He’s charming, he’s a talker who had two of the best quotes of the primary season: “Giuliani says three things in every sentence: a noun, a verb, and 9/11.” And, when asked if he could control his verbosity, a pause, then, “Yes.” Then a smile.

He’s got a decade more experience in the Senate than McCain, he wears aviator glasses and clears his own brush. He’s the attack dog, tough guy, head of Foreign Affairs Committee than the younger, newer Obama needs to take on the Republicans.