Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I've been around. He's fresh, he's new, he's insightful.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

I voted for Barack Obama.

Barack Obama is an economic patriot.

The whole new Democratic Party is the old Republican Party. We have a whole bunch of elephants running around in donkey's clothes.

The prospect of Barack Obama being elected as US President is a source of hope not only for Americans, but also for Europeans and Africans. According to the Pew Global Attitudes survey, which is conducted in 24 countries across the globe, people in Europe and Africa are looking forward to the Democrat nominee winning the presidential contest.