Obamamania in Full Flight Ahead of Tour of Europe.

Europe is about to give Barack Obama one of the grandest of stages for statesmanship. [. . .]

"It's a vicarious thrill," said Reginald Dale, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Europe Program. "After they've switched off their TV screens they're not going to go out and find a black candidate to put forward to lead their own country."

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