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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's naive to think that looks is not a factor for male politicians as well.  Maybe not to the same degree as for females, but it's still a factor.  Case in point is Christie fat jokes.[/quote]

For men, it's height not beauty. But the judgement isn't nearly as severe.[/quote]

I don't agree with the height--maybe IRL (although I'm a woman and a guy's height never entered into the equation when dating).  I think a lot of it has to do with the particular communication medium used.  So, height was a big deal for Geo. Washington because he looked majestic on a horse over a crowd.  His teeth didn't matter bc there were no cameras to go in close.
FDR was the radio guy…I suspect the tenor of his voice mattered, and radio did not show the wheelchair.
Nixon vs. Kennedy famous debate…

For TV cameras, sadly, it does matter to many people that a candidate is easy on the eyes.  And that they give good sound bites vs. newspapers, which is good at taking issues into detail without boring someone (because if they are rushed, they can skim or skip to the end)
So for height, I don't think it matters as much.  There are many actors that people are surprised to see are shorter IRL than they imagined.

For Fiorina, I wish there were more women in the field because if you have a bunch of men and the only other woman on camera is…say, Megan Kelly or some other interviewer, who has been selected for looks (and brains for many), it is a distracting contrast.  I was thinking that when watching the GOP debate with Kelly (that Fiorina was not in, but imagining if she was).[/quote]

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