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Europe eager to greet traveling Obama

Barack Obama is on a weeklong trip abroad, meeting with world leaders and holding several public events. He's visited Iraq and Afghanistan, and his trip also includes visits to other parts of the Middle East, including Amman, Jerusalem, and Ramallah, before heading Thursday to Europe, visiting Berlin, Paris, and London before returning to the United States.


Polls have shown that Europeans prefer Senator Obama to Senator McCain, with a recent poll from England saying that 49% of Britons, 65% of the French, 67% of Germans, and 70% of Italians would vote for Obama, while McCain gets only 14% of Britons, 8% of the French, 6% of Germans, and 15% of Italians. What do you think of this trend? Why do you think Europeans favor Obama so strongly? What do you think it suggests about either the candidates or European perceptions of them? Tell us what you think by commenting below!


Read more about this from CNN's Jack Cafferty.

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