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Yeah, he'll win over people by thinking if he pretends to be a Republican, their hearts will melt for him. What I think killed this speech is its utter lack of honest, heartfelt sincerity.

BINGO.

If you are something that you can't be proud of as you are running for high(est!) office, people are going to avoid your insincerity like the plague. [I think his dying mother, bless her soul, was trying to TELL him something here...]

He has the most liberal voting record of ANY senator, yet cannot be proud of it. He will madden his weenie progressive base and disgust the average uninvolved moderate with his lack of a core.