OK, I agree that he has “it”. He’s a charming guy and all that. He is charismatic and handsome, as were JFK and Bill Clinton. But his rise to success strikes me as too contrived, too artificial. It appears like he is being groomed, ala Bill McKay in The Candidate. Are the puppetmasters and spinmeisters putting up a two-dimensional figure with no depth?
I want to know what, besides his “it” factor or outright disgust at Hillary, Kerry, Edwards, Gore, GWB, etc. Why should I vote for Obama and not just be voting against anyone elese.