SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The fight for the Democratic presidential nomination has turned into a clash between style and substance, write German media commentators. An editorialist at one top paper expresses serious doubts about Barack Obama's readiness for the top job.
The nice guy doesn't always make the better president, say German political commentators ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary which could sound the death knell for Hillary Clinton's campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Barack Obama's vague pledges of "change" may be enthralling voters in America but they are raising eyebrows among German leader writers. After eight years of George W. Bush, the last thing the US needs is another era of ideology, they say -- cool-headed, pragmatic, boring policymaking is required, which makes Clinton more suitable for the job than Obama. Obama Is 'Intangible, Elastic, Hollow' >>>
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