As for Obama being a great public speaker, I don't really agree. That halting pattern with the same rising tone before the stop as if everything he says is a question...Is it so hard to say 8 words in a row?
Well, to be honest with you, I think it may have become a force of habit, that started when he started doing speeches. Because when he started doing speeches, he was reading from teleprompters, and the teleprompters, make him pause as the text goes down. I think that, he just got used to it, and never was able to stop, after he started using, the uh, teleprompter.
And as toemas said, most of the media won't criticize Obama like they did bush, which is why 4 years later people are still blaming everything on Bush. so my question is how long will Obama have to be president before it's finally his fault for something?