Obama's Foreign Policy: Clean Break With the Past or Carter-esque Naivete

A new poll says, "The overwhelming majority of American voters believe that America's reputation has suffered in the world. 78% of all voters believe the United States is less respected by other countries than it has been in the past."

The poll, conducted by the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Campaign, also says, "80% of voters believe that working with major allies, and through international organizations, is a wiser strategy for achieving U.S. international affairs goals."

Those numbers may be good news for Barack Obama's campaign if it means people are looking for a break from the past and a more cooperative type of U.S. foreign policy.

By most conventional measures of an American presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama's foreign policy credentials are light. He has served four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and made several overseas trip, including a much covered visit to Africa in 2006. But beyond that there are few professional experiences which have informed his views of the world. He doesn't have the direct experiences of... Read more.