My 16 YO daughter is a reliable test of an uninvolved person’s perspective on Fred.
She thought he was nice, normal, calm, laid out his resume, and was not a normal politician. She was especially impressed with his knowledge and answer on how to handle Iran.
That’s a pretty good introduction to Fred for most people.
In my opinion he was not very focused on issues, and not very passionate. But I think we could be in a post-passionate time. Normal would be nice for a change.
Fred sounded clueless on Iran....like he didn’t know what to do. The Iranians have been smuggling weapons/IEDs to Iraq that kill our soldiers...and he’d let it continue.