With all due respect, you could not be more wrong.
There is a very sizable element of the GOP electorate that absolutely adores a genial, grandfatherly man who has immaculate executive-style hair and speaks in soothing platitudes about apple pie, baseball, and Old Glory.
My wife's family is full of these types, most are age 50 and over....I struggled in vain to get them to vote for Cain or Newt in the primaries.
This is one of the many realities that those who live in ideological conservative echo chamber will always be stunned by.
You've never actually been to Seattle, have you...? ;)