CNN MATH

This afternnoon Jack Cafferty, who’s been taking smirking lessons from Keith Olbermann, reported that citizens of foreign nations preferred Barack Obama over John McCain by a margin of four to one. While a “4 to 1” graphic remained on the screen Jack hypothesized on the reasons Obama was so popular around the world, save for backward places like the Philippines (Jack, have you checked the number of voters of Pacific Islander background in California lately?). What Jack hiccupped over was the actual number logged by the Gallup organization, 30% of those surveyed preferred Obama, 8% preferred McCain, 62% did not have an opinion. Here’s our take on Gallup’s poll. Two thirds of the world doesn’t care who wins the US Presidential election. So much for Obama’s claim that his election will change the world.