re: #190 Bloodnok

However he did it, Obama is a salesman and people bought what he was selling. Comparing his and Reagan’s skills as orators (even though both read prepared speeches well Reagan definitely was better on his feet) does not change the fact that they both sold their intended message quite effectively.

Bruce Springsteen’s music does nothing for me, but I don’t doubt his ability to reach people.

Nearly any dem would have won. Hell, an actual donkey would have likely won this last cycle as long as it wasn’t Booosh.

I don’t believe Obama brought anything tangibly special in terms of objective vote-getting, and that’s based on my read of the vote totals, which were a lot closer than I would have suspected.

Despite the full court press and managing his image, he’s polling near the bottom of his class of peers at this point in his term.

He was in the right place at the right time.