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> I'm curious -- can you name a female politician you consider charismatic? I hate to say it, but the first example which leaps to mind is Mrs. Palin. There's
by eadmund 9y ago
> I'm curious -- can you name a female politician you consider charismatic?
I hate to say it, but the first example which leaps to mind is Mrs. Palin. There's no there there (as anyone who watched her vice-presidential debate performance would know) but she was, at the time, quite charismatic.
Senator Gillibrand might count, but I've not seen her speak often enough to have an opinion.
Certainly with someone like Baroness Thatcher one knew that she had a brain, and she was keen to use it, but I don't know if she was charismatic. I don't think that's a word anyone would apply to Mrs. Merkel, either. Maybe Indira Gandhi? I don't know enough about her to know.
- foobarbecue 9y agoWhat do you think of Elisabeth Warren?
- eadmund 9y agoI think that Sen. Warren had more charisma before she entered politics (this is probably true of Mrs. Palin, too). There's certainly a strong group of people for whom she has quite a bit of charisma today, but I don't think that they're a terribly large electorate (although they are probably disproportionately represented in the media, which will certainly help her). She's certainly smart, but that's not the same as charisma.