United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to Obama and team

That was his opinion and was not asked in the poll nor confirmed by poll.

 

obama is the man.

 

If this is your idea of damage control, you'll need a lot more than this.

 

You could have put Kermit-the-Frog in the White House and the country's ratings would have gone up after Bush.

This isn't a testament to Obama by any stretch of the imagination. It's a relief sigh from the disaster of the Bush administration.