Marc Lynch is a Middle East expert and political science prof at George Washington University recently attended the Brookings Institution’s US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar. He reports on his blog, Abu Aardvark, the interest the Arab attendees had in the U.S. presidential elections.
The US elections absolutely dominated the conversations, with Obama the runaway favorite. Most of the Arab participants I talked to seemed fascinated by Obama, and frightened by McCain (though one or two seemed worried about how Democrats would deal with Iran - a point to which I’ll be returning soon). Clinton rarely came up at all, one way or the other.
All that comes to mind is …. well DUH!!!
h/t: BallotVox