Josh Russell is talking through his -----! UK is not racially divided like USA we have several black and Asian MPs including Black women.
I worry that Obama isn't experienced but I just want a Democrat in the White House. Personally I don't like the idea of the US President being seen as the "Leader of the free World" I want the UK to be European and I think europe must stand up to the USA.
Bush has been a really destructive power and has caused so much of the tension in World politics!

Fran Oborski, Kidderminster, UK

Could the surge towards Obama have something to do with manipulation?
We all know now, how, John Kennedy, managed that small margin of votes, to win his election, as President.
Think Chicago and the go between antics of Judith Campbell?
Could this skulduggery be going on again?
Heaven forbid!

prudence eely bond mcguire, LONDON, ENGLAND UK.

Obama is the only hope that the Democrats have to changing the leadership & reputation of this largely disliked continent.
His version of politics is the sort that will show the world that America still does care about the people and not just false policies and oil!

I just hope that the Americans citizens realize this and don't make the same mistake again!!

J. Fashade, London, UK

The comparison with JFK rather surprises me - the excitement generated by Obama reminds me much more of RFK in 1968. True, JFK was the first candidate in years to appeal to young people and include us and our dreams in his speeches.

JFK had student leaders organising on most college campuses across the country (as did Nixon and the Young Republicans), although only the seniors at 21 would be eligible to vote.

But to me the hope and passion surrounding Obama is the legacy of Robert Kennedy.

max843, Baltimore, USA/MD

We need change not only in America, but across the WORLD. OBAMA is a symbol of possibility. He is the Symbol of hope for America and across the world. When people look at America and if they see change they know this is a new era and a new dawn, we in the rest of the world want to see that change the change for honesty and transparancy in Politics, the young are coming out like they never have there is some one speaking their language, I for one have only read the negatives about America. We want to see a new age and a change in our society, people are sick of racism, most progressive people don't have any time for it, it is out dated and stupied. There is only one Race the Human Race. There is only one world, and one people, the people of the world. so all the years of divesions, seem right to me it should start in America they were the first to introduce segregration, what the world needs is unification. OBAMA was the first man to have the ability to see that. Not a dream a need.

Daphne Kenward, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Someone from Tennessee is calling the English racist?

The end of the world is truly nigh.

James, London,

The most extraordinary thing I find amongst Hillary's white female supporters (including a number of members of my family) is that they spend the entire time apologising to non-Americans for Dubya and how much of an international embarassment he has been for the US on the world stage. The irony, which seems to have passed most Americans by, is that Hillary is held in the same contempt and regard internationally as Bush is. She is just as much of a national embarassment and will do just as much harm to America's international standing. When are the Democrat supporters going to realise this and wake up and smell the coffee?

Mark, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

I will tell anybody out there OBAMA is the real hope this world has, it is a possibility that people do not understand what hope means, I for one know what hope means and the hope and desire for change. We all around this world have seen the decline in Politics, and heard the banter of Democracy and yet we in the developed world has seen nothing but one hundred years of the talk of Democracy, we here in the UK have a Government that not a single person in the UK voted for as leader, the batton was past on like Royalty pass on the simbolic leader of a heir. MP cased out for theft of public money, and lack of accountability. So when Obama speak about change those are the things he is talking about, I know many Americans lack opportunity and can't understand due to lack of education. But that is exactly what Obama is talking about, when a man can not decide his own future because he has little or no ability to understand because he had the vote and abused it due to lack of information.

Daphne Kenward, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Don't listen to that person (above) saying that 'on this side of the pond' we all prefer Hillary. Maybe they mean their village duckpond? I think that on this side of the Atlantic we're generally even more Obama-friendly than they are in the US. I suspect that to 'get' Obama you have to feel real desperation for change. Once you've got that, you understand. And day by day the polls are showing that America is waking up to that desperation. Or, as he puts it, that hope.

sue, oxford, UK

Here is a golden opportunity to prove the racial tolerance and respect for the racial equality of the American people who all favour Obama in his presidency and assure of his victory. I am neither a rep nor an admirer of Obama, but iam wanting to see how black ascendancy in the white house can shift sands in global polity and global economy. Let the affirmative action of the state also have its resonance in the country;s top post

S SAROJKUMAR, CHENNAI, INDIA

Josh Russell, you have completely misunderstood England. The Celts dominate politics, Africans sport, Asians small business and the English only the city. In general communities respect each other and there is non of the apartheit seen in U.S.A.

david, sydney, australia

Go Obama Go!!

