I’m going to answer this question with my opinion of observation and i’m not going to bring in many political facts because quite frankly america isn’t obsessed with him because they agree with all his political stances.
obama is an enfp link, what does that have to do with anything? he’s a charmer that brings out inspiration and hope in others. i’ve heard that man speak and its hard to not listen to him and not be touched because he makes us all feel like we’re on his level when he speaks.
this sounds so stupid but think about it…. America is the land where people come to make themselves because they can. we’re about the underdog, the average joe because we feel we are them.
think of people like britney spears, whats so fascinating about this girl? she doesn’t sing very well, although she dances better than most she isn’t the absolute best and she is pretty but she isn’t drop dead gorgeous. why has she sold 2x the amount of records as christina aguilera whom has an amazing voice ?
christina aguilera doesn’t have any appeal to us because we can’t sing like her, we don’t look as polished as her and we aren’t as cutting (as in personality and confrontational) as her. so we side with britney because she never attacks or makes anyone feels bad even though she is abused in the tabloids.
also marilyn monroe ( a lot of people are going to hate me for this ) but back in the day marilyn was not considered the best actress for her acting skills but mostly because she was so beautiful and people were like yeah she’s not bright and she doesn’t have a college education, etc but she is beautiful and its human nature for us to flock to beauty and something we think we can achieve.
through out this presidential election i agreed with a lot of mccain’s policies, he has really beautiful values but he isn’t something that the new generation wants. he lost because obama had an edge, he used technology to the fullest to captivate not only the educated older audience but the young kids.
seriously, i was driving past king soopers during the election there was two 10 year olds holding signs and chanting “a vote for obama is a vote for change” as they rode their bikes next to my car, my mom started cracking up because wtf do these kids now? they know about obama because of all the publicity
come on, i’m sure you’ve heard of the obama girl thats enough to get young men to look and also he was endorsed by oprah, which many people hate but she is in millions of peoples’ home daily and for years they have trusted her.
now why are we fascinated with obama, britney and marilyn? because they are people we relate to and the press confirms this with every article, interview, etc that they do and it makes us feel like we are them.
also think of adolf hitler, do you know women used to actually get wet over this dude? yuck.