Barack Obama fears the Blair effect: hero abroad, liability at home - by Sarah Baxter
As Obama embarks on his first foreign tour as the Democratic presidential nominee, the world is inclined to agree. If Britain and Europe could vote, he would win the White House in a landslide. A poll in The Guardian last week showed that Obama would trounce John McCain, his Republican rival, in Britain by a margin of five votes to one. France and Germany are even more ardent members of Obamaland.
Once Obama arrives home, he should stop focusing on foreign affairs, seasoned advisers warn. In 1992, one of the few occasions when a Democrat was elected president in the past 40 years, Bill Clinton’s slogan was: “It’s the economy, stupid.” The world may love Obama, but Americans love a president who focuses like a laser on their greatest concerns.
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