It may have been said many times, but its worth repeating; enough of the Hatfields and McCoys (Bushes and Clintons).

Although I'm just past 50, I find most appealing his ability to attract young people. For more than a generation young people have not been engaged in the political process, and his ability to inspire them is a good omen for our country's future.

Obama 08'

Abie, Beirut,

It is wonderful to read all of the letters in support of Obama.
This is such an important election that on Wednesday we are having special daytime television coverage in Australia of Super Tuesday in America. That has never happened here before, but the feeling that people in the U.S. really do want a big change is exciting everyone. Go Obama!
He has a lot of supporters here too.

Ann Young , Sydney, Australia.

When the spin dies down, when the piggy-back ride on the back of Martin Luther King and JFK is finished, what then.?Will he have the authority to deal with the US economy, to deal with the mess that is the US Foreign Policy, or must the electorate live on the promises. Even if Mrs. Clinton has made errors of judgement, she still has what it takes to beat John McCain. I would rather have Obama in a Mrs. Clinton Admin, and then test him out.

Stephen Pain, Odense, Denmark

Over this side of the pond most of us are puzzled by the support for Obama. How anyone can contemplate voting for him in preference to Hillary Clinton is beyond me. It just makes me despair about US politics. What is it in the American psyche that prevents you from selecting the best people for the job of president? Bush has been a complete disaster - now you seem prepared to ditch the only candidate with the intelligence and experience to get America out of its current mess - Hillary Clinton - and vote for a guy who does nothing but spout cliches and populist rhetoric. Unbelievable.

James Paterson, Cheltenham, UK

I'm from the Philippines and I'm not an American citizen. Yet, I feel the electricity of Senator Barack Obama all the way here, some 5,000 miles away.

I hope Americans will have the good sense and judgment to vote for Mr. Obama as I think he has in him the power to bring about a golden era for America and the rest of the world.

Gerry Cacanindin, Manila, Philippines

How anyone can even contemplate voting for Hillary Clinton is beyond me. Not alone is she arrogant and aloof, just the fact that we've had a Clinton or a Bush in the White House the last 20 years makes me yearn for something else. Obama, McCain, whatever, just give me something new.

Thomas, Athens, Georgia

We haven't seen anything like Obama's candidacy since JFK in the 1960's. The momentum and enthusiasm is just unbelievable -- you can really feel that something is happening. I agree with everything you've said here and I think you've captured the situation very well.

Lisa, Boston,

My choice is Barack Obama. Anyone who is willing to step up behind the current President Bush, without an agenda other than to heal and create an America to believed in once again. The people hear his message, and it's not the same Washington D.C. two step.
I really feel sorry for the opposition party.

R. Butler, Long Beach, CA, USA

Should Obama do better than expected it will be his win and Hillary's loss. She needs to trounce Obama on Super Tuesday if she wants to stop the bleeding. The sharks of the party smell blood and more endorsements will roll out after Tuesday if he gives them the hope of foiling the Clintons dynasty.

Sean, Chattanooga, 37411

OBAMA 2008 !!!!

Matthew, Salt Lake City, UT

It is O B A M A mania time. The country is ready for real change. My only wish, having lived in the UK, is that this victory by Obama will help minorities in England to run for office more and that the majority in England will end the condescending stiff upper lip approach to all people of minority descent. Although I am a white American, I have witnessed this attitude in the UK first hand while with black students from my university on several ocassions.

Josh Russell, Nashville, TN, USA

Lets wait for the results instead of reading the polls. Last time we read the polls he flopped.

Go Obama!

Farrukh, Woking, UK

Barack Obama is the best chance that the DEM's have to beat the GOP machine in the General Election.

If the Clintons get the Democratic Nomination then expect more of the same politics and most likely a republican President. Unfortunately the republican have lost touch with this country and the world.

EMS, NJ, USA