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Sorry, but this is all BS. Why do politicians need to pretend to be what they are not? It's impossible for a mere mortal to be everything to everybody. You are who you are -- don't apologize to anybody else because of it. Trying to do something (such as bowl, hunt or drive a tank) -- and failing at it -- just so you can attract the sympathies of this or that voting group is a political tactic concocted by Madison-avenue types whose stock-in-trade is manipulating people's baser instincts. If a politician really wants to "change" our politics and "elevate" the discourse he should eschew that tactic and present himself/herself as himself/herself. That is honesty.
Not to mention that your average voter (who, even though not college-educated) most probably sees through the whole facade, anyway. Honesty, however, is something we all know about. And they will recognize it when they see it.
But, again, he's just another pol. So I guess honesty was thrown out the window a long time ago.
