> This is from a NYT story yesterday on Al Sharpton's future:
[snip]
>> "What the left has missed that the right understands is you need a
>> mixture of policy and personality, because people tend to view and
>> listen to people as well as to policy, and we have not developed the
>> personalities,'' Mr. Sharpton said.
I would say that they pay a lot *more* attention to the people than to the policies. Wonks get all excited about policies, but they are only about 2% of the public, I would guess.
>> He added, "I don't think anyone denies that I have built a national
>> personality.''
I'm not all that charmed by this personality, but maybe I'm an exception.
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