You got that right. Americans want a dumb president because then they don't have to admit that, yes, there are people out there who are smarter than themselves.

It reminds me very much of Jon Stewart's quote that "I *want* my President to be smarter than me!" Stewart was being the smart one there. Stewart wants to delegate the tough jobs to the smart people.

Strangely enough, I thought that it was Obama who was the dowm to earth guy. He can be erudite, OR down to earth, or worldly, and varies it depending on whom he was speaking to.