While a charismatic candidate might help, the Democrats' pyramid is already stable.

In earlier systems, voters were interested in charismatic (well-spoken) candidates and particular issues.

His intense focus on language leaves too little room for other attributes of a successful campaign, like a charismatic candidate or a strong field operation.

But you don't have the kind of response you get with a charismatic candidate.

The party is always looking for charismatic candidates; it doesn't mean they always find them.

So far, he says, that charismatic candidate - one who can appeal to voters and hold together a fractious party - has not yet emerged.

Close elections-not charismatic candidates or particular issues-brought out the voters.

Yushchenko was a charismatic candidate who showed no signs of being corrupt.

An American agent is ordered by his superiors to kill a charismatic Presidential candidate.

The party is blessed with a series of charismatic candidates who are not orthodox Republicans.