I’m not trying to be argumentative, but in what way is Obama a good speaker? He has a monotonous singsong delivery, undercut by constant head-swiveling as he reads his teleprompters. When has he ever spoken a really great or memorable line? Fewer and fewer people even listen to him; many, when they do, acknowledge they’ve heard the speech before. He says nothing new or inspiring; he’s a very limited speaker with one mode: campaign.
Reagan could shift gears and talk about anything in a powerful yet engaging way. Obama just looks like what he is: a teleprompter reader.
If you don't see it, there is no way for me to explain it to you. Hussein is a man with a thin resume, who got where he is on pretty much charisma alone. He can communicate very well, inspire people (hope n change), comes across as very likable, etc. The result is, Americans were fooled by him once and STILL want to like the man.
Fewer and fewer people even listen to him; many, when they do, acknowledge they’ve heard the speech before. He says nothing new or inspiring; he’s a very limited speaker with one mode: campaign.
It's true, more and more people ignore him now. That is why he shifted back to campaign mode. For the next 14 months as the economic data keeps coming in "unexpectedly" bad we are going to hear "it's because the Republicans won't pass my bill" instead of "things are getting better slowly, our policies are working".
I read so many comments on FR from people that are so sure Obama is going to lose, and I have to think these people must have cocooned themselves in an echo chamber and are not seeing reality. Notice how well Hussein's polling has generally held up considering how awful things are and how obviously miserable his policies have been? The guy should be in the low 30's now, but today's Ras poll has him at 46% approval. The problem is, most Americans still WANT to like Obama. It isn't enough to defeat Obama's ideas, we have to literally defeat the idea of Obama.