President på bar?

I den amerikanske valgkampen for fire år siden husker jeg at det ble en del oppmerksomhet rundt en opinionsmåling der det kom frem at det klare flertallet heller ville ta en tur på bar sammen med George Bush enn motkandidat John Kerry.

"The 2004 election was more revealing. Bush's handling of the war and the economy was unpopular, yet Bush crushed Kerry in the all-important category of likability. A typical Zogby poll found that 57.3 percent of swingable voters would have preferred to have a beer with Bush. Sixty-seven percent of undecideds liked Bush, while 52 percent disliked Kerry. Hey, What's not to dislike?"

For fire år siden var det altså viktig at kandidaten skulle være "likandes" for å kunne bli president. I år ser det ut til at en ny sak er satt på den amerikanske dagsorden: