Well, I see I wasn't alone in being concerned about how bad McCain's speech was in comparison to Obama's. Stories all over the place about it this morning - media consultants popping up everywhere to analyze and proffer advice.
Still, I think a key point that I tried to make is being missed. They're all focusing on how bad at speech giving McCain is and how Obama I guess is the best orator since Pericles - but no one seems to be paying attention to the why. To me, McCain's shortcomings and Obama's proficiency in this area reveals clues to their respective personalities and character - clues which speak to McCain's virtues and Obama's flaws. If McCain's handlers are smart they'll be able to exploit this, to turn Obama's supposed advantage here on its head - if they're really good every time Obama delivers one of his trademark orgies of eloquence, his core base of obsequious acolytes will still fawn over him but independent, uncommitted voters may take a second look and conclude: the guy's a phony.
