Who cares what the Brits think, but the Economist weighs in

And this cannot be another election where the choice is based merely on fear. In terms of painting a brighter future for America and the world, Mr Obama has produced the more compelling and detailed portrait. He has campaigned with more style, intelligence and discipline than his opponent. Whether he can fulfil his immense potential remains to be seen. But Mr Obama deserves the presidency.

Another Brit, crankier, snottier, and more self-absorbed than Andrew Sullivan, who will probably find this post googling himself and rear back on the Beagleterribles like a rabid raccoon with the gobsmacked flailing, scratching, and toxic dribbling, writes:

The Joe Plumbers of America certainly will connect the dots [that William Ayres and Charlie Manson will be in Obama's cabinet] and make their voices known at the ballot boxes on November 4.

We’ll hopefully have a new first couple in the White House who are for America -- not a couple who have been pushing to usher in a new era of government-dominated socialism that militates against the values of individual liberty and limited government that America has always held dear.