Thank you. A lot of the people on this thread are as shallow as Obama voters. For one thing, I’ve heard and seen him speak to crowds and he is much better. It is one thing to speak to a crowd and get their interaction and response and get into a flow of a speech. It is quite another to speak to an empty room with no one present. He will never be a great orator. If that is what people want then we get what we deserve.
Charisma is unecessary if you are a dictator. It is only in democracies that a leader requires Charisma because he must motivate with his character, his presentation, his words - where in a dictatorship, the dictator can motivate with his guns.