Do you think the Philippines’ relationship with the US will change now that Barack Obama is President?

i really dont know hopefully it will be better 4 us..

Its too early to assume that there will be changes in the relationship between the US and the Philippine's, both political and military terms. We just hope that the new U.S. government would still respect and support the sovereignty of every country, not only that of the Philippines. We do know that the US was the biggest bully. The first black president was elected, lets cross our fingers that this is for the better.

No, the relationship of the U.S. and the Philippines is too intertwined to really drastically change because of the election of Barack Obama. Many of the officer core of the Philippine Armed Forces have been trained by the United States. Also a lot of the decision makers on the part of the Philippine Government or on the part of the opposition have links with the United States. One only has too look at the number of times Philippine Officials or the Opposition and their immediate family members visit the United States; in order assess the ties between the two countries. However, the Barack Obama presidency will not drastically affect the Philippines. Mr. Obama is inheriting an economic catastrophe; he will turn inward for the better part of his first three years as president. United States participation in world affairs will decrease and this will mean decreased aid to the Philippines. The United States will pull out from the major trouble spots of the world as it reassess its role as world policeman. This situation will be worse for the Philippines because the Armed Forces will definitely experience decreased support from its U.S. benefactor. The Philippines is fighting a two front insurgency; the first with the communist NPA and the second with the islamic MILF; without continuous U.S. support and intensified fighting the insurgency will eat precious resources needed for development. So in terms of the decreased U.S. support which an Obama presidency will surely push; the Philippines will be worse off.

No, the Philippine relationship with US will not change even with Barack Obama is now the new president and it will be for better.

No ! the fact that our politician kicked the US bases out so many years ago did not change. what significance would it have for the US to have better ties with us ? nothing ! Governmental organizations is just like human nature i'll give u some if you give some. i'll scratch your back if scratch mine. based on my observation asian countries with US bases has easier access going here and being able to go here is good help enough. And since our politicians decided for sovereignty the US did the same at least not publicly.

I don't know.I hope the best of luck for President Obama.

It doesn't matter who won the election...the bottomline is, the poor will still be poor period.

Rumor-based: worse for the Philippines - Obama seems to be anti-globalization in the sense that he would be adopting tax incentive schemes so that jobs will remain in the U.S. This means that BPO's and KPO's alike are gonna be shipped back to the States. These, of course, would include call center companies. Media-based: not so much better - There is a sense of exclusivity in most of Obama's statements telling us that the U.S. is better off just being the U.S. This means third world countries and developed countries will always have a fine line distinguishing them. Philippines may have to learn to slide down the "motherly-arms" of the United States pretty soon. Conclusion: Whatever the result of his sitting as the 44th President, he is correct in himself with one thing - CHANGE. This applies to almost everything... I suppose.

YES it will be for the better. We, Filipinos must also do what the Americans did to the party mates of Pres. Bush.