OBAMARAMA

Speaking on foreign policy to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs today, Sen. Obama said that President Bush “has fallen short of his role as leader of the free world,” according to the AP:

“This president may occupy the White House, but for the last six years the position of leader of the free world has remained open. And it’s time to fill that role once more,” Obama said, according to excerpts of his speech prepared for delivery to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

…”The disappointment that so many around the world feel toward America right now is only a testament to the high expectations they hold for us. We must meet those expectations again, not because being respected is an end in itself, but because the security of America and the wider world demands it,” according to the speech.

Amazing that it has taken so long for someone to say it — but wonderful that it’s being said, at last.