[quote=harvey]I’ts pretty easy really: He lacks the personality for politics.

He’s used to being the boss. He’s done a lot of negotiation, but always from a position of relative power. And he generally only had to win over one person at a time in a tangible ‘deal.’

There is deal making in politics, but there’s a lot more as well.[/quote]

The problem with that theory is that smart person would have figured this out after the first two or three missteps. He’s done a few dozen of them now.

So either my premise is incorrect and he really isn’t that bright, or this theory don’t hunt.