Europe anticipating American election - by Peter O'Neil
Europe, a continent both dependent on and often resentful of U.S. power over many decades, is watching the American election campaign unfold with unusual fascination and even admiration as the George W. Bush era nears its end. Bush, despite waging a charm offensive starting in 2005 to win back European hearts and minds, never recovered from the plunge in popularity here after he responded to the 9/11 terror attacks by invading Iraq, according to polls presented to the U.S. Congress last year. Europeans, typically more left-wing on social matters and suspicious of both military action and organized religion, appear enthusiastic about the idea of a more liberal president - in particular the first female or the first black occupant of the Oval Office.
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