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Excerpt from the site:

I'm still not really sure what this means... but looking at the chart they had back in
April 2008 showing the candidates; I'm really even more confused about where in
the world people stand politically. I don't consider Obama to be on the Right...

When examining the chart it's important to note that although most of the candidates seem
quite different, in substance they occupy a relatively restricted area within the universal
political spectrum. Democracies with a system of proportional representation give expression
to a wider range of political views. While Dennis Kucinich and Ralph Nader are depicted on
the extreme left in an American context, they would simply be mainstream social democrats
within the wider political landscape of Europe. Similarly, Hillary Clinton is popularly
perceived as a leftist in the United States while in any other western democracy her record is
that of a mainstream conservative.

Wow... who would have ever thought Hilary was considered a mainstream conservative anywhere.