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John McCain Tweets That it’s Time for Mubarak to Step Down
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Government & Politics, Politics, Social Media, Social Speaking on February 3, 2011
John McCain came close to being President of the United States and is well-known around the world, but he is still just a member of the minority party in the Senate.
So I think it’s fine for him to tweet foreign policy positions on Twitter. But Presidents still need a more official way of communicating policy shifts of such magnitude. Don’t expect to see Obama tweeting that North Korea’s dictator should step down anytime soon.
John McCain Suggestion: Stop Standing and Applauding the State of the Union Speeches
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Government & Politics, Media, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 24, 2011
Yesterday on Face the Nation, Senator John McCain made a great point: State of the Union speeches are long and boring because politicians on either side of the aisle feel the need to stand and applaud every two seconds. I agree. Yes, it’s nice for any speaker to get crowd reaction, but it does become quite tedious when a president can’t get through a sentence without having to wait 2 minutes for everyone to sit down and quite themselves. This is why State of the Union addresses that can be read out loud in 15 minutes actually takes an hour and 15 minutes to deliver to Congress. More at Mediaite.com
GOP Debate Conclusions
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
McCain Came across as the winner–most forceful and funny.
Huckabee–second place–another strong night.
Giuliani–third place. no big problems, but didn’t distinguish himself.
GOP Debate more on Obama, plus oil
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Paul. Positives on Obama.
Gibson re gas prices
Paul gets onto monetary policy and he loses the audience.
This is McCain’s finest performance–he is dominating the debate thus far.
McCain has reduced Romney to an object of ridicule in this debate.
Debate–More immigration
Posted by TJ Walker in Body Language, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Giuliani defending his immigration policies. He seems reasonable and rational here.
Thompson continues to stammer.
Huckabee on immigration strikes a balance of seeming tough and compassionate. Fascinating spin by saying immigrants should be able to hold their heads high–nice twist. Â
Paul. Sounds rational and intelligent on immigration.
2nd hour of debate–immigration
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
McCain shows a light fun confidence.
McCain’s shirt, tie and suit are perfect for TV. he doesn’t seem ruffled regarding immigration. sounds compassionate toward immigrants. They are “God’s children.”
Romney-anti-amnesty. Pro-legal immigration.
Debate-Healthcare
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Giuliani seems crass with jokes about Canadians coming to US for healthcare.
All of the candidates are coming across as relatively competent, comfortable and credible.
Romney makes a forceful defense of his helathcare policies as governor. Romney seems really smart and forceful here.
Debate on principles
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Huckabee talking about core principles–very thoughtful–not glib–appears statesman-like.
Thompson-Thompson needs more makeup to cover the bags under his eyes. Thompson stammers a lot–he’s really not very articulate.
Debate
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Giuliani is really wound up re islamic terrorism. He gets going on 9-11.
Gibson moves to domestic policy.
Bush video clip re philosophical principles
McCain vs Romney
Debate 2nd question
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
McCain–strong opening. Not afraid to give Bush a little credit. McCain contininues to blink excessively.
Ron Paul 1st answer. Paul still looks and sounds impish and peevish–even when is says sensible things. Paul tkaes nice swipe at Giuliani and makes argument for america antagonizing the world.
debate analysis 1st q
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Gibson is friendly and good natured.
Huckabee is wearing a bad TV tie–it is pixilating and going blurry in some shots. His first answer comes across sincere–nice distancing from Bush. He appears to be thoughtful re foreign policy.
Fred Thompson says “uh” evey two seconds. He seems to need a director and severl takes before he can nail it.
Debate Analysis
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008
Moderator Charlie Gibson should do well because he doesn’t appear to want to dominate the debate.Â
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