On air: If America has fallen out of love with Barack Obama, has the rest of the world?
According to this editorial in the , people across the Arab World feel let down by Obama's failure to deliver on the promises of his Cairo speech:
17 months on, nothing has changed. The revived peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis seem doomed as Israelis continue to build illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Obama will soon be visiting India. So what does the American president's trip mean for Indians? Ashish Kumar says the visit will be because Obama's other problems have got in the way of US-India relations:
The U.S.-India relationship has been eclipsed by the Obama administration's preoccupation with a recession at home, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and international crises that span Pakistan, Iran and North Korea.
Over in Germany, Klaus Brinkbäumer mourns the :
The problem is simply that Obama is smaller than the promise he made, and tiny in comparison to the hopes an entire nation placed on him in 2008. But every now and again he remembers who he once was and his dream about prolonging his youth. He knows it would have been difficult, but at least he could have given it a shot. He did not find the courage to try.
So what do Africans make of Obama? After all many Kenyans see him their son. G. Paschal Zachary says his presidency has been for Africans
Rather than pay attention to the sub-Sahara because of his Kenyan heritage, Barack Obama has gone the other way: giving less attention to Africa than any other region of the world.
We're going to be getting some former Democrat voters who have now voted Republican to come on the show, to talk with you about what's changed for them. If you're in the States and you've changed your vote - get in touch. What's your verdict on Obama? Has he failed to live up to your expectations? Does Obama's fate make a difference where you live?
