Barack Obama hatte, zumindest zu Beginn seines Wahlkampfs, das ganze Charisma eines Wanderpredigers, der die Menge mit dem rhetorischen Funken eines großen Evangelisten entzündete.
Barack Obama, at least when he began his campaign, had all the charisma of the holy roller, turning on the crowds with the rhetorical spark of a great evangelist.