no gravitas. he's a great underling, a great regional manager or chief operating officer, maybe the best - but to be a successful american president in this day and age you need to have _charisma_ as the greeks defined it - you need to be "touched by the gods" in an undeniable and visible way. he's short, he's not particularly handsome, he's not a devastating public speaker, he's not independently wealthy, he's not from a famous family. he will be forgotten, an obscure answer to a trivia question in 30 years like dukakis and kerry.
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