But he’s not likable.
Sure he is, if you’re a media flack. Remember these guys on average are somewhere to the left of Nancy Pelosi.
Charles Manson succeeded because of his likability too. While I don't find Manson likable, the same people who would have liked him are now Obama's fans. There is no evil so perverse that the extreme liberals will not be seduced into admiration of its "likability".