When Obama is not reading somebody else's word off of a Tele-Prompter, he's not exactly Daniel Webster.
For the good of the nation, I wish McCain would step aside and let a Republican represent the party.
On or off a teleprompter Obama says nothing of substance. It’s absurd.
Don't get too complacent. That break in his talking was when he had a mentally challenged guy shouting at him from the second row...
Note just after the camera flash at about 8 seconds, you can see a guy in the second row shouting (just to the right of the flashing camera, to the left of Obama). Obama then addresses the guy's shouting, which continues to interrupt him: "Hold on, I can't hear myself ... I'm glad you're fired up, though..." (And you can see the guy waving his arms up and down after the camera comes back to him...and all the people looking over at the disturbance.)
True, but public speaking, even extemporaneous speaking, is something that can be learned fairly quickly if the person is willing to practice.
Note that HRC's public speaking was much better at the end of the campaign than it was at the beginning.