Unfortunately true. On the other hand, there are plenty of regular Joes that I know who would make absolutely horrid presidents.

By the way, my current handicapping of the race would say that Romney will lose. He can't seem to get out of his own way. The real question I have is whether the right's desperation to get rid of Obama will cause them to turn out in greater numbers than the left which is unenthusiastic about Obama. Neither fringe normally has the numbers to turn an election, but they may this time, because the center may be fairly evenly divided in their peculiar influences. Still, I think that the Obama machine will get enough of the left to turn out, and will get a slight majority of the center, and that will give hime the victory. I thought that was rather unlikely early in the year, but Romney can't seem to avoid tripping himself. That might still turn around, and he might get to control the discussion in some way. However, he's running out of time and showing a decided pattern of tripping before he gets his stride.