[eddie willers]

That quality is charisma.

Agreed....Kennedy had charm and great wit.

Plus....you've got to hand it to a guy who says to a gathering of Nobel Prize winners at the White House,

"This is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

[Ruth A.]

That is a wonderfully accurate quote. Thank you!