“and he has lost the power to persuade, which is something of a surprise. “
Bwahahaha. That UNEXPECTED moment when a grifter loses the ability to persuade the gullible.
When has Obama had the power to persuade? From the beginning he has been preaching to the choir—he gets applause from those who already agreed with him on the topic in question, but how often has he persuaded someone who originally thought the opposite to come over to his way of thinking?