Reply #73: Well, not in the same way as when you work in the same room

[EFerrari]

with a person, for sure.

But there are things we can deduce or observe from his performances. Do you remember early on in the debates when he seemed to overthink everything? He took too long to answer, there was stammering, he used too many words. That kind of thing?

He seems to do better when he's moving -- even pacing back and forth. (Most people do, granted.) He's more natural, seems to access his sense of humor more easily. Did you notice he didn't smile at all behind that podium today?

There are lots of "notes" like that and taken together, they amount to about as much as I've ever had when I begin to work with someone.

The main thing that Obama has going for him is the way he has credibility with his audience. That's very difficult to teach or to acquire. There are people who just have to show up and people believe them or want to believe them. That's already a foot and a half more than most performers have going for them.