Dubya's strengths as a politician against both Gore and Kerry were that he was "comfortable in his own skin" and could communicate in a down-to-earth, folksy manner. Bush was/is not an enegetic, galvanizing speaker in the mode of a Reagan, the "Great Communicator." Bush's malapropism and speaking gaffes have become a daily source of jokes by the late night talk shows, especially Letterman's
Great Moments In Presidential Speeches, which is daily fare on his show five days a week.