Rees-Mogg: I admire McCain, but I bet on Obama to win.
You get some idea of what McCain is up against when you read sentiments like these being expressed by commentators as right wing as Senator McCain is a good, independent-minded candidate and would, I think, make a good President. But, after primaries of exceptional pressure, Senator Obama has proved to be an inspirational candidate. He has a very strong appeal to blacks, as one might expect, but also to the young, particularly to the brightest and best of that generation. I cannot remember any candidate with as strong an appeal to this age and ability group since John F.Kennedy nearly 50 years ago.
Unlike right wingers in the states, the British establishment have no axe to grind with Obama and are much more likely to call it as they see it. And one can still detect that Rees-Mogg would prefer to see a Republican in the White House, but he just doesn't think it's going to happen:
The opinion polls are favourable to Obama, but they are too early to be a reliable guide to what happens in November. No doubt the race is still open, but the momentum is on the side of Senator Obama.
I admire McCain, but I think Obama will win.
And, while right wingers like Rees-Mogg think Obama is the favourite to win, the rest of the European press are talking as if the election has already been won. From Spiegel Online:
Anyone who saw Barack Obama at Berlin's Siegessäule on Thursday could recognize that this man will become the 44th president of the United States. He is more than ambitious -- he wants to lay claim to become the president of the world.McCain is not considered a serious candidate even by the European right, as witnessed by Rees-Mogg preparing the readers of The Times for what he thinks is inevitable.
For those who witnessed his appearance in Berlin, it is hard to imagine that John McCain has any chance. McCain is 25 years his senior, a man who because of the torture he endured in Vietnam is in constant pain -- unable to comb his hair or lift his arm in celebration. Europe is witnessing the 44th president of the United States during this trip.
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