obamagnetism

1. Characteristic which allows charismatic speaker to draw listeners into the fold.

2. Characteristic which allows political candidate to "attract" huge amount of financial donations, especially over the internet.

As soon as she began to speak, all of us felt an incredible pull of obamagnetism.

With his natural obamagnetism, he is attracting huge donations to the campaign.

by A. Gene Davis February 29, 2008