Barack Obama evokes James Dean's cool

As much as I hate smoking, I have to admit that it does make you look cool. Barack has charisma no doubt, and it reminds me a lot of James Dean and his persona of being cool and authentic. Barack's smoking habit is a definite flaw, but perhaps it keeps him human and keeps us from elevating the man too high on a pedestal. His positive energy and constant message of hope is a lot more sincere than the smoke the other candidates blow in our face every election cycle.