just watched the clip of mitt romney introducing the next president and was struck -again - by how alien the usa is to us british. had a couple of guys appeared here, waving so furiously -yet aimlessly- before announcing 'and i'm in front of a boat!' they would never be taken seriously again. why we persist with this idea of a special relationship i have no idea, we have for more to gain (and learn)from our european neighbours and our various immigrant groups than from the states. and god's lost plates...you (republican) lot would be hilarious if you weren't so terrifying