I have to admit that Sen. Obama’s choices were not pretentious as I had expected. I should have given him more credit. In fact Marc Ambinder focuses on certain choices and observes:

In some ways, Obama has the tastes of a 72 year old man; McCain has the tastes of a 47 year old whippersnapper. Who knew?

However for their choice of on-screen Presidents McCain prefers Dennis Haybert’s David Palmer:

“He’s fabulous,” McCain says. “He’s a guy who makes tough decisions, he takes charge, he’s ready to sacrifice his interest on behalf of the interest of the country.”

Sen. Obama prefers the president played by Jeff Bridges in the Contender:

“He was charming and essentially an honorable person, but there was a rogue about him,” Obama says. “The way he would order sandwiches – he was good at that.”

So one admires a President who puts the country first; the other admires the way a President orders sandwiches. (Someone else, I can’t remember who, noted this disparity too.)

Both like the not so superheroes, with McCain favoring Bat Man and Obama preferring both Bat Man and Spiderman.

The choices are contrasted at Political Punch.

I don’t know how much to read into their choices, but I’m sure it says something about both their characters. (It is a little worrying that McCain likes Dexter a series about a likable serial killer.) I just don’t know what.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad.