At the U.N., Many Hope for an Obama Win (Washington Post)

"There are no 'Obama 2008' buttons, banners or T-shirts visible here at U.N. headquarters, but it might be difficult to find a sliver of territory in the United States more enthusiastic over the prospect of the Illinois senator winning the White House.

An informal survey of more than two dozen U.N. staff members and foreign delegates showed that the overwhelming majority would prefer that Sen. Barack Obama win the presidency, saying they think that the Democrat would usher in a new agenda of multilateralism after an era marked by Republican disdain for the world body.

Obama supporters hail from Russia, Canada, France, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Indonesia and elsewhere. One American employee here seemed puzzled that he was being asked whether Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was even a consideration. 'Obama was and is unstoppable,' the official said. 'Please, God, let him win,' he added.

'It would be hard to find anybody, I think, at the U.N. who would not believe that Obama would be a considerable improvement over any other alternative,' said William H. Luers, executive director of the United Nations Association. 'It's been a bad eight years, and there is a lot of bad feeling over it.'

Conservatives who are skeptical of the United Nations said they are not surprised by the political tilt. 'The fact is that most conservatives, most Republicans don't worship at the altar in New York, and I think that aggravates them more than anything else,' said John R. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. 'What they want is the bending of the knee, and they'll get it from an Obama administration.'"

Colum Lynch of the Post forgot to mention other regimes that support Obama: Palestinians, Cuba, North Korea, Libya, Venezuela, and Iran. At least he mentioned Russia...