What would the presidential candidate field look like if image wasn't a primary consideration?

[jpgray]

Essentially all the news media coverage focuses on image today, a quality that journalists are ironically just as qualified as you or I to interpret. Of course no election has been wholly free of image-based caricatures of candidates (I remember a Civil War letter describing Lincoln as "not so bad-looking as they say!"), but how do you think it would impact the field? I think Kucinich would benefit the most, though his ideas would still be subject to attack based on stereotypes of socialism and economic plans unfriendly to corporations.

[TwilightGardener]

1. It's hard to say--image is very important. Usually

the person who is the most Presidential-looking wins. This is why Mittens has a decent shot. He looks Presidential, before he even opens his mouth--that's an amazing advantage.

[jpgray]

2. That's why I just ask what might happen if it weren't a -primary- consideration

It's impossible to even quantify how much image affects our views on their policy, speaking skills, etc.

[Adsos Letter]

3. ...Me... with my eldest daughter as VP ...

...and my youngest daughter as SOS. Actually, they could past the image test...