You did say that was your impression. He might have been too much of a nice guy. They do, a lot of times, seem weak.
Who? Dan Quayle? No way; definitely not too nice. You should see my autographed picture of me and Quayle. His signature is illegible. It was like he was pissed to have to mingle with the proletariat. I won a ticket to his big donor luncheon. He pandered to the far right law and order types. He definitely didn't seem genuine or cool. His wife on the other hand, seemed like a good egg. Mitt and Ann Romney were both very polite and did not seem phony or pretentious.