re: #382 buzzsawmonkey

I wouldn’t say “the sheer power of his personality,” but rather the sheer power of some very intelligent marketing aided by immense sums of money because he was wise enough to slough the limitations of the public option, a press that was compliasant to adulatory, and the fact that Obama took many leaves from Reagan’s playbook as far as projecting optimism and good humor.

To tell the truth, Obama’s personality was not powerful; it was, rather, a blank screen upon which people were encouraged to project their own hopes and dreams.

Amen to that, brother