I think the only unbiased news I have read is from
The Economist, which reports, in my view, accurate news on the events and then throws in a few comments. The staff do seem to doubt BO's ability and whether folks should take him at "star" value. All show, no substance.
Welcome, Mr would-be President
Jul 17th 2008
From
The Economist print edition
But foreigners would be wise to temper their Obamamania, if only to limit future disappointment
Jul 17th 2008
From
The Economist print edition
...The Pew Research Centre reported last month that, in each of the main European countries, at least twice as many people have confidence in Mr Obama as in his rival. Elsewhere things are a bit more nuanced, but from Mexico to China, and from Russia to Australia, the foreigners are firmly in the Obama camp.
There are reasons for them to be more cautious. Marvellous orator and skilled electoral tactician though he may be, Mr Obama has not repealed the basic laws of politics. Most obviously, he may not win. Rasmussen, a pollster, rattled the Obama machine this week by showing the two candidates tied, and most other analysts agree that the bounce he enjoyed after seeing off Hillary Clinton has been small and short-lived. Mr Obama still definitely has the edge, but opinion at home diverges sharply from that in most of the rest of the world.
Second, President Obama would not be answerable to the world that so adores him. A president is elected by America’s more ambivalent people, and is accountable only to them. And his powers are mightily constrained by Congress, which is even more immediately accountable to its electorate.
Finally, there are some disquieting signs of a tendency on Mr Obama’s part to tailor his message to whichever audience he is talking to. All politicians do this of course. But Mr Obama’s two-steps have become Astaire-like...he has also been careful to give himself wriggle-room on its pace (Iraq withdrawal). Similarly, he once talked of negotiating with the Iranian leadership without preconditions: now he talks of the need for “preparations”.
....On all these fronts, in fact, there are doubts: doubts as to just what Mr Obama’s positions as president would actually be, and doubts over what he could get through Congress. Those doubts will not stop the crowds turning out for him, even if he fails to commandeer the Brandenburg Gate as his backdrop. But the fans should bear in mind that what they see is not precisely what they will get.
Barack Obama on tour | Welcome, Mr would-be President | Economist.com
US news sources -- geez, pretty left-leaning in support, innit? Except for FOX. If I see that Huffington Post pretty boy leftie on MSNBC one more time, I will pay for a Nazi dentist to pull drill his teeth sans freezing.
