Where he came from? Yes, an insurance attorney after a childhood of true poverty and a lifetime of striving. That's also why he's honest about his conflict about gay marriage but is also smart and informed enough to THINK about it. If he ever really can connect on that level in the general, he'll win. Of course, the real problem is the general ennui, or the more serious issue that that the electorate does not believe that their votes matter. Of course, Bush is the evidence that they do.