Would Obama give the U.S. a Fresh Start in the World?

The world will breathe a sigh of relief when this administration is gone.

This was one of the most memorable lines from Barack Obama at last week's event in Marshalltown.

As an undecided Democratic caucus goer, the question is if Obama the best candidate to bring this sigh of relief?

Conservative Andrew Sullivan thinks so. Sullivan had this to say about Obama after he announced he was running back in February.

I don't think many Americans have fully absorbed yet what the Bush administration has done to America's soft power abroad, to the moral reputation of America, to the respect that many around the world once had for America's democratic institutions, even if they differed from U.S foreign policy. Bush's torture and detention policies, his cringe-inducing diplomacy, his proud lack of interest in other cultures and societies has deeply weakened this country's international clout. Electing a half-African president, with Hussein as a middle name, who attended school in a Muslim country: it's almost a p.r. agent's dream for America. It would instantly give this country a fresh start in the world after the disaster of the Bush-Cheney years.