[Dog Gone]

he needs to bolster his personality though.....alot of this is a personality pageant too and the meek and mild need not apply......

Perhaps, but George W Bush was panned for the same thing in 2000. A nice guy, but not a tough guy. I guess he proved that you can be both.

And Kerry made it reasonably close with no discernible personality at all.

[filly]

Newt Gingrich actually suggested Dick Cheney. Interesting, but unlikely.

[NorCalRepub]

I guess I mean demonstrative and communicative....like in 1996......as much as I like Dole, he did not come across that well and Clinton was a much better communicator