Gary Johnson, Cont'd

by Conor Friedersdorf

Apropos my complaint that Gary Johnson isn't taken seriously as a presidential candidate, Marc Ambinder has a sharp post that includes this nugget:

People vote for politicians who sparkle, or who harness their anger; politicians who make them proud to be Republicans... or proud to be Americans.  This political dimension is related in some fashion to the leadership qualities we expect from a president, although there is not always a correlation between the two.

This is...