I agree with his assessment of Dole's speech. While listening, I thought that it was just a series of platitudes, each of which called for applause.
That's not the way to make a speech. You make a case for something and then use a zinger of a line to sum it up. THAT'S when you want some applause. Not for every sentence, for goodness sakes.
Correction. I agree with him to the extent that it was not a good speech. The detail that I wanted to point out, I did, in my previous post.