Hair Here! Will looks matter in 2008 Presidential Race?

Much has been made recently of the clip of John Edwards brushing his hair to I feel pretty. The video was clearly an attempt to embarass the Senator but it could have exactly the opposite effect. While the only constitutional requirements for becoming president are being a natural born American and being over 35 years of age there are a long list of unofficial requirements solely based on looking at who have been our presidents since the start of our country. For example, all of our presidents have been white males and all but one, Kennedy, protestants. Most have been tall, wealthy and self made men. And, I would argue since the start of the television era, most have had good hair! The only exceptions were Lyndon Johnson and Ford, but they were not initially elected president.

So, if that holds true in the 2008 presidential race who will win? On the R side it rules out front runners Rudy and McCain and while Mitt has fantastic hair, his Mormonism would be another exception to the unofficial rules. In my mind that leaves Newt who is certainly going to enter the race and is polling third before even doing so. Ive met Newt several times and no matter what you may think about his policies, the man has a great head of hair.

On the D side, the frontrunners are Hillary, Barack, Edwards, and Ill throw Biden in there too. Biden drops completely off on the hair issue and out of the other three, Barack and Hillary have to overcome our history of electing white males. That leaves Edwards and his great hair as the Democratic nominee you heard it here first!! It may seem silly but it still comes down to who you want to see on TV every night or, of course, on IsupportThisMessage.com every day.

So the questions for you are: should race, religion, and sex be considered for running for president? Do looks matter? Are these superficial characteristics more important than policy? What if Im right and its Edwards v. Newt?

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