America’s election - Polls suggest Obama is unbeatable

IN LESS than two weeks the world will know who is to be the next president of the United States, though it seems improbable that Barrack Obama will not be named as the chosen one.

No matter how unwise or premature it might be to put aside the possibility of a McCain win, it is hard to argue that a Republican victory can be built on anything other than the baser instincts of Americans and irrational fears inherited from the darkest moments of their past.

Eight years of Republican rule have done great harm to America’s worldwide image. President Bush has done more than nearly all of his predecessors to change the relationship between America and the rest of the world.