re: #57 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Mittens is getting used to standing up to a bully and lobbing Newt’s shit back at him. But he still comes off as rather wooden and smug, which is going to be a sharp contrast to Obama being seen as a friendly and likable guy. It’s a bit like the difference between Bush and Kerry: Obama’s the guy you could see having a beer with you, Romney’s the guy who would insult you for drinking something meant for “poor folks.”

This.

Obama is charismatic, which I’ve come to believe is the number one requirement of a president. Romney isn’t.

I can’t help but think the recent attempted storm by Arizona’s Brewer was actually the first of several attempts to reduce Obama’s reputation of being, well, a nice guy. An attempt to sour some of his charisma. If so we’ll see more such confrontations.