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Can Obama Win It on Likability?

Jeff2422 Wrote: Aug 09, 2012 12:57 PM
Obama can easily win on likeablility and his divide and conqueor approach. It can work in today's cult of personality culture that has no sense of right and wrong only that everything is a matter of perspective. Yes, unfortunately, he can win.

A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST

Will Barack Obama’s innate likability turn out to be the decisive factor that keeps him in the White House?

Several polls suggest that the president’s biggest advantage over Mitt Romney involves the strong tendency of Americans to see him as more friendly, accessible, and personally appealing than his GOP challenger. Even with dark clouds surrounding the economy and highly energized, well-funded conservatives preparing to storm the seat of power, Obama strategists view Fortress Likability as the final, secure stronghold that will deliver them from all electoral dangers....

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