From the
Times of London: (via
Ann Althouse) (emphasis added)
Several Democratic strategists last week urged [Sen. Hillary] Clinton to unleash a "charisma offensive" in the new year to counter the saturated media coverage that has helped propel [Sen. Barack] Obama up the polls.
I think this is the kind of rhetorical Mumbo Jumbo that people detest about politics -- but if such an offensive is adopted on behalf of Sen. Clinton and it actually works, I might be persuaded into hiring the folks responsible for launching it, and have them attempt to convince people that I am six-foot-three, have thick hair, possess a 97 mile-per-hour fastball with movement, and often speak extemporaneously in cleverly-rhymed iambic pentameter.
Wish me luck.