Never could understand that he is a great speaker. He is full of Umm,Ummm. He is a very bad public speaker and never trained himself out of that. He is a good reader, many people like his tonal quality, resonant and smooth.

Palin who I though was great speaker, but many were irritated by her accent and folksy sayings.

The comment about Rush is quite correct many years of off the cuff speaking without fumbling. However in his CPAC speech, he kept jumping around, just like his radio addresses. So Rush’s speeches need practice.

Pesonally I though Newt’s speech at CPAC was superior in content , sarcasm and substance.