Obama Boosts U.S. Image Abroad

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Obama Boosts U.S. Image Abroad
A new Gallup poll on global approval of world leaders shows the United States continuing to garner higher ratings than Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China from 2009 to 2010, a marked change from 2007 and 2008, when the US placed sixth in the rankings.

Ezra Klein: "One of the theories offered in support of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy was that he could boost America's image around the world... In 2007, the world preferred the bureaucrats running the authoritarian Chinese government to the people in charge of the American government. Today, they don't. In fact, they don't prefer the leadership of any major power to ours. That's a pretty effective rebranding."
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