wayne | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media

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If the United States is mesmerized, and excited, by the primary races, so is England. The results of the Ohio and Texas primaries are front page news...

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Way Off The Bus

Randy Paul | Posted 03.03.2008 | Home

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On a recent trip to Brazil, the level of enthusiasm over Obama's candidacy was palpable. It's not only those with votes in the election who are desirous of change in Washington.

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(Not So) Innocents Abroad

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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Just try, as an absentee taxpayer, to procure an absentee ballot!

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Obama Wins Democrats Abroad Contest

CNN's Political Ticker | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has won the Democrats Abroad Global Primary, according to the International Chair for the Democrats Abroad, Christine Marques. Marques t...

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Democrats Abroad: From the Global Primary in Paris

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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We participate in the process of renewal to hopefully rebuild some of what Bush destroyed in terms of our goodwill abroad. We "expats" live with the results of those years everyday.

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The Democratic Party's Dangerous Experiment

David Dill | Posted 02.02.2008 | Politics

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As most of us now understand, paperless electronic voting is a really bad idea. But there is a still worse idea: voting over the Internet.

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