Of Course

As predicted here several days ago, the mainstream press once again underestimated our new President, who not only succeeded in mediating conflicts at the G20 Conference in London this week, leading to a huge market-rallying agreement, but his wife, "the closer," Michelle Obama won the hearts of everyone from an entire girls school to Her Majesty herself.

Yep, he's the most popular politician on the planet by far. It's a long way from when world leaders didn't want to be caught on camera shaking hands with an American President named Bush.

Obama hasn't solved everything in one week, as Ilan Goldenberg points out. There's eight years of sour dealings to overcome, along with the usual problems working across borders. But it's a big refreshing start.

Here's the man himself with illuminating answers to several important question from the world press:



And his inspiring First Lady:



Feels nice to be winners again, doesn't it?