Reply #7: Likeability=teflon. And Obama is likeable pure and simple. A stark contrast...

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was found on NPR a couple of mornings last week. As noticed by my wife, Clinton's voice was hard to listen to whereas Obama's was pleasant.

This is one of the many factors why Obama is likeable and why he has "teflon".

There's also a "cool" factor. Obama is frankly, "cool". Cool in demeanor, cool in how he handles himself, and just "cool" in the slang sense. He plays basketball, that's cool by today's popular standards.

It's hard for the average guy to disparage Obama too much because there's an inherent sense that if the "cool" guy isn't that much to crow about, then where on the ladder does that put the dweebs? If Obama gets taken down, it makes everyone else look bad.

This is in contrast to your average politician, who's usually got a very low likeability and cool score. So, if they are put down, it then becomes "cool" to put them down.

I think in TV they call it the Q rating. I bet Obama has a very high Q rating.