The Obama impact on Europe?

From the Sunday Times:

He came. He saw. He, er, left

IN the heat of the summer morning, a throng waited. The prophet of hope was on his way and the believers were eager for his blessing.

Hope, dreams, freedom, a world made new. Those are Barack Obama’s watchwords, and yesterday in Downing Street all manner of camera teams, scribblers, acolytes and stargazers had assembled for an audience with His Expectancy.

For Obama the road had been long, not just from his father’s goat herd roots in Kenya to US presidential candidate but these last few days via Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany and France.

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At least it was a variation on the theme of "Obama Lands" headlines that seem to follow him around. When the headlines are about safe landings it tells you something about the substance of the "business" on the trip.