Obama eyes 2012 and Asia-Pacific
18.05.12
Next year's United States presidential election.
Has he done enough to keep the progressive, younger and independent voters
loyal to his party? Will his "cool" and compromising style of leadership endear
him only to a shrinking pool of voters? Does he need to be more aggressive or
"emotive" with the opposition to win the next election? These are some of the
questions I have repeatedly encountered as I learned in the past three weeks
while lecturing in European capitals.
Since Obama is "the first global president" of the US, he remains more popular
abroad than at home, certainly compared to George W Bush and maybe even Bill
Clinton. Based on the latest non-partisan polling data, his only consolation
seems to be that the Republican opposition remains very fluid and uncertain
about its nominee. While
Source: Asia Times Online