House is smart, confident, funny, always right and always wins in the end (well almost) against the 'idiots' that surround him. Even when he seems to suffer setbacks they are always minor and he always twists the world to his will to get out of them. The destruction and pain he inflicts on the world never touch him.
I think a lot of people like House, not necessarily as someone they'd want to work with, but as someone they'd want to be like.
