The run-off is likely to be between a supporter of the Blair-Ashdown 'project' like Mr Campbell or the uncharismatic Mr Harvey, and a sceptic, probably Mr Kennedy, MP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West since 1983.
In lieu of movie stars, it featured the dry, uncharismatic former chancellor Alistair Darling and a full set of Scotland's unionist party leaders: Johann Lamont, for Labour, Ruth Davidson for the Tories and the Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie.
He's come under fire for his sofa-jumping, his Scientologist beliefs, and even his portrayal of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg has been described as "uncharismatic" by relatives of the Nazi officer who tried to kill Hitler.
In the event the decision by the members of France's Socialist Party to back the European Union constitution, by a convincing 59-41%, according to provisional results, has left the party's uncharismatic boss, François Hollande, stronger than ever.
The true goal, as formulated at a fringe meeting by Neil Kinnock, a former Labour leader, is to "grind the [Tory] bastards into dust".Not Gordon, just FlashThe sadism strategy, with its relentless insistence on gravity and sobriety, probably began as a tactic, designed to turn Mr Brown's perceived weaknesses his uncharismatic seriousness to his advantage.
Perhaps most crucially, it has led talented, accomplished, moral and charismatic people to abandon the political arena to the mediocre, unimaginative and uncharismatic people who currently populate it.There are 12 parties in the current Knesset, and over 140 have sat in its plenum in the past six decades, many of them one-hit wonders formed for bargaining purposes.
Her steely serenity appealed to those seeking an alternative to the uncharismatic front-runners.In this section A miss, but not by a mile Send in the clown A strike against democracy Do as I say Trying violence Reprints Related items Brazil's electoral laws: Send in the clownOct 7th 2010And Ms Silva's life story matches Lula's own rise from poverty to power.
The main opposition party, Kadima, recently dumped its leader, Tzipi Livni, in favour of Shaul Mofaz, an efficient but uncharismatic former minister of defence.
But I don't think the MSM has been out of line in treating him as even more of a long-shot than, say, Tim Pawlenty, a similarly uncharismatic but recognisably conservative ex-governor.(Photo credit: NOSN via wikipedia).
All the same, their efforts have underwhelmed.Clever but uncharismatic, Mr Darling has focused on knocking down the separatists' wilder promises.
Next year's election to Greece's parliament, however, will be the real test.Critics say that Mr Manos is uncharismatic and inflexible.
