Yes! Obviously!

He's also unlikely to reprise Gore's Nobel Peace Prize and global public acclaim.

An honor he shares with such notables as Yassir Arafat.

Its like, if the person is on the opposite side, you can't give them ANY credit. You can't just stick with things that everyone knows are their flaws, they can have no virtues whatsoever. Have to admit, that would be the first time I've heard Gore described as 'unintelligent'. Even those who disagree with every position he holds at least grants that he's not that.

As for Mitt, that's what happens when a person is driven to try to be what they're not, because people want someone cool, or charming to serve in the highest office in the land.

It is an indicator that, as usual, the level of political discourse is somewhere between a beauty pageant and the 'Dating Game'. People, we're supposed to be electing the head of the Executive Branch of our country. Not who do we want to date our daughter, or have a beer with at our barbecue.

We did that the last 4 elections. Just to be fair, I can say for both sides of the aisle that, when it comes to charm and charisma, both GW Bush and Bill Clinton apparently have that in bucket loads. Even people who hate them, upon meeting them both, agree they are incredibly likeable.

The US like a bad movie on Lifetime. We know we should go for that stable, intelligent, good guy with the decent job. He's not going to win any 'hunk' contest, or charm our socks off, but he's also not going to charm us out of our bank accounts, or use that same charm on our best friend, or turn angry and violent if a person sees past the charm. But we still seek out the 'charming rogue'.

Well, I, for one, am just sick and tired of that. You know, its too late for this cycle, but I'm starting the campaign for next election.

Heck with frat boy charm, or being hip. I want a NERD for president. Someone smart. Someone with ideas. Someone who knows where all the countries are, who leads them, and what their relationship is with us, and where the problems may lay. Who already knows what branch of government he's running for, and that a 'check', when it comes to the branches, isn't only something you write out to pay for the legislation you pass. Someone so geeky that nobody could imagine him cheating around and we don't get caught up in another soap opera. One that nobody loves, maybe, but nobody rabidly hates either. Someone whose ideas have a hard time fitting into a three word slogan, because our PROBLEMS have a hard time fitting into a three word description.

Hey, I know it won't happen, and we're going as close Ryan Seacrest meets (insert someone you think is cool here) as the political field can manage, but I can dream, right?