“I think the world is keenly interested in this election, and I think they’re hungry for a sense of where America is going,” he said.This rock star status greeting Obama really needs to be analyzed for what it is. Most people in the United States don't know who Barack Obama is yet, therefore, I have no double the Germans haven't a clue who he is.
One also needs to realize that in Germany, David Hasselhoff is a "rock star".....