Reply #56: What voters "TELL" you they want [View All]

[saracat]

and what actually persuades them to vote are frequently not the same thing.Under certain circumstances likability is the standard. It certainly was when Clinton was elected, and you may be right about Bush,though I think his "likability "is manufactured. I have yet to see it.
But with this "wartime" perception, people are voting for someone who can keep us safe. It is the same issue with the economy. We need a "Daddy" to fix our problem. Bush's appeal is based on the illusion that he is "one of us", "someone you'd like to have a beer with".
We need to use that against him. We don't want "one of us "in office right now. We want someone smarter than us to save us .I think the only one that fits the image is Kerry.