Then, of course, there was Clinton's charismatic opponent, John McCain's cousin Bob Dole. LOL.
Yes.
On top of that, Clinton was still at 56% approval after his first year. 0bozo is already hitting between 44 and 46% approval the end of his first year. He is running at over 10% lower in approval ratings than Clinton did at the end of his first year. That doesn't bode well for 0bozo.
Like you pointed out, if 0bozo then has to face a highly charismatic figure like Sarah Palin in 2012, as compared to the comatose Robert Dole that Clinton faced, 0bama is going to find out what a real fight is like.