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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (236597)	1/30/2008 9:15:46 AM
From: Paul Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794504

<<One answer that was given was that people vote for the guy that they could see themselves having a beer with at a bar. If people are using this as a guide for President, we're going down the tubes.........actually, it's already happened, we just don't know it yet.>> Don't think about it in a literal way. I think the meaning is that many people tend to vote for people they imagine, perhaps on a subconscious level, they can identify with. It is the "he's one of us" feeling. I don't think there is anything new about it. I think it was Huckabee that said something like Romney reminds people of their boss at work, he does not remind them of their co-worker. This might all be incorrect and instead Romney's unlikability may be due to other factors. Regardless, being unlikable to large numbers of people is a shortcoming in the political world. In the business world it matters much less. Romney does well in the business world.