Tough question, isn’t it? As a class, we seem to demand that our politicians adopt a sort of self-righteous earnestness that mere flesh and blood cannot sustain. The ones who keep up the act even when they’re out of office are the cringiest.
I haven’t actually enjoyed a political debate since Cheney-Lieberman in 2000. I can’t say I’ve been positively inspired by a politician’s style since Reagan. I don’t mind listening to Bernie, even if he does talk a lot of nonsense. Bill Clinton had a certain oily charm, even at his sleaziest. You wanted to keep watching just to see how he would wriggle out of the latest difficulty.