Barack Obama's celebrity has fuelled cult worship in Berlin and provided fodder for John McCain's negative ad blitz. But it conceals the fact that Americans remain unconvinced they should put Obama, a once in a generation politician but a neophyte they still don't know, in the real West Wing. Obama's rock star status is beginning to hurt more than help him as Americans tire of the incessant hype. The already close race to the White House is tightening further. November's election is taking on a unique shape. It is not an up or down on the past eight years. Nor is it a contest between Obama and...
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