Rate President Obama's speech

[5280/East California]

Well, what do you think he should get for a grade?  What did he talk about during his speech that you liked, what didn't you like? 

[Clinton 2016]

The 3 Fs are from Winfield whos sneering at his tv now and J.J whos booing at his tv now and some other noob

[5280/East California]

I thought it was a bit flat and mediocre, didn't expect anything new.  It's a glorified campaign speech.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

C. It was extremely typical, extremely vague, and poorly delivered when compared to a lot of his other speeches. This speech will not move anyone.

Mitt's, on the other hand, accomplished a lot more.

[Dr. Cynic]

It started slow but when he hit his groove, it was spectacular.

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I'm not a Bill Clinton fan boy, but his was better.

[5280/East California]

I'm not a Bill Clinton fan boy, but his was better.

Nobody can top Clinton when it comes to speeches, and it doesnt matter what your political background is.

[jbtornado]

Very Average, It was nothing new. Obama seems to be at his best when he's the new guy or the underdog. As the top dog, he lost some of that and much of it isnt even by his own doing. Clinton stole the DNC

[HockeyDude]

great stuff.  well-delivered and got better as it went on.  A

[J. J.]

The 3 Fs are from Winfield whos sneering at his tv now and J.J whos booing at his tv now and some other noob

I gave it an 85%, 2 points lower than Romney.

Virtually nothing on the economy.  No specifics (which was the main problem with Romney).  The military stuff was good.  A lot of it was repetitive.

I can cite three speeches in this convention that were better.

[Senator Ben]

A+.  Absolutely stunning.  I'm amazed at how fantastic it was.

[IBDD]

A+

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

An easy A.

I really don't know how anyone can pretend that Romney's speech was even on the same level as it, let alone better. Give me a break.

[ShadowOfTheWave]

A. I didn't catch all of it but I loved what I saw. He was strong, confident, passionate and even seemed angry at the other side. I was surprised he went negative, but I like how he hit Romney on the Russia thing (which still makes no sense) and the line "we need to do some nation building here at home" is great. I like how specific both he and Clinton have been about Obama's accomplishments. I actually teared up a little at the "you did that" part. I think I will vote for Obama, the only thing I agree with the GOP on at this point is social issues and unions.

[NHI]

I didn't watch it, so I can't render a verdict.

[Progressive Realist]

The pseudo-intellectual armchair critics here are hilarious. It was a great speech.

[Seattle]

I give it a B+ or so. It wasn't great, but it was decent. There was nothing really new or specific in the speech, but I expected that.

It was a very presidential speech - I like his whole "the last election was about you, not me" thing, that was an interesting twist. I think both Romney's and Obama's speechs worked.

Anyway, we'll see how much this has exicted the base soon enough.

[Chairman Wow]

Same old same old. It was just an emotional jabbering. I don't get this "Obama Charisma" everyone rages about.

[J. J.]

CNN did a focus group of undecided voters, that rated Obama's speech.  They had the dial to show responses that would be graphed.  It was a flat line. 

[cope1989]

A thought:

All the pundits were talking about how Obama already knows what the jobs numbers will be tomorrow and his speech could be an indicator of the numbers. Basically a more "gung ho we're on our way" speech could signify a strong number while a more humble speech could mean bad numbers.

Anybody give much credence to this?

[Yank2133]

Not really.

The speech was written well in advance.

[J. J.]

A thought:

All the pundits were talking about how Obama already knows what the jobs numbers will be tomorrow and his speech could be an indicator of the numbers. Basically a more "gung ho we're on our way" speech could signify a strong number while a more humble speech could mean bad numbers.

Anybody give much credence to this?

I mentioned it previously.

Obama was still working on it in the afternoon, so a few paragraphs could have been changed. 

[You kip if you want to...]

First political speech i've ever cried at. A.

[zorkpolitics]

Solid C some good cadences, but I got lost among all the straw men

[JulioMadrid]

A. I didn't catch all of it but I loved what I saw. He was strong, confident, passionate and even seemed angry at the other side. I was surprised he went negative, but I like how he hit Romney on the Russia thing (which still makes no sense) and the line "we need to do some nation building here at home" is great. I like how specific both he and Clinton have been about Obama's accomplishments. I actually teared up a little at the "you did that" part. I think I will vote for Obama, the only thing I agree with the GOP on at this point is social issues and unions.

Yees I think Huntsman will do the same.