People need to relate to their leader

After critiquing Obama's leadership style, let me show you what bothers me about Romney. Despite claims of having to eat off an ironing board when newly married, this governor's son hardly had a rags to riches childhood. He is accustomed to his perks and has a hard time appealing to voters that he is 'one of them.' Forbes claims he will be the richest president if he wins in November with assets worth $230 million.

Vacationing on a family compound on Lake Winnipesaukee seemed reminiscent of the Bush's vacations in Maine until we saw the boat:

And who makes a $10,000 bet on national television? Not a person like me where that represents a significant portion of my yearly income.

Then there are his awkward moves to try and connect with voters. While posing for a picture with a group of waitresses, he pretended one of them goosed him (grabbed his ass). Click on this link for the video.

Huffington Post put up a good video mash up of his more awkward moments:

A leader is someone who followers can look up to. It's OK to be rich. Kennedy followed up a litany of rags to riches stories from fellow Democrats to claim, I'm the one who didn't come up the hard way. But when a leader is so much better off than his followers, he'd better be very careful about how he tries to connect. Romney has made gaffe after gaffe in his attempts and I, for one, am not convinced that he gets me.