Quote Originally Posted by Isabelle90 View Post
Personally, I've not been all that impressed with any of the candidates on EITHER side.

Okay, don't beat me down, but I liked the approach Ross Perot took in 1992. There are a plethora of facets to running our country, but the public, no matter what they say, ultimately wants our country to prosper economically. Ross Perot was a successful business man that wanted to run the US as a business. Yes, there is a lot more to it, but if we go by economy issues (gas prices seems to top the list for most) then, I feel that is the primary focus a president should take.

As for the "popularity" of the US. I'm not sure we've ever been that "popular" with other countries, except in our own minds. Kind of the alpha male syndrome....
right now anyway, the leading Candidates for Republicans are Mit Romney, Rudolph Guiliana, and to a lesser degree john Mcaon, the Democrates, more of a 2 way race bween Hilary Clinton and Barak Obamam(American American) intrestingly enough , if all polls are correct right now, Clinton could end up as the first Female President or Obamam as the first Black President,

I am not taking side in the forum yet, just trying to see where USA citizens stand and where those who live outside our country stand