For a change, see how the internal American civil war II about Obama's health care plans is perceived from some other civilised places in the West. To us, it looks like a dirty war both by regional politicians and republicans in general
in order to damage the president - no matter the cost, and - pure hysteria. This German article describes the impression it leaves with us over here. It's a mud-throwing like I have not seen any since longer time. Again: not so much the reform is the trigger, but attacking it is only a tool - a tool to do maximum damage to Obama for the sake of damaging Obama.
http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/a...yes#reqdrucken
The American democracy, despite it's obvious flaws in design that after WWII more and more got exploited and sold the nation to lobbyism and an economic elite hijacking it alltogether, nevertheless once was one of only few examples in the world that was admired by people in all the world for it's
political culture and inner mechanisms - and all in all it was rightfully admired, becasue after adding all the positves and negatives in the end a relatively high ammount of justice was achieved. But what is happening there now in destroying the presidency at no matter a cost for the political culture, and with all mean and dirty tools available - that is not that once admired example people looked up to.
This it is not.