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Romney’s Lame Speech Might Have Gone Better Had He Learned From Bush 1 and Al Gore

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Romney’s no orator, but neither were Bush 1 and Al Gore, both of whom, Robert Shrum writes, triumphed at their conventions.

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The verdicts were mediocre. One called him “a comfortable and accessible figure, if hardly electric.” I think Mitt fizzled.

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His speech was the climax of a festival of lies.

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