Voters don't see Kerry as likable

Washington Times ^ | 5/03/04 | Donald Lambro

[kattracks]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has a serious likability problem, with many voters seeing him as cold, aloof and distant, according to focus groups, recent polls and election analysts.

The complaint has dogged the Massachusetts senator throughout his political career, but it has gotten more attention in recent weeks as he undergoes deeper scrutiny in the press and from political pundits. Pollsters say when compared with President Bush on a likability scale, the president leads, often by large margins.

[The Raven]

Quick - name three things on his predidential platform (other than "I hate Bush" and "I didn't say that")

[537cant be wrong]

all the likability of a dead horse.

ahh shouldnt that be a dead mule?

[PeterPrinciple]

When I went to school, 57% and 48% totaled 105%

Two separate questions. Some evidently liked both.

[gortklattu]

I agree with you.

Last month I posted THIS

[ShandaLear]

"...the basset hound thing really isn't working for him."

Please, let's not insult basset hounds.

[Stentor]

When you are talking about selecting a leader, barring an unforeseen circumstance, you have to like that leader.

Who invented this eternal truth, Oprah?

[dufekin]

I don't know about that. I'd trust a used-car salesman before I trusted one word that a haughty, French-looking ultra-liberal Senator uttered, especially when the message seems to vary considerably from month to month, day to day, hour to hour, even clause to clause. And therein lies his problem.

[auggy]

We both know how crooked the Dims are, and they have pulled this trick once before, and succeeded.

The real 64,000 dollar question, is who would they pick to fill in for Kerry. I have felt it would be Killery, for along time.

[truth_seeker]

What I really "like" are Kerry's long, complicated, droning answers.

He's sooooo smart, and he knows it.