Tuesday, February 5, 2008

She still hasn't fucking fixed it

The Big Hill needs to watch tape of herself giving a couple speeches. I'm sure the campaign has talked to her about her speaking, as has Bill, but I'm not sure if she's watched herself giving a speech in front of a crowd. It's a skill that is largely innate, which she sucks at, but it can be taught to the extent that you are good enough to be an effective public speaker.

From the moment her candidacy for President was announced, she has struggled in front of a crowd. She is terrible at modulating her voice and not sound so damn shrill. Watching her speak as I type this, she's STILL doing it. She's still trying to speak over the crowd, which causes her voice to go shrill and loud. Makes her sound like a scolding old mother, not a caring, warm, Democrat.

She needs further coaching on how to hit her applause lines correctly, ramping up her sentences correctly to get the maximum impact on the big lines. This helps keep Obama, with his brilliant oratory in the race, simply because he sounds better. And as we saw in 2000, Dubya got the votes he got partly because he "seemed" more likeable than Al Gore. The Big Hill suffers from what Al Gore did, but with the shrillness, it's even worse.

Watching on MSNBC, and the shitty microphone doesn't help. It was pumping out some feedback. Bad job by her advance team or by MSNBC and their people behind the scenes watching the audio.

Late update: According to politico.com...606-534 is the current delegate count as of 11:03pm EST in favor of Obama. So, he's holding his own. Cali-forn-i-a will most def be huge.

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