Reply #24: Probably since Clinton made that a presidential asset...

[IStriker]

I never thought warm and fuzzy was a presidential asset, but most of us and a lot of Repukes and swing voters (and women voters in particular) thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread and from then on the press compares everybody running for president to the bar Clinton set. I don't believe that "Kerry would have been capable of" making "tough decisions like Roosevelt..." He exhibited none of that during the campaign when he took both sides of every issue or was unable to take a stand and not change it to the opposite when it was deemed expedient. In the age of TV an attractive candidate who exudes warmth and likeability has a leg up on decisive candidates, which Kerry was neither, because too many voters do not vote on what they think is the best choice but how they feel about them. Unfortunately, Kerry lost on both counts with most voters.