Man! You just have to give it UP to Steyn, what a wordsmith!
the great sonorous self-regarding orotund bromidic banality of Senator Kerry
>>>"Steyn, what a wordsmith! "
"orotund"
Etymology from dictionary.com:
... alteration of Latin re rotund, with a round mouth
The listed meaning of orotund is pompous, or bombastic.
So, besides being pompous, his mouth does look different, quite round, now that his saggy jowls are gone. I wonder if there is a correlation?
See also:
orotundity
Hoppy