Politics, name, gender and charisma

Generally, when American are asked who is their favorite Democratic candidate, they respond that they still don’t know.

They seem unable to make up their mind, not because they didn’t have any choice.

After all we had more than 20 contenders at some point, none of whom was evidently good enough to make a searing mark by either their program and / or personality.

The only one that survived well was Sanders who had the benefit of one full practice run back in 2016 and who staid steadfastly on message.

The last two to depart this week, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar didn’t fail because of their sexual orientation or gender, they simply had no charisma and weren’t able to state a clear and compelling program.

Sure their names didn’t sound to sexy or were impossible to pronounce, but this was just a secondary liability.

The bottom line was lack of charisma; their respective candidacy were simply to weak without it.

And don’t tell me that America isn’t ready for a woman or gay president; it is, if the candidate is great!