Obama the president?

For those of you in the states:

I know many of you have mixed feelings on this whole president thing. I can tell you that the overwhelming feel from the rest of the world is that Obama was the right choice. It has served to create positive speculation about foreign relations with countries like Russia, France, Venezuela, and even Cuba. Personally though, I think the most underrated change towards optimism came from the Middle East. I'm not sure if you guys are aware of the massive shift they recently made as a result of this election, but it was pretty pronounced on BBC news. Congratulations America, because of your vote the protesters in the Middle East were only holding up "DOWN WITH AMERICA" signs instead of "DEATH TO AMERICA" ones like they usually do!

That is all...