were not sure what kerry would do. we re seeing that right now with our current republican nominee because people don t have a abide on this guy. do you think the beer test is really over estimated in terms of how voters will react teresa, is it about trust, or the economy and job. i think it s likeability. you want to pass the beer test. and i say that because when you start talking about presidents and whether pop culture matters at all, you also want a president that understands your values. when george senior went into a super market and didn t know what a scanner was. that meant he didn t understand basic issues that voters were encountering. the more president obama can play into the accessibility, and mitt keeps up his guard, it s a
and the political beer test. why president obama s likeability might be the answer to all of that gop money. you have a lot of people around always laughing at your jokes and thinking you re funny, and michelle is like, this guy? and when sh does it in front of my team, they love it, they ll crack up. you re watching politicsnation .
might be out the there. i hear what erin is saying, but the politics of it, if people feel have you a sense of love and bonding for your family, that you are naturally going to be concerned about the nation s debt and economy. you have young children that will have to live and deal with there. we will talk about jobs. we will talk about debt. we will talk about iraq and afghanistan through all this. but the beer test is always super important in every election. and this guy is likeable to men, relatable to women, liked by women as well. so right there, that is a difficult thing for mitt romney to deal with. now, erin, i saw where whoopie goldberg even teased the president about accidentally forgetting to escort the first lady off of air force 1. but look how whoopee got him on this.
self depricating in an appealing kind of way. now, the real answer to this is, the beer test as you say, is important. but you also have to have policies to go with the likability, and i think if he has the policies, and can remind the american people of the progress made, and reaches out in a way that is real, i think that that s the combination. but just passion the beer test alone is not going to win the election. no, just being super nice loveable guy who exudes charisma is not enough. you have to have the policies that you said. you have to have the first vision thing as the first george bush found out. you have to have the plan for america. if mitt romney cannot lay out a credible plan for america and convince us he can make that happen, then the likability will crush him. one thing that will happen is the republicans want to keep doing the intellectual flopping that, you see in the nba, someone gets touched and they go
i was referred to by many in the state. that was mitt romney and rick santorum on the campaign trail. we re back with the big three st. patrick s day edition. time for the green beer test. we re talking with jen, susan and katherine. jen, first up, out of all the the gop candidates with whom would you like to sit down and have a green beer? i take st. patrick s day pretty seriously, as you can tell by my green. and the red, too. i would say probably ron paul, because i think it would be the most fascinating conversation. if i were to cheat, i think spending a day with vice president biden on st. patrick s day in his home state would be a good time. a good time there. susan, how about you? i think the fifth person that shows up in the polls, the other than romney candidate. whoever that may be. come on. you re not going to put out there with one of them? i guess i would go with ron paul. it would be a little more fun.