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oliverwillis.com - 9/17/2008
Barack Obama, Lost Without A Teleprompter
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In advance of the debates, the Republican/conservative mantra has been that Barack Obama is unable to speak without a teleprompter. To hear them describe it, without prepared text he will simply seize up and keel over. This innate fear of speaking on the fly will surely be a detriment to Sen. ...

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The Expectations game
Political Animal — ... given that Obama tends to do extremely well with a teleprompter, while McCain is pretty clumsy whether he has a teleprompter or not. Indeed, if Obama needed a script to get through a debate, voters might have noticed over the course of dozens of debates during the Democratic nominating process. But more importantly, the RNC's message actually helps the Obama campaign by raising expectations for McCain and lowering them for Obama. As Oliver Willis, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, put it , "Folks, this is panic time! Sen. Obama might not even be able to form words as Sen. ...

ANALYSIS: FRIDAY’S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Comments from Left Field — ... Yes, the McCain campaign may be playing the expectation setting game completely wrong, lowering expectations for the Democratic candidate when they should be raising them; but that little strategic error not withstanding, they may have hit the nail on the head with Obama. ...

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