"why filipinos support obama"

^ Carolina G. Hernandez is currently Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines and the holder of its Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair in International Relations. She is founder and President of the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, an independent, non-profit think tank on foreign policy, domestic politics, and security concerns and development issues.

The view from the promontory of the intellectual echelon in my country of origin seems to be a generally hopeful one despite all the governmental and bureaucratic depravity, the embarrassingly huge scope of poverty, and the day-to-day misery of so many of my fellow countrymen.

The cynical Filipino in me says, "Barack Obama can't possibly be qualified to run the Philippines. He's not corrupt enough!"