Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says a Barack Obama presidency could be just peachy so far as he's concerned. The Iraqi pol's controversial weekend endorsement of Obama's troop withdrawal plan gives a timely boost to the Democratic nominee who just arrived in Iraq this morning, and makes us wonder about the electoral preferences of some of the other clowns who've made it onto Obama's world tour itinerary. Since most of them will be far more reticent about their private views, we'll just go ahead and engage in some wild speculation about who they're pulling for in November.