The world is with him, every newspaper likes him, he has become like everyone's friendly neighbor, and he is the President-elect of the US of A. I wonder if he deserves so much limelight.
What if, Obama was India's PM? What if he was the head of the missionaries of Charity? What if he was the next King of Saudi Arabia? Or what if he was the next president of Pakistan?
Will Barack Hussein Obama II be this well-known under the pretext of these what ifs?
I strongly feel that we attach too much attention to USA. Else, this would not have been a big deal. Statistics say that this year, in all 99 elections have been the world over and 8 more are to be held. But we just seem to know only about the US elections.
Also, if we search for "presidential elections 2008", the first Non-US link appears in page 77 referring to a google book based on Transforming Korean Politics.
We need to give other countries the respect they deserve and show Mr. Big Boss, his rightful place.
To know further about other elections, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_calendar_2008