Well, at least it gave the audience something to watch, because the speech was a dud.........
Prior to President Barack Obamaâs marathon 54 minute speech in Ohio today, the Obama campaign sent our several statements promising the speech would be a major address framing the campaign going forward. Despite the hype, the speech was mainly a rehash of themes and ideas from the presidentâs recent stump speeches and his remarks were widely panned as overly long by the political press corps.
Before the speech was over, Politicoâs Mike OâBrien begged the president to stop.
Mike O'Brien@mpoindc
In terms of politics, this speech could have ended about 20 minutes ago. Drive your message, take your ball, go home.
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On the air, MSNBCâs Jonathan Alter said it was âone of the worst speeches Iâve ever heard Barack Obama make.â He refused to back down.
Jonathan Alter@jonathanalter
Just cheerleading BO doesn't help him. He needs a sharper, more cogent message with some memorable lines. I ain't walking my criticism back
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ABC News reporter Devin Dwyer felt like we were all being lectured.
devindwyer@devindwyer
Obama speech in Ohio felt more lecture or courtroom arg than rally. He streamlined pitch, imbued urgency, said voters will break stalemate.
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John Hayward of Human Events compared the speech to a filibuster.
John Hayward@Doc_0
This Obama speech is so long-winded it might be the first attempt to filibuster an election.
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Yahoo! News White House correspondent Olivier Knox took note of the massive word count of the speech (for the record, the official White House transcript clocked in at just under 6,500 words).
Olivier Knox@OKnox
I ask colleague for CQ transcript of Obama speech. Response: "Sure, but it looks like they only have the first 45,000 words."
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The long running time of President Obamaâs speech made Politicoâs Jennfier Epstein think of a new inspirational maxim for the country.
Jennifer Epstein@jeneps
In America we don't quit til we've spoken for 54 minutes
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Buzzfeedâs Zeke Miller was clearly unimpressed.
Zeke Miller@ZekeJMiller
There is nothing new in this speech.
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