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Originally Posted by Calvin-X
What will it mean to the rest of the world? Would he do his job differantly than any other liberal democrat?
I can imagine a fleeting warm feeling for people who look somewhat like him, but I don't see any real change for the world.
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This particular asset has nothing to do with how he does his job.
I think it's a lot more than "a fleeting warm feeling" that people of other ethnicities will have when/if they see that the president of the USA is not the usual Anglo-Saxon. I think the US has, during the current administration, sustained some very serious foriegn relations damage, and that Obama, by virtue of his mixed ethnicity, is uniquely possessed of potential for healing that damage.