Another guy chiming in to confirm that I’m mostly incapable of determining whether a man is attractive or not.
I think that hotness is also based a bit on the peer group of the person you’re judging.
I think that the reason our young-ish presidents (Obama, Clinton, JFK) are viewed as attractive is just because most presidents are older and not really very good-looking, so the bar is set lower. So I would say that, yes, Obama is good-looking as presidents go.
However, compared to the entire population of men, I’d say he’s average-looking. He’s not ugly, but I wouldn’t be like, “Wow!” if I saw someone who looked like that walking past me on the street.
I would. Hothothothothothothot.
Obama’s hot. And I say that as a guy. He reminds me of this guy I had a crush on at electronics school. Now, 99.99% of the time I am attracted to women… but this guy was the exception.
The brains help, too.
I think the charisma makes a big difference… but I have to wonder: what * is* charisma? Some people I know have it, and they aren’t model-quality… but it doesn’t matter. Can we separate hotness from charisma?
That’s “ugly”? He looks completely normal to me.
Yup, Obama is definitely handsome. Nice eyes, gorgeous wide smile, looks healthy. Not the most handsome man in the entire world, but definitely above average.
My GF doesn’t seem able to tell whether men are handsome or not. (We’re lesbians, btw). She thought that NCIS’ McGee was more conventionally handsome than Tony and didn’t realise that Nathan Fillion was conventionally handsome at all.
I think he’s completely average-looking.
Maybe that’s a good shot of Senator Tester, but he looks pretty average to me too.
I’m a heterosexual woman, and I think Obama is handsome, but he’s not my type. I’m not attracted to him.
But gosh he does have a beautiful smile.
He reminds me a lot of nen, for those of you from the SDMB dark ages. (The height? The ears? I dunno what it is.) think the whole family is gorgeous.
Hetero female here. Hot. And cute! The smile has a lot to do with it.
I think they’re pluses! Two cute little handles on a handsome face, nice smile, delicious voice and hot, hot brain.
Physically he is probably a 6 out of 10. Add to that his charisma, sense of humor, and intelligence and he goes from cute to hot in an instant.
Decent body, attractive enough, but too old for me. For a guy his age , he’s reasonably good looking but not my type.
In my lifetime, we’ve elected Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Not what you’d call good-looking guys, any of them.
He’s in great shape and he’s always in a suit, that makes anyone look handsome.
Not just a suit but well-tailored, expensive suits. This does add to his attractiveness, I will admit. And while I do think most guys look good in suits (even and sometimes especially if you are not in great shape), a poorly-fitting suit or a rumpled suit does not help.
Yum.
Very yum.