He's a great orator - but more so when he has a speech written already, than off the cuff. He is the first black President - which is awe inspiring - and I believe he is genuinely trying to find a solution to the Middle East (whether he is right in the way he is going about it is to be seen). He also appears to have recently worked out that actually Britain IS America's main and most reliable ally, and he also seems to have realised that you can't continually borrow as a country. He also seems to have realised he might need a little bit of royal stardust too.
But before everyone gets too carried away, we should do what I suspect David Cameron is doing - see the relationship and himself as a business relationship/ partner, to treat with the same degree of sense and suspicion as any other business relationship - however close. Because Barack has not been very nice to Britain when it has suited him not to be nice to us. For the full details, read this blog about it. It is pretty poor show really.
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