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Reactions from around the Web, with a Swiss spin

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 These are just a few of the Swiss-based election insights being shared by social media users across the Web. We’re keeping track of them through our Storify blog, “Look Who’s Talking”. Click here to follow along.

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Steve Miller would be proud: the eagle flies

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 Shere Kahn is best known as the mascot to Geneva’s ice hockey team, Servette Hockey Club. The 13-year-old eagle is normally used to more complicated evenings when he has to carry the puck onto the ice before home games. Tonight’s was a simple manoevre, but it certainly scared the hell out of half the room.…

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All night long in Geneva

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 The party, organised every four years by the American International Club, kicked off with a VIP reception. Live CNN, music, games, drinks and a fashion show have been laid on help election junkies through the night. Click here and scroll down to hear from the event organiser. “There’s lots of excitement here tonight,” says Kirsten…

The fear factor

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 Maya Samara, Chair of Democrats Abroad Switzerland (3,000 members), says she is very nervous: “There is always that anxiety about how the American people will vote. I feel the US has become so divided that people really have completely different ways of thinking and they don’t cross paths so much. They watch different news and…

Romney: a breath of fresh air?

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 “Republicans would respect Swiss sovereignty,” Faith Whittlesey, US ambassador under Ronald Reagan, commented in the Tages-Anzeiger last month. Edward Patrick Flaherty, co-chairman of Republicans Abroad Switzerland, said he was also hopeful. “I think relations will change significantly under a Romney administration,” he said. “Switzerland was a convenient scapegoat for the Obama and Democrats.” “Our two…

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The Swiss connection

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 His firm Bain Capital would not have developed in the way it did without a Geneva financier, according to Hebdo magazine (article in French). Barack Obama has alleged links to Switzerland via his family tree. In 2010 a Swiss archivist claimed to have traced Obama’s family tree to a villager from western Switzerland, who came…

It’s complicated

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 Observers are divided, however, over whether a Romney or Obama win would help patch things up in the short term. David Sylvan, an American political scientist at the Geneva-based Graduate Institute, felt Switzerland was not a priority for either political party right now. “There may be a few sneering comments from the Democrats about Romney’s…

Let’s go party!

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 In July, US magazine Vanity Fair revealed that Romney had a Swiss bank account worth $3 million (SFr2.9 million), according to his 2010 tax return. The Swiss authorities were miffed by the viral lampooning. But they probably should not be too worried. In the past similar transatlantic disputes involving UBS and banking secrecy had little impact…

Voter decision points: a new economic direction

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 “Decisions that have been made, bailing out banks and other industries… I don’t think there was enough control there, and now they’re putting extra pressure on Americans living abroad to make some reforms for their taxes. They’re going after the wrong people,” she told swissinfo.ch. Hear more of her thoughts below.

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Election fever?

This content was published on Nov 6, 2012 “For us it’s been steady as she goes, plodding along,” laughed Edward Patrick Flaherty, co-chairman of Republicans Abroad Switzerland, which boasts 250 members. “We’ve had more people showing interest; there has been more enthusiasm. But there are not many so-called independents who switch sides.” Meanwhile, this time round Obama-mania has been decidely deflated. “Like in…

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