Chris Dickey: Obama ‘Is Much More Popular’ in France than ‘Any French Politician’

"I think generally people [of France] feel that the United States is very much behind them. You know, it did have a big effect here earlier on in the crisis after the Charlie Hebdo massacre when President Obama went to the French embassy and signed the book of condolences. That was something that French people really responded to very quickly. And, you know, President Obama is much more -- traditionally, up to this day, as far as I know -- is much more popular figure in France than almost any French politician is. So I think that there is a lot of sympathy with Obama and there is also a lot of sympathy with the American people, and I know that they like to hear George Clooney say the kinds of things he was saying at the Golden Globe's because it speaks to not only to sympathy but the culture, to the arts, all the things that French love."