I don’t disagree with your analysis as a whole. But Kamala isn’t just a bad communicator her record as a DA and AG are not stellar.
Do I think she has average intellect? Yes and often average intellect is a good thing because good horse sense, the ability to way the pros and cons and not try and go off script can make a person a great leader. Not over thinking things and making issues and problems more complex is a good trait.
But I don’t see that in her, she appears to be wishy washy. One min. it’s ban guns the next it’s I own a Glock and love Guns. One min. it’s paramount we close the border no amnesty the next nope none of that. And the inherent need to blend and take on vocal dialects is a clear personality trait of insecurity, anxiety and lack or knowing ones self.
Oh and I think GW had very average intellect and if he wasn’t a Bush he has no Ivy League degree from Yale.
Obama has above average intellect sadly he just is a pure leftist and believes in those policies to his core.
She is wishy washy, which is part of why she never had great favorability ratings. I actually tend to think that not under-thinking things is at the very least equal in importance to not over-thinking things when it comes to good leadership. Especially when you are in charge of an immensely complex system like a nation.
You know, it is possible to hold two somewhat seemingly opposing viewpoints (that don't actually oppose one another) in one's head at the same time. I own quite a few guns, but I think it may not be the best idea that everyone with a pulse should be able to have one. Mental health being what it is, perhaps it might be a good idea to keep guns out of the hands of people who are unstable. Does this mean I want to ban guns? That's what has been argued in the past by the gun lobby and then by their mouthpieces in Congress.
The Old West didn't work. We tried it. A society that wants to survive eventually has to move beyond purely selfish individual motivation or it will self-destruct. No society thus far has done it, and of course, none have lasted. There was a guy who lived a couple millennia ago who talked about this stuff in very clear terms. So many people pretend they believe it. Their words and deeds show otherwise. And that's fine, but they should at least be honest with themselves. I can somewhat respect that.
Also, most of the analysis I've seen has put GW Bush's intelligence in the above-average range, but not genius-level.