[gov_bean_ counter]

Clearly there are a couple of issues about which he is passionate. He did well on those issues. For that I will give him credit. Get him off those issues and he struggles.

[South40]

Clearly there are issues in his past that he cannot defend, nor can his apologists. But we're not supposed to care about that because he's better spoken than Obama and that's all that counts.

[DRey]

With all due respect, bean counter, he’s not struggling on other issues, he’s walking on eggshells because he doesn’t want to arm the Dems. He knows what he’s doing.