Let’s think for a moment about the undecided voters and the “soft Democrats.” So we have to think how they view Barack Obama. They don’t think, like conservatives, that he’s a left-wing kook or a craven liar. Nor are they, like the MSM,  in a drugged state of Obama-phoria. They are, I think, like this lady who doesn’t get him, doesn’t relate to him, and doesn’t know what he stands for. Maybe the Obama-mania makes her nervous or she frets that he has so little experience. But she’s just not smitten and she can’t relate to Obama.

So how does this overseas trip play with her? She sees some pictures and hears that Iraq would like us out along the same timeframe Obama is proposing. But then he comes out and says he wouldn’t have supported the surge even though it worked and he isn’t following General Petraeus’ advice. And then this week she’s going to see a million Germans screaming and hollering for their superstar.

At the end of this trip is she more or less comfortable with Obama? Does he seem like he’s on her side who will respresent her country and values or does he seem more remote and more off-putting than before? We’ll find out. I have my hunch.