International journalists: Obama favored

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/24/8

A group of international journalists on Tuesday said most of their readers prefer Democrat Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.

Four journalists from Europe, Asia and Australia made their remarks during a panel discussion at the University of Mississippi. Obama and John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, will debate foreign policy on the campus Friday.

The conflict in Iraq under President Bush’s administration has soured some on Republicans, the journalists said.