Especially in the case of Blair and Clinton, they were in power during relatively benign economic times. I can't help but feel that it's easy to like people who

Especially in the case of Blair and Clinton, they were in power during relatively benign economic times. I can't help but feel that it's easy to like people who never had any really serious problems to deal with. Certainly not on the scale of those imposed by the financial crisis/euro crisis. But I will grant you, they both had something about them, a force of personality perhaps that exceeds many other politicians.