The foreign press liked him due to his availablity. Wasn’t afraid to get hit with the hard questions. If they were the voters, he’d be a shoe-in.
During the 2000 primary and General campaign. Almost every indepth story about candidate Bush would mention how he’d wander to the press section of the campaign bus and shoot the breeze with the reporters, how likable he was in casual settings like that, etc, etc. It was pretty clear that it was a press strategy that worked for him.
Depends on whether or not they’d have to live in the theoretical Bush + journalist state, or merely report on it from time to time.
Romney’s now flip-flopped on this issue and is going to hold interviews with CBS, NBC and ABC today presumably to discuss the I didn’t work for Bain but I only said I did so I could run for Governor.