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Analysis: Obama's global reach only goes so far

By BEN FELLER and CHARLES BABINGTON
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L'AQUILA, Italy -Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far, leaving him to snatch partial victories as he can. For all his effort, his strategy also banks heavily on the commodity that helped get him elected: hope.
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2009-07-09 15:14:30

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Danielistical

12:54 PMJul 10 2009

So far Obama has stopped the TARP give away program bush started now it is to the point where the banks are trying to give the money back because they never needed it to begin with,, passed a stimulus bill that will put Americans to work in America,,,furthered stem cell research,, re-instated head start,, ordered the draw down of troops in Iraq,,,boosted the troops in Afghanistan,, ordered the shooting of three pirates ,, passed consumer protection from predator credit card companies,,ordered the closing of GITMO,,picked a new supreme court justice ,,,,put a Republican as head of the Army and adopted a dog,,, all in little over 160 days,,, THE ECONOMY WILL TAKE LONGER TO FIX SINCE BUSH SCREWED IT UP SO BADLY,,

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Sendintheclown00

12:48 PMJul 10 2009

HE IS A JOKE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND FOOL AS "COMMANDER AND CHIEF" OF COURSE HE IS WELL LIKED THE PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE HIM SERIOUS AND LOVE HIS APOLOGIES. THEY CAN TELL HE IS ARROGANT AND SELF LOVING. HOWEVER IT APPEARS THAT HIS POPULARITY IS DWINDLING IN THE UNITED STATES MOST PROMISING IS THAT SOME DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING CLOSER LOOKS AT THE PLANS HE IS TRYING TO HAVE QUICKLY PASSED i.e. THE "HEALTH CARE BILL" AND "GITMO." I READ AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY THAT VP BIDEN TOLD REPORTERS THAT THEY HAD MIS-JUDGED THE ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND OBAMA'S STIMULUS PLAN!" DURING THE CAMPAIGN I THOUGHT HOW CAN SO MANY AMERICANS BE FOOLED ABOUT HIS LIES AND PROMISES FOR CHANGE, ONES THAT WERE NOT EVEN REALISTIC HILLARY AND EVEN MCCAIN TRIED TO PROVE DURING THE CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. BUT THE TUNNEL VISION OF GETTING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF MANY LIES SINCE HE IS PART WHITE. THE FOOLISH AMERICANS WERE LAZY, UNINFORMED AND LET THE BIAS MEDIA DETERMINE WHO TO VOTE FOR ...

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Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far, leaving him to snatch partial victories as he can. For all his effort, his strategy also banks heavily on the commodity that helped get him elected: hope.