If you, like me, are tired of hearing all the hand-wringing about America's shredded reputation in the world, you'll appreciate today's take by columnist Mona Charen:

If there's one thing the Democrats are certain they can accomplish provided they win in November (and it doesn't matter, for this purpose, which of the two candidates becomes the nominee) it will be the restoration of America's tattered world reputation. Barack Obama has promised that his first priority is to get the United States out of Iraq and "restore our standing in the world." Mrs. Clinton has said that an "urgent task" for the next president is to "restore America's standing in the world." Other Democrats hit this theme over and over again. Sen. Pat Leahy offered the standard version in his endorsement of Obama: "We need a president who can reintroduce America to the world and reintroduce America to ourselves."

Go read why she thinks we're not about to get voted off the island...

Do we care what they think of America?

hat tip: Steph K.

Labels: Political Observation