The folks who find him “likable” are the toadies and want to be’s. They want to be around and are infatuated with power, nothing more. Political Groupies if you will.
The man’s the same little schyster we all knew growing up, the used car salesman, the “Eddie Haskel”, the guy at the office who’s completely inept, and a living embodiement of the peter principle. He’s a dud who trys to cover up his ineptitude with sly behaviors.
I have always had a hard time understanding his high “likeability” numbers. Of course liberals would like him because he constantly reiterates the liberal mantras, but the figures imply that most independents like him personally. Apart from the “Bradley effect” where people may be telling pollsters that they like him because they don’t want to be considered racists, I think it must have to do with not paying close attention. Obama is constantly on TV, hectoring, mocking, sneering at his opponents, blaming others. I don’t see how that can be appealing unless you are a committed Democrat, a committed socialist, or committed in a mental institution.