We're No. 1 (again)

Since we are on the topic of polling, I wanted to tie in a poll to the story of Nobel Peace Prize.

I have stated my thoughts earlier on why one could make a legitimate argument for President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. As a belated piece of evidence (one that was much quoted last week ) there is a poll ranking the top 50 countries in the world as perceived by world citizenry the results are as follows


www.gfkamerica.com/
1.
United States / 2008 Germany
2.
France / 2008 France
3.
Germany / 2008 United Kingdom
4.
United Kingdom / Canada
5.
Japan / 2008 Japan
6.
Italy / 2008 Italy
7.
Canada / 2008 United States
8.
Switzerland / 2008 Switzerland
9.
Australia / 2008 Australia
10.
Spain, Sweden (tie) / 2008 Sweden

As you can see in the eyes of the world America's image has jumped back to the top in one year.