and the content of those messages is fine -- it's his delivery that really turns me off. He speaks very casually, like he's reading a memo, going through the motions. He's done this for a while now, but it's not the way I remember him being when he campaigned or early on in his Presidency. These were very important speeches, and he comes across as someone who's tired of being President and is mailing it in. Just my two cents. I suspect I'll have far more important criticisms of the next President, whoever it is.

Although I don't care much for what he says, I find BHO's speaking style so much better than W's, that that hick Bill Clinton's and before that Poppy. Damning with the faintest of praise, I know.

And so much better than HRC's Drumpf's or Cruz.

Drumpf's voice reminds me of that guy who is on the airplane or in a crowded restaurant and whose voice, while not necessarily loud, carries so you hear his side of the conversation. You know the guy I'm talking about--you can't hear any distinct voices on the plane with the exception of his and he'a about ten rows behind you "So believe me, you can't find a good pastrami sandwich in West Palm, you have to go to Miami Beach.. Let me tell you one thing proceeds to tell his seat companion, and all other 196 passengers 37 different things in excruciating detail, about how his brother in law is a chiropractor.." And its not so much that he's loud, it is just that his voice carries and the monologue is banal and full of cliches. I hate that guy.

And Cruz sounds (and looks) like Mr. Haney.

And as far as Hillary is concerned I agree with Peggy Noonan:

Democrats who like her all say the same thing: She's having trouble because she's not really good at campaigning," Noonan wrote. "That's true as far as it goes. She is especially poor at the podium, where, when she wants to emphasize an applause line, her voice becomes loud, flat and harassing to the ear." Noonan went on to compare Clinton to an irritating landlord.

"She lately reminds me of the landlady yelling up the stairs that your kids left their bikes in the hall again," she wrote. "Literally that's how it sounds: 'And we won't let them roll back the progress we've made. Your kids left their bikes in the hall"

So yeah, BHO is OK with me as a speech maker.