Sounding like an ageing supergroup doing one last tour to top up the pension funds rather than a credible politician undertaking vital diplomatic missions, Obama's doing a tour of Europe. No doubt this is entirely about important work and nothing to do with his re-election campaign. I know, I know, I'm joking - but the Barack Obama Re-Election Tour of Europe would have been too obvious even for this blatant attempt to look like a statesman with international credibility while the opposition party in your country haven't even got around to the serious mud-slinging that will inevitably happen before they choose their nominee for President next year.
Much like Nixon visiting China and the USSR in the run-up to the 1972 election, this is just the start of a campaign to convince enough voters in the US that Obama is a credible statesman who is also a safe pair of hands. And given the state of the Republican party at the moment, it's probably going to work.
One last tour? Might be back for many more in the new presidency, the rate it is going.
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