[Michael A. Velli]

People like some “real person” in a politician, and that seems to be playing well.

BS. I don't want my leaders to be "real people." I want them to be outstanding people. People better, smarter, and stronger than me. That's what makes a leader.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Well, you’ve chosen your robot overlord correctly then.

The rest of us will choose an actual person. Slick Willard can then be decommissioned and sent to dead robot storage to be stored next to Cherry 2000 where he belongs.

[Finny]

I don't want my leaders to be "real people." I want them to be outstanding people.

As long as the leader will uphold and fight for smaller government, I don't give a rusty rat's patoot whether he's "real," "outstanding," or as plastic in appearance and props as Mitt Romney.

And I'd gladly vote for Mitt if he was Small Government -- but alas, like Giuliani, he's a Big Government guy all around. Worse, both Giuliani and Romney are pro-business only with regard to how Big Government can be the primary tool. Underneath their R facade, they're nanny-state liberals. Either would make a lousy Republican president. Leave that crap to the Democrats by voting wisely in the primaries.

Fred isn't perfect, but compared to Romney and Giuliani, he's pretty close to it.

[Beagle8U]

” I don’t want my leaders to be “real people.” I want them to be outstanding people. People better, smarter, and stronger than me. That’s what makes a leader.”

You have hundreds of millions of options to fit that bill.

[Petronski]

I don't want my leaders to be "real people."

If that's the case, voting for the animatronic weatherman is a smart bet!