Ah, political discussion.... how I've missed you. Let's go...
As an Aussie, I wish Hilary had gotten the nomination, rather than Obama. I like Obama, he's very clever, a hard-worker, great speaker etc, but his isolationist tendancies worry me. Bill Clinton got the US back in favour with a lot of overseas allies for the first time in a long time, which GW then blew apart.
Hilary would have been likely to try to appeal to overseas countries and win them back over, Obama seems keen on closing the country down, and ignoring the rest of the world, shutting down free trade agreements - in particular going against the South Korea free trade agreement earlier this year that potentially would have saved Americans a lot of money for basic items.
But then this sort of protectionism seems to be a big thing in the States right now.
You may not see this from inside the US, but some of the statements coming out look like a kid whose friends have laughed at him, going into his house, closing the door and saying "I'm not playing anymore!". We'll close the borders, drill holes in and around our country so we can stop sending money overseas for oil (environment? what environment?) and screw anyone outside our little fences.
The world has gotten too small now. If the US keeps hiding it's head from the world, I think the world will move on without it. The US dollar is down a LOT from where it used to be, gas prices are ridiculous, you've got massive housing issues, and of course you're spending billions to fight a war you can't win.
Look, I love the US. It's my 2nd favourite country in the world, (after Australia, of course). So I hope the whoever wins remembers that there is the rest of the world out there, and the US is not the same Super-Power it used to be, and won't be again, unless someone in power starts listening.
