If you act confident and certain of yourself, you're accused of being "arrogant" and "an elitist".

If you don't, however, you're accused of being "a wimp" and "a loser". You are said to be "too weak" to make a good president.

It's just impossible to please some people. ;-) It wouldn't matter what you did.

Pierre Trudeau (former prime minister of Canada from period of late 60s through early 80s)) acted confident and certain. He acted downright cocky, as a matter of fact. He was definitely a member of the elite, and he made no bones about it. People either loved him or hated him for it, but he got elected several times and he remains Canada's most famous Prime Minister.

Sort of like Batman. ;-) He has his detractors too. If you do really well at anything, certain people will hate you for it...specially in politics.