Thanks for the read; it was long and "grandiose"... but the ladies love that about me.
Thanks also for demanding "proof" to back up a statement. Please try to hold yourself to the same standard you ask of others.
While there are other polls, you specifically requested a "Gallup poll of foreign leadership bereft of political nuance". Here you go:
Gallop polled 26,000 men and women in leading countries and found Obama would win in a "landslide" with 81% of the vote.
Romney would only win 1 country, Israel, with 65% of the vote. Ironically, he would next do best in Pakistan, with 41% of the vote.
Note, around half of the global population, projected out from the poll numbers, say they would like to vote because the U.S. impacts their lives.
So its not about "foreign" interest versus "our" interests... its that we share mutual interests - in one world.
Its like NamePros, we all play by the same rules no matter what country your from. One member on voice... to vote on any 'issue'/thread they choose.
By the same token, the U.S consumes the lions share of the world's resources; 25% of its oil for 2% of its population. And far worse ratios in other consumption areas
This is a form of 'taxation without representation'. Made worse by our industrial byproduct 'fingerprints' found in every living organism and ecosystem on the planet.
So if your
Really interested in "Foreign Policy", you, and Republicans in general, will take the Global Voter Polls into consideration... but you won't, and that will eventually be your downfall... when the liberal "big tent" platform is globalized.
So if Romney wins, you still lose. And now Obama joins Clinton on the Global Stage... building that tent.
... Now, you have offered no proof that your statement is true, no gallup polls of foreign leadership bereft of political nuance. But, let's just say you are correct, that foreign entities, who have their own interests at stake, rather than ours, think it is highly important that Obama win this election. Why do you suppose that is?
And, do you suppose it is more important that the United States protect it's own interests, or serves the interests of countries like China, first.