I think that even though he is not of the generation of Kasich and Bush, he is attempting to do his speeches like that old 1980s way of perfect little speeches making the candidate look like an encyclopedia.
I don’t believe we are even interested in canned sound bites any more. I think Obama and his ever present teleprompters really killed any attraction we Americans have for perfect speeches. What we like in 2016 is “keeping it real.” We want to see a Trump, Christie kind of speech, where the guy just talks. From his heart, from his brain. He speaks with passion, he might mess up, but he stays on track and doesn’t appear at all phony.
I believe it is tone deaf of the times now when you get these “son of a mailman” speeches or the chock-full-o-data memorized sound bites. We want candidates to show they can speak off the cuff, passionately, strongly, and make quick changes in their speech to adapt to immediate circumstances. We want it real.
Excellent points. I did read that Rubio gives the exact same stump speech at all his events. That would be uninspiring at best.
Still there is something strange about his repetitions. Clearly when he starts into one he doesn’t realize he’s repeating something he just said. When it registers, he doesn’t do the political, ‘yes, I’m repeating myself, but this is important,’ routine. If allowed, he just plows on.
I suspect its tied to the water sipping. He’s nervous, and for some reason the repetitions calm him. When I said benign Tourettes, I was joking. My OCD comment, however, was quite serious.