Re the question of what women want, it depends upon whether they are peri-ovulatory or not. See Randy Thornhill’s recent book on human female sexuality. Women are evolutionarily programmed to prefer insemination by high testosterone, alpha male types when they are more likely to be ovulating, and yet to prefer the more normal, steadily providing male at other times. What Obama has going for him is that he fits both profiles. For women, he truly is The One.