12. President Obama is an Introvert and So Am I

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/10/obama_s_denver_debate_performance_introverted_personalities_are_misunderstood_.2.html

In his essay, "President Obama is an Introvert and So Am I," Scott Dodd asserts that the modern American culture views introversion as a negative characteristic and , but it is just a different type of personality. Dodd uses his own personality as an example, stating that his personality test result, shocking to his colleagues, showed that he was an extreme introvert. Dodd disagrees with Heilemann, author of the 2008 campaign book Game Change, who "said that Obama was unusual because, unlike many other successful politicians, our current president doesn't like people," since he is an introvert. Dodd states that this is a common misconception, supported by the fact that it is not true of himself, who is an introvert, to not like people. He states the definitions of extroverts and introverts (by Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung), which clearly support his point that introversion and extroversion are simply different types of personalities, without any one being better than the other. Dodd claims that the modern American society denies that of  the introverts, exemplifying several official organizations which display significant bias against the introverts, such as The World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association. He claims the cause of the bias to be the extroverts' misunderstanding of the introverts' preference of being alone most often. Dodd implies that Obama is a victim of this "common misconception," that he is viewed as "detached and coldly unemotional, cowed by a bombastic opponent-or worse yet, imperious and annoyed that he has to stand up there and explain himself to the rest of the world." 

Scott Dodd presents this article to affirm that introverts should not be viewed with the negative perception and misconception extremely common within the modern American society. He intends his audience to the adult readers who are eligible to vote, especially to the extroverts or those swayed by the criticism against Obama's personality. Toward this audience Dodd speaks against the unfair perception of introversion, and strongly implies that Obama is good enough to be our president the second time.