Somebody please get the message to Cruz:
1) Try to reduce the nasality, at least a little bit. It’s not too bad except when speaking before a large crowd. Remember: the microphone makes it unnecessary to raise one’s voice, ever. (A lesson Sarah Palin, and most politicians, have never learned.) Watch videos of Ronald Reagan. He talked the same whether speaking in the Oval Office, or addressing 30,000 people. He knew, in either case, that the REAL audience was at home, ten feet from their TV sets, and they don’t need to be shouted at.
2) Get rid of the stammer!!! E.g.: “A-a-a-and...” and other words stammered at the beginning of sentences. It gets annoying. If you really ARE looking for a word, silence for a moment is BETTER.
He may have the speaking problems you mentioned but he was a National Debate Champion in college
I’ve noticed that Gov. Palin’s voice has become much more modulated recently. The last time I heard her on television she sounded completely different than she did in the campaign days.
-JT