I think Senator Obama’s upcoming speech (in about thirty minutes, give or take a few) will ironically drive a sharper wedge between the United States and European states such as Germany.

It is likely that Senator Obama’s crowd will vastly outnumber the crowds for both John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan combined. It is rather ironic how Germans have been rather prickly about not wanting to be told what to do by Americans while these same Germans have not exactly been shy about their opinions of Bush and Obama. (And remember, Reagan was as hated and reviled in Germany twenty years ago as Bush today.)

I don’t think German bossiness toward America will be as popular in the United States as it will be in Germany. Ob eine Millionen Besserwissers “Obama ist unser Mann” sagen, dieser wurde nicht notwendigerweise Herr Obama helfen. (If one million knowitalls say, “Obama is our man”, this wouldn’t necessarily help Mr. Obama.)