This summer Obama should take a good will tour to Europe

[book_worm]

and reassure our allies that a change is a-coming. Can you imagine the outpouring of support and the crowds he would get on such a trip?

[Hope And Change]

1. Europe loves Obama.

[LSK]

2. psst

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,555437,00.html

[gcomeau]

3. This summer Obama should...

...campaign. He can tour Europe after November.

[TheDoorbellRang]

4. Agreed.

Enough time to zip around the globe after November.

[hokies4ever]

6. He can still take a short visit to Europe during the summer

and have the media fawn over him for a few days.

[book_worm]

7. Actually a short good will trip to Europe could do a lot of good with domestic politics

as well.

[gcomeau]

10. Unlikely. Picture the RW spin now:

"Obama ignoring Michigan, paying more attention to French!"

"Obama blows off <insert some event he could have attended in some key state or for some key demographic> to go hobnob with the Europeans!"

"Whose president does Obama want to be?"

Etc... and you know they'll do it. And you know the "low information" demographic will eat it up. They won't care that it's supposed to be part of the president's freaking job to establish a diplomatic rapport with the leaders of other nations. All you'll hear about is how Obama cares more about the opinions of 'those foreigners' than he does about talking to Americans, so why should we elect that guy? He's probably a socialist too, like all the rest of those people!!!

No way. Europe is for after the election.

[hokies4ever]

5. That is a great idea

The media would have tons of coverage and huge crowds surrounding him. :patriot:

[cliffordu]

8. Yep - a quick 4 dayer into Europe - let the crowds of 30-50,000

put the Republicans on notice....

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Don't undersell the Europeans (or any other continent/country/region)

They follow our politics closer than half our citizens.

Self-preservation.

[NotThisTime]

11. Europe already loves him, he needs to STAY HERE and campaign in iffy states!