Citizens Of Uk Opinion Of Obama? Curious American.

[midagealphamale]

i am curious what the general (REAL) opinion of our current president is outside the USA.

[boxtops]

Are you in the US, midage?

General opinion as far as I can see is that he's OK.

[factor-fiction]

In a poll on Answerbank just before the US elections I recall that Obama was by far the preferred candidate here.

[boxtops]

Welcome to AB, by the way!

[midagealphamale]

Atlanta GA ...USA. yes. i see this is a site hosted in UK. are users primarily from UK?

[Maydup]

Tall, dark and handsome too!

[naomi24]

As far as I could see he was the best option. I like him.

[jno]

I think he's sober and hardworking, perhaps too self-effacing for a national leader (he doesn't use the bully pulpit of the presidency as enthusiastically as he might); he got health reforms through, he hasn't conquered the global recession, but it took years to create so I wasn't expecting him to. I think the USA is in good hands.

There are however several billion other people on the planet, all real, who might conceivably disagree with me.

[boxtops]

Mostly yes, midage - but a smattering fromright across the world, too.

[naomi24]

Yes, we are primarily in the UK.

[vodkancoke]

I like him, and it helps he is easy on the eye!

[sandyRoe]

His efforts to provide better health care for poorer Americans have been blocked by vested interests. Any action he proposes against the availability of semi-automatic weapons will probably suffer the same fate.
The checks and balances that restrain him don't always work in the best interests of the people.

[Canary42]

After barmy Bush, he's a breath of fresh air.

[China Doll]

I like him.

[LoftyLottie]

I like him too. Agree that he is generally well thought of the UK.

[saxy_jag]

He's OK by me. I have Anglo-American family in the mid-west who really like him too, chiefly because of his healthcare reforms. They see our system actually working and understand what he's trying to achieve.

[pastafreak]

This expat thinks he's the best the US has had in a while.

(@saxy_jag-your avatar is gorgeous...is he/she yours?)

[midagealphamale]

wow......thanks for the responses. i am shocked that seems he has 100 percent approval over there. in uk what is the main source of political information about usa? i will bet that fox news is not there. haha.

[China Doll]

Well he couldn't be much worse than that last muppet....

[rockyracoon]

I like him, anyone that is trying to bring in healthcare reforms and wants guns off the streets is a good guy in my book. Fox News, I think that equals Sky News over here!

[tamborine]

I like his gentle, friendly and firm manner in dealing with most situations. He's a credit to global leaders.