All US presidents from 1980 had been the Governor of a state or Vice President, as the steping stone before vying for the US President. He is a person with charm and charisma, but not known for strong and tough leadership. Right now the country need a way to exit or win the Iraq war. Any one who want be the next President has to come up a good plan to pull the US out from that mess. That takes a courageous problem solver, not a good-looking talker.