You are exactly right. I personally know people who love obama.
If I thought that he was really Mr. Clean, Nice and Wonderful I wouldn't object but I pretty well know that it is packaging. He has a PR guy who left him for awhile and Obama faltered badly when he was gone. The PR guy (don't remember his name) knows how to package him and make him seem all American etc. I hope that fellow leaves again as Obama is lost without him.
Somehow the Republicans need to understand where the battle lines are drawn and stop fighting windmills. It is with the hearts and emotions of far too many media fed, emotionally driven Americans citizens and they vote. Issues are important to many, but persona is far too important to way too many dumbed down media fed Americans. We have got to keep working at getting this important election molding information to those who direct our campaigns so they can begin to take apart his oh so wonderful but fake persona.