Obama is stimulating not only the youth to get out and vote, but also the world’s journalists to produce some great op-eds.
Watching America is featuring a piece translated from the Spanish-language Mexico’s daily, Excelsior, entitled “McCain Yes; Obama No?”, which touches effectively on so many fundamental themes in U.S. politics. Here are a few quotes.
American bipartisanism looks like monopartisanism with two facets
This situation is like a prefiguration of the shrinking of the ideological spectrum brought about by globalization
John McCain is a politician who walks in the border between the two parties
The fact that McCain is the forerunner shows that conservative leadership has discovered that after Bush’s failure, only a republican who is not a republican has an opportunity to win the election
McCain is more likely to become a nominee and president than is Obama because the American establishment would allow the former to win but not the latter
The content of Obama’s message is not that radical but the medium is the message. Obama is many things without being them. His origin, his color and his youth enclose a presage of change that attracts North Americans as much as it scares them.
And it ends what is a nice summary of the perspective of the rest of the world, which very much would like to be voting in this election, since the outcome will change their lives too:
If the final contest is between the Senators from Illinois and Arizona, the rest of the world would not mind being unable to vote in this election.
This Must-Read op-ed from Mexico is here on Watching America.com
Robin Koerner is a British-born citizen of the USA, who currently serves as Academic Dean of the John Locke Institute. He holds graduate degrees in both Physics and the Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge (U.K.). He is also the founder of WatchingAmerica.com, an organization of over 100 volunteers that translates and posts in English views about the USA from all over the world.
Robin may be best known for having coined the term “Blue Republican” to refer to liberals and independents who joined the GOP to support Ron Paul’s bid for the presidency in 2012 (and, in so doing, launching the largest coalition that existed for that candidate).
Robin’s current work as a trainer and a consultant, and his book If You Can Keep It , focus on overcoming distrust and bridging ideological division to improve politics and lives. His current project, Humilitarian, promotes humility and civility as a basis for improved political discourse and outcomes.