Jesus, take a look at this piece of work from everyone:
Barack Obama's triumph over Hillary Clinton triggered jubilation among his relatives in Kenya, hope among people around the world-and a few questions about he actually stands for.
Many expressed optimism Wednesday that a November victory by Obama-who has relatives in Africa and childhood friends in Asia-would mark a major shift from the deeply unpopular policies of the Bush administration.
In Kenya, home to Obama's family on his father's side, the Kenya Times newspaper devoted its front page to the story, under the headline "Obama makes history."
"I've just watched him on television, and as a family we are very happy. Really, it is something that is a trendsetter," the politician's uncle, Said Obama, told The Associated Press from the port city of Kisumu in western Kenya.
In Mexico City, hairdresser Susan Mendoza's eyes lit up when she learned Obama had clinched the nomination.
"Bush was for the elite. Obama is of the people," she said.
The excitement was less about Obama's foreign policy-which remains vague-than a sense that his victory marks a historic moment.
Michael Cox, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, said Obama's win "has sent out a lot of positive signals around the world."
"He has a very appealing persona-elegant, fluent, strings lots of sentences together into paragraphs," Cox said. "But in terms of (his) actual policies towards the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, China, Europe-actually, we don't know."
That uncertainty did little to dampen enthusiasm for Obama.
The German government's coordinator on U.S. relations, Karsten Voigt, said many Germans "find (Obama's) mixture of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy very attractive."
But not all are excited about Obama. The Pakistani's are understandably nervous about Obama's tough talk about Al-Qaeda:
However, Obama has made himself unpopular in Pakistan by saying the United States should act alone on information about terrorist targets within the country's national borders, leading some to believe he will be worse for the country than Bush.
"Obama has threatened attacks against us even before becoming the president, and he will be more dangerous compared to Bush," said Ibrar Ahmad, 34, a lecturer at the Government College in Multan.
Hey, I got an idea Ahmad, how about you guys work with us to get Al-Qaeda and you don't have to worry about American weapons raining down on your heads? If you sympathize or support Al-Qaeda, you're a target. If Obama backs up those words with actions, there's at least one thing him and I can agree upon. Although there's a laundry list of other things I completely disagree with him about.
Travis
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