I think they finally actually listened to him for a change.
You really have to wonder, Obama is in political trouble and he doesn’t bother to get a better speech written or to improve his delivery. I could write him an effective speech (but wouldn’t).
He figures "Why change a good thing?"
For four years the same basic speech has been sending many otherwise normal people into paroxysms of blind love and devotion and causing them to suspend their judgement and power to reason.