Barack does Berlin, but there’s no JFK moment
Barack Obama’s first bit European speech, given in front of 200,000 Berliners on Thursday, seemed like a big success at first. Germany’s Der Spiegel was gushing in its
praise: “Anyone who saw Barack Obama at Berlin's Siegessaule on Thursday could recognise that this man will become the 44th president of… [continued]
Newsdesk: Obama woos 200,000 Berliners 
People: Brown gets no comfort from Obama
McCain - the forgotten candidate
John McCain has been all but forgotten in the race for the presidency, writes Alexander Cockburn on The First Post today. President Bush has evidently allowed McCain to sink into obscurity - no doubt motivated… [continued]
Obama’s overseas adventure: fact-finding trip or PR tour?
Senator Barack Obama’s much-hyped overseas tour is taking him across the Middle East and, later this week, into Europe, where up to one million people are expected to attend a speech in Berlin before he… [continued]
Obama lays out his plan for Iraq
In a long-awaited foreign policy speech yesterday, Barack Obama promised to end the US occupation of Iraq. "The central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was", said Obama from… [continued]
When satire falls flat
Liberal America’s favourite magazine, the New Yorker, this week found itself frantically defending its decision to put a caricature of Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on their latest cover. The drawing… [continued]
Jesse Jackson gaffe exposes black rift
Jesse Jackson’s controversial comments about Barack Obama’s attitude towards African Americans have started a debate. Did Jackson have a point when he suggested that
Obama was patronising black Americans, or was it simply the redundant… [continued]
People: Jesse Jackson gaffe - worse to come?
Will Obama speak at Brandenburg Gate?
A diplomatic row is simmering in Germany over whether Barack Obama should be given an honour normally only accorded US presidents when he visits Berlin on a whistle-stop European tour later this month. The Mayor… [continued]
John McCain’s not-so-secret weapon
John McCain’s recent appointment of Carly Fiorina as his chief economic advisor is attracting more attention than he may have anticipated. A high-profile businesswoman and regular talking head on the Fox network, Fiorina has been… [continued]
Media roundup: Obama’s Iraq problem
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has been criticised this week for "flip-flopping" over his position on the Iraq War. Obama originally promised to initiate a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq over a 16-month period,… [continued]
A Reagan of the left? No chance
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has speculated on what kind of president Barack Obama would make. “Is Barack Obama going to be a Ronald Reagan of the left, a president who fundamentally changes the country’s direction?” he asks. “Or will he be just another Bill Clinton?”… [continued]
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