[Rudder]

the essential need for rapport with the subject.

And to have their permission.

[Salamander]

Kinda like a [”psychic”] vampire?

[angkor]

>>>>> the essential need for rapport with the subject.

>And to have their permission.

I think when someone attends an Obama (or any) political event there is tacit permission and indeed willingness to be persuaded by the speaker using whatever oratorical skills are available.

One could easily make the case that *most* persuasive political oratory is hypnotic.