Just in case you were wondering how the rest of the world is placed on the Democrats vs Republicans battle:
Interesting website which basically is an opinion poll from various countries based on their voting choice in the upcoming US election.
Thought I'd throw it into the mix to see how the rest of the world feels.
http://iftheworldcouldvote.com/resultsCurrently Obama is in the lead. Looking at the figures, it's an interesting idea.
I do get the impression that most of the people from my country have voted via a link on Facebook [that's how I did it; a friend sends you a link etc] Therefore I imagine its not a very broad spread of opinion, but more likely a bit localised, that is, 'my friends would have voted one way and I'm likely to as well since they're my friends and we would generally have the same opinion on things.'
But it does certainly fit in with most of the sentiment you see here not only in the media but just people talking on the street.