Reply #22: But it is also just being behind [View All]

As soon as Hillary started to pull away they really had no choice, it's catch-22.

What is telling, though, is that her team was able to bait them into pissing matches of their own creation. It's one thing to go on the attack on your own terms it's another to be suckered into fights your opponent wants you to fight.

I have my own ideas about why Obama is falling behind, and really, they aren't anything to be ashamed of. I think he is simply too intellectual and dignified. It used to be that only local level politicians had to be Mr. Slapptyback common guy. Now, with the dumbing down of the country, the leader of the free world is supposed to be someone your average slob "wants to have a beer with". He has all the charisma in the world but it's the kind that people look up to, rather than feel equal to. And politicians have to dumb themselves down.

That was Bill Clinton's great gift. He was smarter than most of them combined but still retained his personable, common touch. He always amazed me in his ability to speak intelligently to people about complex issues without ever making them feel stupid. And Hillary, much to the surprise of many, is not an ice queen, in fact she is quite charming and personable when she wants to be. And she watched Bill all her life.

I honestly don't think someone like JFK could get elected today, people would be too intimated by him.