I just read "Game Change," and I really have to agree. He's hardly a "tough guy," but he's probably the most intellectual and charismatic President of my lifetime.

If what I read in "Game Change" is to be believed, if any Obama is tough, it would seem to be Michelle. She's a very smart, very strong woman.

PS: McCain is made out to be a cranky old white guy (nothing new there). Hillary is made out to be a self-entitled control freak, who parlayed sympathy from a bad marriage into Senate seat (no surprise there). And Palin is made out to be, well, not very bright, yet quite dangerous. She personifies the old saying that "a little education can be a dangerous thing (BIG surprise there ).