You're quite right. Most ppl from outside US think that US is full of inventors & intellects.
But the majority of them (who are lowly educated red-necks) won't support a black or a woman being their president. They want McCain back, so that their weapons could be sold and their companies can take lucrative building contracts in Iran, after demolishing it to rubble...just like they did in Iraq.
And it spells doom for India also, as these conservatives will find some way to crush our growth.