You know, it’s something to just be cognizent of… the fact that this US election has spurred tremendous international interest. The fact that we have two candidates-one African American and one women, both with a reasonable shot at the presidency- speaks volumes about the character of this nation. It really does make me proud to be an American. No, seriously.

Here is the clip that was the catalyst for this realization. It’s a panel of British political observers discussing the US election. Two observations:

1) How that one women says, no matter who wins, she’ll hate the US president. What? Oh come on… that’s the biggest bunch of BS I’ve ever heard. She says that even if Obama is the next president, she is going to have to hate him…. I certainly hope this isn’t a reflection of global attitudes.

2) Interesting perspective by the Indian girl on US protectionism. She discusses how in India, the parsing of candidates against NAFTA has a strong negative effect. This honestly shouldn’t surprise anyone… afterall, we are providing them with our jobs via US outsourcing… but it’s definately a viewpoint I hadn’t seen before. We’re so wrapped up in thinking about how voters in Ohio will recieve the presidential candidates’ messages, who thought that the people in India were listening  so attentively with great disdain and hesidency.

The clip is about 10 minutes if you have the time.