[Wolfstar]

I guarantee you if those Americans who were polled were asked WHY they consider B. Obama so admirable, as in, What does he stand for that you find to admire him for?, almost no one would be able to put two sentences together for a reason, and the first one would be, "He looks good and he got elected to something in DC."

Absolutely. The really hilarious thing is that poll purports to reveal who Americans think are the most admired people IN THE WORLD. Of the roughly 6 billion people on the planet, I'd wager less than 10 million ever even heard of Barak Obama. Included in that 10 million would be his family, friends, associates, colleagues, employees, and constituents. The rest are those of us who pay some attention to American politics.

[snugs]

I must admit I thought something very similar about Obama I would warrant the only people in Britain that have heard of him are those that follow Presidential elections and watched the 2004 DNC in Boston that was shown on our Parliamentary channel (we had the Cspan coverage).

Recently though he has been seen on TV news but then I doubt if people have retained his name.