likeability

As President Obama pushes forward with his agenda, he may find that a homecoming king's likeability is just as integral as the power and authority inherent to the Oval Office.

McCain: Obama has not changed Washington 2009

As President Obama pushes forward with his agenda, he may find that a homecoming king's likeability is just as integral as the power and authority inherent to the Oval Office.

'Cash for clunkers' good through weekend, maybe beyond 2009

(CNN) - As President Obama pushes forward with his agenda, he may find that a homecoming king's likeability is just as integral as the power and authority inherent to the Oval Office.

Obama's weapon: A dose of homecoming king charm 2009

President Obama's likeability is key to his leadership, experts say.

Obama's weapon: A dose of homecoming king charm 2009

As President Obama pushes forward with his agenda, he may find that a homecoming king's likeability is just as integral as the power and authority inherent to the Oval Office.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 31, 2009 2009

Nike was 4th in likeability, signaling a shakeup in the hegemony US firms have enjoyed.

Not exactly a Valentine's Day song 2006

Yet Rogen’s innate likeability translates into vulnerability in his scenes with Weston and Wilson, and the tenderness of these scenes help make the pat, “all is forgiven” Hollywood ending bearable.

DVD Review: Observe And Report « Screaming Blue Reviews 2009

There's also what I would call the likeability factor in Dean Acheson, former great Secretary of State once had a meeting in the White House with Lyndon Johnson and Johnson was moaning that his poll numbers were so low due to Vietnam and he said to Acheson, why are polls dropping on me?

CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2008 2008

I am not suggesting, of course, that traditional workshop questions are entirely without merit (though I personally will have no truck with the idea of likeability, which is the hobgoblin of small minds), nor am I suggesting that even quite innovative stories are without conflict or character (although one does recall John Hawkes's famous remark that "the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme").

Writers and Mentors 2005

I am not suggesting, of course, that traditional workshop questions are entirely without merit (though I personally will have no truck with the idea of likeability, which is the hobgoblin of small minds), nor am I suggesting that even quite innovative stories are without conflict or character (although one does recall John Hawkes's famous remark that "the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme").

Writers and Mentors 2005