Your quote works both ways
He's just trying to say to people what he thinks they want to hear - like Clinton, but with less skill.
can be written as
He's just trying to say to people what he thinks they want to hear - like Dubya, but with less skill.
Dubya talks to rich white men on Wall Street or working at Halliburton, and tells them what they want to hear: "I'll cut your taxes AGAIN!"