I was just in Europe for the past few weeks and many people asked me about Obama. It seems that in Europe they are still in the honeymoon phase, whereas in the

I was just in Europe for the past few weeks and many people asked me about Obama. It seems that in Europe they are still in the honeymoon phase, whereas in the US it's moved on to the fighting through policy phase. None of the Obama supporters I know in the US still have that post election glow because the debates over health care and such are raging so hard. Europe isn't really touched by that so the honeymoon seems to be lasting longer. I was very surprised that he got this award right now, but knowing how many of the Europeans seem to still feel, I was less surprised.