What Do Anderson Cooper and Michele Bachmann Have in Common?

Both want to appear authentic.

“I THINK what people see in me is that I’m a real person,” Representative Michele Bachmann told ABC News, after her victory in Iowa last month. “I’m authentic.”

Discussing his new daytime television show, Anderson Cooper told The Vancouver Sun that “in everything I’ve done, I’ve always tried to just be authentic and real.”

If you want people to see you as authentic, you probably aren't.