Poll-President Obama scores highest marks in global confidence

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29378922.htm

U.S. President Barack Obama inspires the most confidence of any world leader, according to a global poll released on Monday, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earning the lowest marks.

The poll of people in 20 countries, which include nearly two-thirds of the world's population, found an average of 62 percent had some or a lot of confidence in Obama to do the right thing in world affairs.

No other world leader inspired confidence from more than 40 percent in the poll. Ahmadinejad, whose disputed re-election has sparked street protests in Iran, had the confidence of 28 percent he would do the right thing, while 49 percent had no confidence in him.

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"At this moment Obama occupies a unique position in the eyes of the world," said Stephen Weber of WorldPublicOpinion.org, which conducted the survey.

"His communication skills and the change he represents create an open door for him to engage people around the world," he said.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. and this is only the start!

I hope that other world leaders will follow his example

[mzteris]

2. but but but

he's not doing absolutely everything absolutely perfectly RIGHT F'ING NOW!!!!

[NYC Democrat]

3. I'm a bit distressed that Ahmadinejad has the confidence of 28% of the people in theses countries

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Apparently there are 28 percenters the world over?

[Jennicut]

12. Bingo! There are crazy idiots everywhere, in every country.

Somehow, that is comforting to know that we are not the only ones that breed morons.

[Pirate Smile]

5. "Likudnik Israelis, Ahmadineocon Iranians and the U.S. neocons...in other words, the extreme RW

factions in their respective countries. Strange bedfellows, one might say, except they aren't."

I like how Joe Klein stuck this same 28% of RW nuts from various countries together in a blog post on Swampland the other day. It truly fits.

Link to where he used it: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/06/27/hamas-wants-to-talk/

[Oregone]

6. This is where I predicted Obama would excell

Which is good news of course

[Number23]

7. HELL. YEAH.

And the fact that this news has just GOT to piss off so many makes me :woohoo:
that much louder.

If Australia and more of Asia,Africa and the Middle East had been included, those numbers would have been even higher.

[Colobo]

8. Nice. The World knows Obama is a good man and a true leader.

[Cali_Democrat]

9. What a breath of fresh air

It's nice to have a President that's actually liked as opposed to a President that is despised.

K&R

[moondust]

10. Unlike some Americans of recent infamy,

we value the opinions of mankind.

Great news!

[HamdenRice]

11. I guess much of DU is not part of "the world"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Because "everyone" on DU knows he's just exactly like Bush!

[Jennicut]

13. DU is a small fraction of even the Dems in the United States

which is why I frequently ask the people I know how they think Obama is doing. My friends and family that voted for him are happy with him so far, my very conservative parents dislike him immensely. Sounds about right.