MSNBC host Katie Phang said Donald Trump did himself no favors at his Friday press conference where he rambled about his felony convictions, with the former prosecutor saying he appeared "old and decrepit" while handing prosecutors more ammo that can be used against him.Appearing on MSNBC's "The Wee...
Likability has to be the most important characteristic to electability. JFK, Reagan, “I’d have a beer with Bush Jr.,” Obama, etc… It’s pretty much the “trump card” if you have it to any election; and Unlikability guarantees you’re doomed.
If we had someone half-ways likeable; half-ways young… Well, that would basically be a trump card, dare I say. Harris isn’t it.
Uh Nixon? George HW Bush? Nobody actually liked them.
FDR was a spoiled rich kid who married his cousin and couldn’t even stand up on his own. He was elected 4 times because Hoover and the Republicans couldn’t fix the Great Depression. Don’t underestimate the power of one party fucking up their own chances.
This is of course all relative to whom they’re against. If both candidates are unlikable or rather NOT likable, well… this is what the WaPO archive has to say about Dukakis.
FDR was generally charismatic and a great speaker — albeit not as much so as Teddy — and if anything his being wheel-chair bound worked in his favor by the end as a sob-story.
Bar!? The kid’s here again!